Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000740/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 January 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a sentence of 15 months imposed for being in Hong Kong as an illegal immigrant. The appellant had originally also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon but had been acquitted after trial on that charge. In accordance with the ruling in R. v. Ng Tung Fong [1992] 1 HKCLR 114, the learned Magistrate might have considered reducing the appellant's sentence because, without the possession of offensive weapon charge, he would not, according to the current pro