Read the full judgment text of CACC 000211/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 28 April 1969.
1. The appellant appeals against two sentences of 10 months' imprisonment consecutive on charges of larceny in a dwelling. He has a very long record, the greater proportion of the previous convictions being for drugs offences. He comes before me asking for leniency on the ground that he has two children in China whom he wishes to maintain. It is apparent, however, that a very large part of his income must have been spent not on remitting money to his children but on the purchase of drugs. I see