3 Jan 1997
R. v. CHAN YICK CHUNG
- Citation
- R. v. CHAN YICK CHUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1162/1996
On the accepted evidence that the appellant donned a price-tagged jacket and left the shop without paying and without evidence of an honest belief in a right to do so, the magistrate was entitled to infer dishonesty and convict for theft; the asserted part-exchange was not shown and minor identification error did not undermine conviction.