Read the full judgment text of CACC 000988/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was convicted of being in possession of an offensive weapon in a public place contrary to section 33 of the Public Order Ordinance and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Originally, the appellant appealed only against conviction but, at the hearing of the appeal, counsel, on his behalf, withdrew that appeal. Counsel then asked for leave to appeal against sentence out of time. I granted this and reduced the sentence to one of six months.