Siu Kai Shing v. The Queen

CACC000088/1969

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 88 OF 1969

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Coram: Huggins, J.

Date of Judgment: 7 March 1969

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JUDGMENT

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Huggins,J:

1. The appellant was convicted before the learned magistrate of four charges of robbery with aggravation. He appears to have gone round with several other men and robbed victims of property such as wrist watches. He is a first offender in the sense that he was a first offender when he committed the first of these robberies and it is apparently not disputed that he was co-operative once he had been arrested. He is 21 years of age and has a wife and a child.

2. The learned magistrate clearly thought that any sentence other than one of imprisonment was inappropriate in the present case. He referred to the prevalence of robberies in the Colony at the present time and clearly indicated that had there been any women among the victims and had the appellant not had a clear record he would have imposed a substantially heavier sentence, and I think he would have been fully justified in doing so in those circumstances. However, having regard to the age of the appellant and the matters I have referred to, he passed sentences of 12 months' imprisonment concurrent on each of the four charges. I cannot think that that was wrong.

3. The appeal is dismissed.

7th March, 1969.

Representation:

Mr. Lucas for the Respondent

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