Read the full judgment text of CACC 000246/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 10 September 1999.
1. The two Applicants are illegal immigrants. They came clandestinely into Hong Kong from the mainland otherwise than through an immigration control point. Within a few weeks of their arrival in Hong Kong they were arrested. They were charged with an offence of aggravated burglary and one of burglary. At their trial in the District Court they pleaded not guilty. They were convicted by Judge Wilson, and on 29th April 1999 he sentenced them to 21/2 years' imprisonment on each charge, to be served
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