4 May 1976
SIN HUNG WAI v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- SIN HUNG WAI v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC403/1976
The sentences were disproportionate to the trivial nature and small value of the electricity used; the two months' immediate sentence was excessive and activation of the six months suspended sentence was wrong in principle because the new offence differed greatly in degree; appeal allowed and sentences set aside and replaced so as to produce immediate release.