12 Aug 1969
CHENG KAM-MAN v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHENG KAM-MAN v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC426/1969
The payment of $40 was held to have been made involuntarily as a direct consequence of a veiled threat by a police constable and therefore the conviction for obtaining money by false pretences (which requires a voluntary payment induced by false representation) was unsustainable and was quashed; the conviction for demanding/obtaining money with menaces was supported by the evidence and must stand; sentence reduced from 18 to 9 months because imprisonment is appropriate for a police officer in such an offence but the original term was excessive.