Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000805/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 November 2000.
1. This appellant was convicted on his own plea of guilty on one charge of publishing an obscene article and one charge of possession of an obscene article for the purpose of publication. He was sentenced to a concurrent term of 16 months' imprisonment on each charge. He now appeals against the sentence on the grounds that the sentence was too severe and excessive. In sentencing the appellant, the magistrate said this:
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