29 Aug 1974
CHENG KA MING ALIAS CHENG KAI MING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHENG KA MING ALIAS CHENG KAI MING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC566/1974
Conviction on the dangerous drugs count is upheld on the evidence and statutory presumption; sentence reduced from two years to 18 months because the magistrate unlawfully weighed an unsupported factor ('trafficking in a prison') in sentencing. The second charge fails because s.18(1) penalises bringing/introducing into prison rather than mere possession; the appellate court declines to amend the charge and quashes that conviction, ordering repayment of the fine already paid.