10 Sept 1974
LAM KA WA AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- LAM KA WA AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC559/1974
The court held that the cafe was a public place by virtue of patrons being present; the chain and knives were plainly suitable for inflicting injury and therefore offensive weapons under the Public Order Ordinance; once possession in a public place was proved the appellants were required to prove lawful authority or reasonable excuse on the balance of probabilities and they did not; the magistrate's adverse credibility findings were sustainable; accordingly convictions were affirmed and appeals dismissed, and leave to appeal against sentence out of time was refused.