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Topic

Use of offensive weapons

Legal area

Court

21 Feb 1973

TSUI YIU CHO v. THE QUEEN

Citation

TSUI YIU CHO v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC88/1973

The appeal was dismissed and the court refused to interfere with the sentence; the appellant's youth and guilty plea did not outweigh his prior convictions and the demonstrated dishonesty in mitigation, and the court will not override the statutory discretion of the Commissioner of Prisons regarding Training Centre discharge.
24 Sept 1970

YIM TSZ SHING AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN

Citation

YIM TSZ SHING AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC480/1970

Because the appellants, though juveniles, participated in an armed nighttime robbery in which the victim was blindfolded, bound and suffered lacerations, the magistrate did not abuse his sentencing discretion in imposing corporal punishment; the court will not interfere except to reduce the number of strokes from nine to six for each appellant.