23 Feb 1999
HKSAR v. WONG CHI LAI, JEFF
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG CHI LAI, JEFF
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC172/1998
The Court held it was proper to exercise its power under s.83A Criminal Procedure Ordinance to substitute convictions where the evidence plainly disclosed alternative offences that a trial judge could properly have convicted upon and where no injustice would result. Applying that approach, the Court substituted (a) an offence of attempting to obtain a pecuniary advantage by deception (s.18 Theft Ordinance) for the charge in CACC293/98 and (b) thefts of things in action (s.9 Theft Ordinance) for the charges in CACC349/98; granted leave to appeal and entered guilty verdicts on the substituted c…