Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Magistracy rehearing

Legal area

Court

4 Jul 2024

HKSAR v. GURPREET SINGH

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 1742
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA177/2023

The appellate court upheld the magistrate's conviction because the proven circumstantial facts—two officers observing the appellant unload numerous boxes onto a trolley in a market unloading bay, the van containing boxes and the driver possessing an invoice corresponding to goods expected at a shop in the market—collectively permitted only the reasonable inference that the appellant was taking employment in breach of the Immigration Ordinance, proving the offence beyond reasonable doubt.
22 Feb 2017

HKSAR v. AQUINO NORA LAGAZO

Citation

HKSAR v. AQUINO NORA LAGAZO
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA169/2016

The appellate court upheld the magistrate's credibility findings—accepting PW3's independent evidence that he found the HK$500 in the appellant's wallet in her room—and after conducting a rehearing concluded the prosecution proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt; minor errors in the magistrate's account did not render the conviction unsafe.