Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000012/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The respondent, together with another man not now before this court, pleaded guilty to two charges of robbery and to one charge of being in possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, contrary to section 33(1) of the Public Order Ordinance, Cap. 245. The magistrate sentenced the respondent to a period of training in a training centre on the charge of possession of an offensive weapon. In passing sentence, the magistrate overlooked the fact that the respondent was over the age of 17 y