Read the full judgment text of CACC 000686/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 4 December 1968.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of suspected stolen property which the learned magistrate described as "four nearly new rice bags". The appellant was seen approaching a marine store with this property. When stopped by the police he admitted that he had picked it up at the road side. He led the police to a spot outside house Nos. 82-84 Kai Tak Road, but the owner of the property could not be located. Before me the appellant has said that he picked up the bags from a rubbish