Read the full judgment text of CACC 000499/1994 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 January 1996.
1. The three applicants were convicted after trial on 22 September 1994 of being members of a crew of a ship which entered Hong Kong with unauthorised entrants on board by Her Honour Judge Chua. The captain of the ship pleaded guilty. After conviction, each of these applicants was sentenced to a period of 4 years and 3 months imprisonment. They now apply leave to appeal against those convictions out of time and we grant them leave.