Read the full judgment text of CACC 000343/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 July 1970.
1. In this appeal it was pointed out to me on behalf of the Crown in regard to the second charge, one of possession of an offensive weapon contrary to sec.17 of the Summary Offences Ordinance, that the sentence imposed of 6 months imprisonment exceeded the maximum, namely 3 months. Accordingly I substituted a sentence of 3 months imprisonment on that charge. It was a sentence ordered to run concurrently with a sentence of 2 years imprisonment on the first charge. On the third charge a sentence o