Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001235/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 January 2000.
1. The appellant in both these appeals came before C R MacIntosh Esquire, Magistrate, when he pleaded guilty to two charges of being in possession of a dangerous drug, namely .28 grammes of a mixture containing .06 grammes of heroin, and .03 grammes of a mixture containing traces of heroin and methaqualone. The magistrate sentenced him to imprisonment for 5 months in respect of each charge to be served consecutively. He now appeals sentence upon the general grounds that the term was too severe.