Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000138/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 May 1999.
1. This Appellant pleaded guilty before H.M. Sinclair Esquire in the Magistrate's Court at Tsuen Wan to one charge of possession of offensive weapon in a public place and one charge of remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed here unlawfully. On 8th January this year, he was sentenced to a concurrent term of four months' imprisonment in respect of the possession of offensive weapon charge and 15 months' imprisonment in respect of the remaini