Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000172/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty before Mr. Mackintosh to one charge of carrying on business as a moneylender without a licence and three charges of lending money at excessive interest. He was sentenced to a total of 3 months’ imprisonment and fined $10,000. The maximum sentence for each of these offences is imprisonment for 2 years and a fine of $100,000. The appellant now appeals against sentence generally on the ground that it is too severe and in relation to charge 1 that it was wrong in prin