The Queen v. Wong Chun
Read the full judgment text of HCMA 1135/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 February 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a sentence of nine months imposed for possession of a false identity card and remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration. This was another case involving a pregnant lady who had since given birth to the child, which had been in custody with the appellant until the present time. I need not repeat the opinion I expressed about these matter in an appeal I heard just the other day, R. v. Lam Kuen Hung , MA1027 of 1995. Suffice it for me
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HCMA001135/1995 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG (Appellate Jurisdiction) MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO.1135 OF1995 --------------------
-------------------- Coram : Hon Duffy, J. in Court Date of hearing : 1 February 1996 Date of handing down judgment : 7 February 1996 ------------------------- J U D G M E N T ------------------------- 1. This was an appeal against a sentence of nine months imposed for possession of a false identity card and remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration. This was another case involving a pregnant lady who had since given birth to the child, which had been in custody with the appellant until the present time. I need not repeat the opinion I expressed about these matter in an appeal I heard just the other day, R. v. Lam Kuen Hung, MA1027 of 1995. Suffice it for me to say that on humanitarian grounds I thought it right to allow this appeal, and to reduce the sentence so that this lady could be released immediately. Representation: Mr F. Veltro, S.C.C., for Crown Appellant (Wong Chun) in person - 2 -
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