Read the full judgment text of CACC 000470/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 2 July 1982.
1. This is an appeal by the Attorney General by way of case stated from the order of a magistrate, dismissing a charge of possession of offensive weapon in a public place contrary to S.33(1) of the Public Order Ordinance Chapter 245. The Attorney General's consent to the charge was before the learned magistrate when the respondent appeared before him and pleaded guilty. The facts alleged by the prosecution were that in the early hours of the morning, the respondent and two other men boarded a ta