Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000776/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 August 1996.
1. This is an appeal against sentence. The appellant pleaded guilty on 4th June 1996 before a magistrate to two offences. The first was an offence of burglary committed on 11th May 1996. For that, he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. The second was an offence of remaining in Hong Kong without authority. For that, the magistrate sentenced him to 15 months' imprisonment. She ordered the sentences to run consecutively, making a total of 27 months.