Read the full judgment text of CACC 000632/1979 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 December 1979.
1. The Appellant was convicted under s. 10(1)(b) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. Apart from a period during the war he had served in the Hong Kong Police Force from 1935 until 1969, when he retired. The Prevention of Bribery Ordinance was passed on 14th May 1971 and eventually the Appellant was charged with an offence alleged to have been committed on 15th May 1971. It was never denied that the Appellant was on that date in possession of pecuniary resources and property disproportionate