Read the full judgment text of CACC 000736/1983 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. On the 27th July 1982 the appellant, a boy now aged 16, but 15 at the time of the offence, pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault. After obtaining a probation officer's report and a reformatory school report he was sentenced to a period of detention in the Castle Peak Boys' Home pursuant to Section 15(1)(f) of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance Cap. 226.