4 Dec 2003
HKSAR v. TSE WAI MING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HKSAR v. TSE WAI MING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1062/2003
The magistrate’s verdict that both appellants were guilty was upheld because (1) the identification of the 1st appellant was reliable on the totality of circumstances notwithstanding dim lighting and imprecise timing; (2) any error by the magistrate in offering his own Cantonese translation did not affect the outcome because he relied on the interpreter and the overall evidence; (3) the 1st appellant was found to have arranged provision of the beer by his words and the immediate sequence of events; and (4) the 2nd appellant, as cashier who accepted the marked note and provided change in the p…