15 Jun 1982
MAN CHI-LUN v. LO SIU-KUEN
- Citation
- MAN CHI-LUN v. LO SIU-KUEN
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC194/1981
Under Hong Kong law the drawing and handing over of post-dated cheques can amount to deception as to a future state of affairs; the statutory presumption in section 29(6) applies to offences under sections 17/18 and to officers prosecuted under section 20; similar fact evidence may be used to prove guilty knowledge or intent; applying these principles the court found that MAN Chi-lun, as the company boss and signatory, connived in obtaining goods by deception and convicted him on multiple charges, whereas LO Siu-Kuen lacked signing authority and requisite knowledge and was acquitted on the ch…