Read the full judgment text of CACC 000171/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 August 1997.
1. In this matter the applicant faced two charges. The first charge was one of burglary which was particularized that he, on 3 rd January 1997 at Shatin, having entered Block G, Le Parc Villa, To Fung Shan Road, as a trespasser, stole four gold ornaments, a pair of shoes, a ladies wristwatch and $35 in cash. The second charge was remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration. Put shortly the applicant arrived as an illegal immigrant and very shortly after his arriva