Read the full judgment text of CACC 000095/1985 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 May 1985.
1. On the 25th February this year, the four Applicants were all convicted on a joint charge of blackmail in the District Court by His Honour Judge Downey. The 1st Defendant was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment and the other three to 6 months' imprisonment each. The 1st Defendant was also convicted of claiming to be a member of a triad society and sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment, to run concurrently with the longer sentence. They now all seek to appeal against their convictions, but not a