29 Sept 1975
THE QUEEN v. CHAN KING CHI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN KING CHI AND OTHERS
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC320/1974
The applications for severance were dismissed because, on the evidence and given a judge sitting alone, no real prejudice would result from trying conspiracy counts jointly with substantive counts provided the court and counsel exercise the great care required; the evidence adduced (including prison records and testimony) supported the inference of a single continuing conspiracy to traffic heroin into H.M. Prison Stanley between 1 January 1970 and 30 September 1974 and the Court was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt on that finding; accomplice evidence was treated with caution but was found c…