Read the full judgment text of CACC 000544/1979 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 July 1979.
1. The appellant was convicted of an offence contrary to Section 33(1) of the Public Order Ordinance namely for possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. The evidence leading to his conviction was that two police officers returning to the Mongkok Police Station at about 1530 hours on the 19th March this year saw the appellant and another Chinese male in Nathan Road. They looked suspicious and the appellant was searched. The appellant was holding in his right hand, a roll of newspaper