Read the full judgment text of CACC 000688/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 April 1998.
1. The applicant in this matter faced two charges. The first was one of burglary which alleged that he, on 8th July, at Shatin, having entered as a trespasser Flat B on the first floor of Peak View House, stole a watch, $1,300 in cash, six cans of soft drink and a "Gameboy" cartridge tape. The second alleged that at that time he was unlawfully in Hong Kong. He pleaded guilty to the unlawful remaining charge but not guilty to the burglary charge. He was found guilty after trial before Deputy Judg