23 Dec 1980
MAN CHING-IP AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- MAN CHING-IP AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC543/1980
The convictions of the 1st and 2nd defendants were quashed because the secret transmission of a book to the jury after retirement constituted a fatal irregularity that could not be treated as cured by subsequent directions; additionally the judge's direction on the treatment of police statements was legally inadequate because voluntariness goes to truth and must be considered before weight, and the judge failed to explain the legal meaning of possession in relation to the evidence; however, allowing a closing speech for the prosecution was not wrongful as it is an established practice in Hong…