Read the full judgment text of CACC 000712/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The three appellants were convicted upon a series of charges concerning linked offences of blackmail and theft. The victim in each case was a Mr. LAU Chuen, the owner of a dispensary in Kwun Tong. He told the Court of a number of visits by one or more of the three appellants between the 13th February, 1976 and 16th March, 1976. On each occasion demands for money were made in the name of an "elder brother" coupled with threats of various kinds concerning his person or business. The first and t