Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000442/1994 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 July 1994.
1. On 25th April 1994 at North Kowloon Magistrates' Court, the Appellant pleaded guilty to an offence of theft. He had stolen a wallet from the shirt pocket of a man in front of him in a queue at one of the Jockey Club's off-course betting centres. He was caught red-handed by a police officer in plain clothes who had observed what he had done. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. He now appeals against his sentence.