23 May 1972
WONG CHI-HUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- WONG CHI-HUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC145/1972
Because the joinder of unrelated offences did not fall within the statutory exceptions in Section 10 of the Magistrates Ordinance the trial was void ab initio; accordingly the convictions were quashed and sentences set aside, and the Crown, though entitled to reinstitute separate proceedings, elected not to do so in view of time already served.
- Joinder of charges
- Nullity of trial
- Magistrates' court procedure
- In camera proceedings
- Leading questions to witnesses
- Reinstitution of proceedings