Read the full judgment text of CACC 123/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against a sentence of three years’ imprisonment, the appellant having been found guilty in the magistracy on a charge of being in possession of dangerous drugs for the purposes of unlawful trafficking therein. He had originally pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs simpliciter but a plea of not guilty was entered on his statement that he had them for his own use. The brief facts were that the appellant on the 4 th January 1973 at premises at Cheung Wong Road, Kowloon out