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Topic

Sale of dangerous drugs

Legal area

Court

13 Dec 1968

CHENG TSUNG v. THE QUEEN

Citation

CHENG TSUNG v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC701/1968

The magistrate accepted the police officers' testimony that a constable handed $5 to the appellant and received drugs; there was no basis for the appellate court to disturb that credibility finding, therefore the conviction for unlawful sale of dangerous drugs must stand.
12 Dec 1968

CHUNG WAH v. THE QUEEN

Citation

CHUNG WAH v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC694/1968

The conviction for unlawful possession was upheld because the court accepted the magistrate's recorded evidence that police observed the appellant handling a plastic bag and subsequently found 38 packets of drugs in his pocket; the appellant's claims that the record was incorrect and that the drugs were planted were rejected as not credible.