Read the full judgment text of CACC 000399/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This was originally an application for leave to appeal against conviction only. The two Appellants were indicted under s.4 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance with trafficking in dangerous drugs. The jury found them guilty and they were each sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. At the hearing counsel asked leave to apply for leave to appeal out of time against sentence. There was no affidavit in support and the sole ground advanced was that the Appellants were ignorant of the law. It was with