Read the full judgment text of CACC 000405/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 10 January 1997.
1. The applicant in this matter faced one charge of theft contrary to the Theft Ordinance which particularized as follows: that he, on 26th March 1996, on board lighter Tin Ming No.1, registration No.21603Y, at Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter, Kowloon, in Hong Kong, stole 381 packs of raw silk on board, the property belonging to Unisilk Ltd. He pleaded not guilty to that charge and was convicted after trial before Judge Longley in the District Court and sentenced to imprisonment for 3½ years. He now