Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000764/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 August 1996.
1. This is an appeal against conviction. It is a shoplifting case. The appellants are husband and wife and I shall refer to them as they were at trial, as the 1st and the 2nd defendants. The allegation was that on 11th April 1996 at the Yaohan Store in Shatin, they together stole one pack of the food durian, two T-shirts, and a pair of "Reebok" shoes.