Wong Ming Chau v The Queen

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Judgment Date01 October 1968
Judgement NumberCACC502/1968
Year1968
CourtCourt of Appeal (Hong Kong)
CACC000502/1968 WONG MING CHAU v. THE QUEEN

CACC000502/1968

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

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CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 502 OF 1968

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BETWEEN
WONG MING CHAU Appellant
AND
THE QUEEN Respondent

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Coram: Morley-John J. in Court.

Date of Judgment: 1 October 1968

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JUDGMENT

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1. The appellant faced two charges (A) possession of opium pipes which intended for the smoking of opium and (B) with possession of less than 1 mace of prepared opium and less than 1 mace of opium dross.

2. To these charges the appellant pleaded guilty.

3. The facts in this case are that the Police raided a cockloft at 115, Temple Street, on the 15th of August 1968 and during the raid the appellant was found to be in possession of the 2 pipes and the opium. Those are the only facts appearing on the record and it is recorded that the appellant admitted that they were correct.

4. The learned magistrate sentenced the appellant to three months imprisonment on charge A and six months imprisonment on charge B and ordered that these sentences of imprisonment should be consecutive. The appellant has appealed against these sentences on the grounds that they were too severe. The appellant merely asked for a reduction of his sentence because he said he had a wife and 2 children to support; that he was a tailor and that, as it was getting near Chinese New Year, his business would be improving.

5. I found no merit in these grounds of appeal. However, I did notice that the learned magistrate ordered that the teams...

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