Read the full judgment text of CACC 000566/1974 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant, a prison officer, appeals against both conviction and sentence in respect of two charges. The first charge was of possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking contrary to s.7 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134). The drugs were found in a cigarette packet contained in a drawer of a wardrobe in the appellant's bedroom at his married quarters. At his trial the appellant's defence was that the drugs had been planted there probably by another named p