Read the full judgment text of CACC 000718/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 March 1969.
1. The appellant has been convicted on his pleas of guilty to two offences of obtaining money by false pretences contrary to section 50(1) (a) of the Larceny Ordinance, Cap. 210, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on each. The appellant falsely pretended to certain individuals responsible for building work that he was an inspector of the P.W.D., and, claiming that the works were contrary to requirements, obtained sums of $200 and $500 respectively in order to keep quiet. He had commit