7 Jan 1985
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHOW CHUEN FU AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHOW CHUEN FU AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA351/1984
Magistrate did not misapply the law in refusing to re-open the prosecution: although reasonable inferences could have been drawn from the admitted facts, the omitted matters (date of importation and proprietor's assent) went to the substance of the prosecution and their late admission would have caused injustice to the respondents; consequently the magistrate's decision to acquit on the admitted evidence was lawful and the High Court dismissed the Crown's appeal.