Read the full judgment text of CACC 000498/1979 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 26 February 1980.
1. This is an appeal by way of case stated at the instance of the Attorney General. On the 20th of March 1979 the respondent, WONG Kwai-sun, was acquitted in the magistrate's court at San Po Kong of the offence of possession of dangerous drugs under section 8(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 134. Upon the appeal coming on before Mr. Commissioner Bewley he directed that it should be argued before the Court of Appeal pursuant to his powers under section 118(1)(d) of the Criminal Proced