Read the full judgment text of CACC 000530/1983 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. In this case the Applicant was charged on five charges of obtaining property by deception. The deception was that he told residents in Hong Kong that relatives of theirs had come illegally to Hong Kong and that money was required for their release. Fortunately one of the intended victims had the good sense to report this matter to the police. As a result a trap was laid and the Appellant was arrested. The last charge, however, relates to an offence after his arrest while he was on bail pendin