Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000402/1991 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 August 1991.
1. The appellant was the 2nd of 2 defendants charged in the Magistrate's Court with burglary. The particulars of the offence were that on the 14th of March 1991 at Yuen Long having entered the store as trespassers they stole therein a quantity of cigarettes valued at $5000 the property of the shop owner. The burglary was committed late at night and the only occupant of the premises at the time was a female, who was sleeping on the upper of the 2 floors of the premises.