In the matter of an application by the Attorney General of Hong Kong for leave to apply to the Full Court under Section 81A of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Chapter 221, for review of sentence; v IN THE MATTERof the sentences passed upon CHAN Yuet-har (the first defendant) and CHING Wai-man (the second defendant) on the 6th day of May, 1972 in the Magistrate's Court at Fanling in Criminal Case No. 808 of 1972 of the said Court.

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1. This is an application made to this court by the Attorney General under Section 8lA of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Cap. 221 for this court to review a sentence imposed by a magistrate on the ground that that sentence was manifestly inadequate. It is necessary to state at once that the considerations which will influence this court in considering an application of this kind are essentially different in degree to the considerations which would influence the same court on the hearing of an