Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000033/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 October 1998.
1. On 26 November 1997, following a contested trial lasting six days, the appellants, NG Ching-yi and LEUNG Wing-yin, were each convicted of a joint charge of conspiracy to defraud by Mrs Julie Livesey, Permanent Magistrate sitting at Eastern Magistracy. On 11 December 1997 she sentenced each of them to six months' imprisonment. They appeal against their conviction but have abandoned their appeals against sentence. The charge on which they were convicted was framed as follows: