Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000982/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 December 1985.
1. This appeal highlights the procedural difficulties and sentencing deficiencies which can arise where juvenile defendants, jointly charged with adults in a Magistrate's Court, after entering pleas of guilty, are remitted for sentence to a juvenile court, pursuant to Section 3F of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance, Cap. 226.