Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000701/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 September 1999.
1. The Appellant was convicted after trial of theft of a packet of Chinese medicinal soup from Manning Retail Ltd., valued at $95. At about 5:50 p.m. on 14.6.1999, a plainclothe security guard of Manning (PW1) saw the Appellant pick up a packet of soup and read the description on the packet. Then as the Appellant was picking up the baby with her left arm, she passed the packet to the baby with her right hand. Then the Appellant walked to the stalls displaying infant items. There she took the pac