20 Oct 1988
THE QUEEN v. LEE KWOK-TSUN
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LEE KWOK-TSUN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA762/1988
The magistrate had no jurisdiction to convict the appellant on the amended charge Q because the amendment (changing date and amount) was made before trial without the Attorney-General's consent and s.32 did not apply; therefore the conviction on Q and on charges L, N and P (also conceded unsupported) were quashed. Convictions on charges R and T were upheld because the prosecution proved offers by paid cheques credited to the employee's account, supported by witness evidence and business records establishing possession and the purpose of securing favours, satisfying the elements of s.9 offence…