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Topic

Petty theft

Legal area

Court

12 Feb 1977

LAM SHUK-YUK (F) (ON BAIL) v. THE QUEEN

Citation

LAM SHUK-YUK (F) (ON BAIL) v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC105/1977

The magistrate failed to give sufficient weight to the appellant's pregnancy and the amateur, minor character of the theft; the appropriate disposition was to suspend the one-month sentence for eighteen months.
22 Feb 1972

CHAN WING-HOI v. THE QUEEN

Citation

CHAN WING-HOI v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC4/1972

Although two offences had been committed and the appellant had a bad record, the sentences were ordered to run concurrently because the offences were discovered only by the appellant's candour and this manner of discovery constituted a mitigating factor warranting concurrency rather than consecutive terms.