28 Sept 1971
MA KWAI PAK v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- MA KWAI PAK v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC689/1970
The conviction was unsafe because the magistrate acted prematurely and relied on a single, qualified police recollection that conflicted only in a qualification with the appellant's evidence; s.100 must be used with circumspection and, while corroboration is not legally required, it is highly desirable in verbal conflicts—on these grounds the appeal is allowed and the conviction quashed.