28 Dec 1968
YAN KWONG NAM AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- YAN KWONG NAM AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC398/1968
The court upheld that American Express travellers' cheques fall within the wide statutory definition of 'bank note' in the Forgery Ordinance when read with s.3(3)(b), such that forgery or possession of forged travellers' cheques is punishable; the jury had sufficient evidence to convict the fourth appellant of joint possession and the fifth appellant of conspiracy/possession despite the evidence being thin in the latter case; tracings/enlarged photographs and the evidence of the Thai Consul were admissible and properly left to the jury; one conspiracy count (9) was quashed as unnecessary but…