The high court ruled, "The defendant is unable to supply the court with the names, ages and residences of students who said that the plaintiff was often late for class, and this court has no way of asking each and every student from among so many.
高院法官以「被告無法指出提供告訴人經常缺課之學生姓名、年籍、住居所，事實上本院無從在眾多學生中一一傳訊查證，… 貿然為文撰述，亦有不確定之犯罪故意。」