Read the full judgment text of HCMA 1057/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 May 2000.
1. The applicant was convicted after trial on 21 September 1999 of one charge of theft. He was fined a sum of $1,000 together with costs. He appealed against that conviction and on 31 March 2000, that appeal was heard and dismissed. By a Notice of Motion dated 18 April 2000, the applicant seeks an order certifying that there was involved in the decision a point of law of great and general importance. Section 32(2) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, Cap.484 states :-