{"id":957,"date":"2023-10-13T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:37:48","slug":"magistrate-acquitted-defendant-of-using-a-false-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/magistrate-acquitted-defendant-of-using-a-false-instrument\/","title":{"rendered":"Magistrate acquitted defendant of using a false instrument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_1606986880\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-737075539\" class=\"text breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #627A80;\nfont-family: Merriweather;\nfont-size: 13px;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: 400;\nline-height: 150%; \/* 19.5px *\/\nletter-spacing: 0.39px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1606986880 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_1991677786\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1313377322\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1220115594\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3103630564\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Magistrate acquitted defendant of using a false instrument<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2144179185\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>HKSAR v Lo * * * (\u76e7**)<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2144179185 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-2144179185 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3218908572\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>13 October 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1240030651\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lo-Dun-Lai-Daniel-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lo-Dun-Lai-Daniel-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lo-Dun-Lai-Daniel-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lo-Dun-Lai-Daniel-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lo-Dun-Lai-Daniel-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lo-Dun-Lai-Daniel.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1240030651 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-596460665\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-596460665 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-596460665 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>Magistrate Kelly Shui found the defendant not guilty of using a false instrument.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The defendant was charged with using a false instrument. The defendant submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department an application form to change the registered keeper of a dog. The application form stated PW1 as the dog\u2019s old keeper and the defendant as the dog\u2019s new keeper and bore both their signatures. PW1 learned of the application from the defendant\u2019s girlfriend and denied ever signing on the application form.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The learned Magistrate found there was doubt as to whether the defendant \u201cknew or believed\u201d that PW1\u2019s signature on the application form was false and acquitted the defendant.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Jack Hui represented the defendant as sole advocate in the 3-day trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1910962466\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1910962466 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item menu-button-link\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/news\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tBack to News\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1991677786 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magistrate Kelly Shui found the defendant not guilty of using a false instrument<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}