19 Sept 2006
The magistrate's evaluation of witness credibility was careful, logical and within permissible bounds of assessment; the prosecution evidence established the appellant made a triad-related claim and assaulted complainants; there was no demonstrable misapprehension of material evidence and therefore the conviction was safe and must be upheld.
9 Oct 1986
Because the trial judge may have required evidence of express acts to divest membership and there was credible evidence consistent with dormancy and cessation of adherence, the Court found a reasonable doubt that the applicant remained a member and therefore the conviction for triad membership was unsafe and must be set aside.
1 Mar 1978
An admission made in custody or in answer to police questioning can fall within the weaker notion of 'professing' under s.20(2) and thus support a charge of professing membership, but on the facts the conviction as entered (for 'claiming') was unsustainable; the magistrate also improperly relied in part on voir dire material, and the appropriate disposition is to allow the appeal and set aside the sentence.