Read the full judgment text of CACC 001205/1978 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 February 1979.
1. The Appellant was convicted of possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking. The evidence is straightforward. At about 0015 hours on 24th October last year the Appellant was seen acting in a suspicious manner by two plain clothes detectives on patrol duty in Hong Keung Street, Kowloon. The suspicion was aroused because the Appellant was seen loitering in the vicinity looking from side to side. The Appellant was then stopped and searched. In the Appellant's left upper