Read the full judgment text of CACC 000323/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 November 1997.
1. In this matter the applicant faced charges of burglary and of remaining without permission in Hong Kong. The burglary particularized that he, having entered a building known as No.8 Ko Hang Tsuen in Mai Po on 6th March 1997, stole $1,331, an amount of jewellery, clothing, student's cards and other miscellaneous items. It seems clear that he took whatever portable items he found on the premises. The other charge alleged that on the same day he was in Hong Kong without the authority of the Dire