Read the full judgment text of CACC 000590/1978 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against sentence only. The appellants having each been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for aiding and abetting illegal immigrants to remain in the Colony. These cases are invariably difficult and must cause the sentencing tribunal much anxiety. On the one hand there is a reluctance to punish any actions which are arisen out of kindness of heart and on the other there is a necessity to protect the economy of Hong Kong from what has for years been and still remains a gre