The Queen v. Lee Keung
Read the full judgment text of HCMA 19/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 February 1996.
1. This was an appeal against sentence. The appellant had been found guilty on his own plea of failing to display a taximeter indicator without reasonable excuse, and stopping or loitering elsewhere than a taxi stand without reasonable excuse while his taxi was available for hire. He was fined $1,000 for each offence.
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HCMA000019/1996 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG (Appellate Jurisdiction) MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 19 OF 1996 ---------------
--------------- Coram : Hon Duffy, J. in Court Date of hearing : 7 February 1996 Date of handing down judgment : 13 February 1996 ------------------------ J U D G M E N T ------------------------ 1. This was an appeal against sentence. The appellant had been found guilty on his own plea of failing to display a taximeter indicator without reasonable excuse, and stopping or loitering elsewhere than a taxi stand without reasonable excuse while his taxi was available for hire. He was fined $1,000 for each offence. 2. On his application at Appeal I felt that the second offence was not entirely separate from the first offence, and that therefore I could reduce the penalty for the second offence to a fine of $500. The appeal was allowed accordingly. Representation: Mr W.S. Cheung, S.A.C.P., for Crown Appellant (Lee Keung) in person - 2 -
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