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1. In 1981 charges were preferred against Amos William Dawe. He was tried and was acquitted. Thereafter the Attorney General, being aggrieved with the acquittal, filed an application for a review of the matter by way of case stated. The Defendant was then released on his own recognizance with a surety, the Respondent now before us, Mr. Ho Kong. The terms of the recognizance were that Mr. Ho would pay a sum of $50,000 if Amos Dawe did not return to Hong Kong for the hearing of the case stated and