30 May 1986
THE QUEEN v. CHAN MAN SIN
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN MAN SIN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC524/1985
Following R v Kohn the Court held that where cheques drawn by the defendant debited accounts that were in credit or within the agreed overdraft limit the defendant appropriated the customer's chose in action by presenting forged cheques and thereby committed theft; overdraft-exceeding debits do not amount to theft because no chose in action exists.