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Topic

False information to pawnbroker

Legal area

Court

12 Apr 1989

THE QUEEN v. TSANG SHUI FAI

Citation

THE QUEEN v. TSANG SHUI FAI
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA70/1989

The court found the aggregate sentence of eight months excessive under the totality principle and reduced the six month sentence for escape to four months while otherwise upholding the individual sentences, resulting in a total effective sentence of six months imprisonment.
1 Nov 1978

TANG CHI KIN v. THE QUEEN

Citation

TANG CHI KIN v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC851/1978

Possession conviction quashed because the statutory provision does not apply where the property was in a pawn shop for over a month and thus not in the appellant's immediate possession; the false address conviction was quashed because the magistrate's reliance on a single witness's uncertain memory was insufficient and the conviction was against the weight of the evidence; the resisting arrest conviction was upheld because there was sufficient evidence to support it.