Read the full judgment text of CACC 881/1972 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. In this case I dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence, undertaking to furnish my reasons at a later stage, which I now do. The appellant was convicted by a magistrate of having with him in a public place an offensive weapon, namely a scout knife, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, contrary to s.33(1) of the Public Order Ordinance (Cap.245).