Read the full judgment text of CACC 000323/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. These three Appellants appeal against their sentences. They, together with another man, went to a village in the New Territories obviously intending to commit a robbery. They took with them nylon ropes with which to tie up anybody who interfered with them. Their arrival was heralded by the barking of dogs, whereupon one householder came out to investigate. He was immediately attacked: he was struck and threatened with a knife. Having been overpowered, he was gagged, and being put into his