THE QUEEN v. SHUM SAI WAI FRANCIS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

(Appellate Jurisdiction)

MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 68 OF 1996

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J U D G M E N T

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1. This was an appeal against a conviction for speeding. The only ground of appeal with any merit was that the learned Magistrate had failed to give adequate reasons for her finding of guilt in this case. I agreed. The learned Magistrate's findings were perfunctory in the extreme and give no reason whatsoever why it was that she found against the Defendant. Therefore I allowed the appeal. However, as this is a serious matter and supported by good evidence I thought that it ought to go back for re-trial. I therefore ordered a retrial before another Magistrate.