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Hong Kong Case Law

Staleness of evidence
  • 22 May 1968

    MA KWAI YUK v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    MA KWAI YUK v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC137/1968

    No prejudice resulted from the magistrate having a typed opening; provisional copies were properly rejected and the magistrate was entitled to disregard their contents; auditor's stamp was not decisive in face of clear evidence of manipulation and admissions by the accused; inducement can be inferred from the circumstances and did not require direct testimony; indemnity did not negate intent given other evidence of concealment; staleness of events did not defeat documentary proof; conviction and sentence were therefore upheld.