Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000024/1999 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 16 July 1999.
1. This matter comes before the Court as an appeal, under the terms of section 84 of the District Court Ordinance, Cap. 336, by way of case stated. The Secretary for Justice appeals against verdicts of acquittal which were entered by Judge Gill in the District Court after he had ruled that the evidence of confessions, allegedly made by the Respondents, were inadmissible on the ground that they were involuntary. The confessions represented a substantial part of the prosecution's case at trial so