Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000942/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 September 1996.
1. The appellants were convicted on 28th June 1996 of theft. The facts, which were basically not in dispute were that on 26th February 1996 both appellants were working for the Pricerite Store at Yuen Long. In the afternoon of that day, the 1st appellant went to the 3rd floor of those premises with her mother and there tested a heater for purchase, a similar heater to the one she had purchased on 22nd February. A purchase was to be made of that heater together with a table. Both items were wrapp