WONG CHEUNG v. THE QUEEN
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CACC000600/1971
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
(APPELLATE JURISDICTION)
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 600 OF 1971
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| BETWEEN | ||
| WONG CHEUNG | Appellant | |
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| THE QUEEN | Respondent |
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Coram: Pickering, J.
Date of Judgment: 29th September, 1971.
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JUDGMENT
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1. The appellant was charged with going equipped for stealing and now appeals against the sentence of 9 months imprisonment imposed upon him as a result of his plea of guilty.
2. The sentence was imposed by the same learned magistrate who, in Criminal Appeal 407 of 1971, explained a sentence of the same length by reference to the case of "Person"(1). It seems apparent that the judgment of this Court from the appeal against sentence in Criminal Appeal 407 of 1971 has not yet reached the magistrate.
3. In that case I said that the "significant sentence" in Hong Kong has come to be regarded as standing in the region of 6 months rather than 9 months and, in an effort to secure uniformity of sentencing, I allowed the appeal in that case to the extent that the sentence of 9 months imprisonment was reduced to one of 6 months.
4. The same result must obtain in the present case, and the appeal is allowed and the sentence reduced from 9 months to 6 months.
Representation:
Appellant in person
Soh, C.C. for Crown.
(1) 1969 C.A.R. 640