Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000060/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 June 2001.
1. The Appellant, So Wai-shing (the 3rd defendant at trial) together with two other defendants, faced trial before Mr. Stephen Wong, a Deputy Magistrate sitting at Tuen Mun Magistracy, on a single charge of robbery. The proceedings were conducted in Chinese; I have an English translation of the transcript. On 15 December 2000 all three defendants were convicted after trial. On 29 December 2000, after considering reports, the magistrate sentenced to the 1st defendant to 14 month's imprisonment, t