Read the full judgment text of CACC 000526/1987 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 March 1988.
1. On 4th August 1986, Ma Chiu Keung - "the Respondent" - appeared in a District Court for plea upon a charge of robbery. Four persons were involved: The robbery was said to have happened on 22nd June 1986 at Fei Ngor Shan Road near Jat's Incline. The victim was a woman and there was taken a gold necklace, a gold pendant; a gold bracelet and $1,020 in cash. The trial was fixed for 29th September 1986. On that day the Respondent failed to appear. His bail was estreated and a warrant for his arres