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Topic

Theft by servant

Legal area

Court

20 May 1999

HKSAR v. LAM CHUN HUNG

Citation

HKSAR v. LAM CHUN HUNG
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA87/1999

Given the very small sum involved, the appellant's immediate admission, guilty plea, long unblemished record and strong mitigation, the custodial sentence should be suspended; the appeal is allowed and the one month immediate imprisonment is suspended for two years, with the consequence that reoffending within that period exposes the appellant to immediate imprisonment of 30 days for this offence.
18 May 1977

POON SIU-YING v. THE QUEEN

Citation

POON SIU-YING v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC461/1977

The offences arose from a single continuing course of conduct where the forgery and uttering were means to obtain goods; the magistrate's aggregation produced an excessive total and the appropriate overall sentence is 15 months' imprisonment achieved by making the theft sentences concurrent and minimal concurrency for forging and uttering, thereby avoiding duplicative punishment.
2 Oct 1975

TSIGG RAG MING v. THE QUEEN

Citation

TSIGG RAG MING v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC710/1975

Appeal allowed in part because the offences, though serious breach of trust, were committed from non‑selfish motive and constituted an exceptional case warranting reduction of the immediate custodial sentence to a suspended sentence.