KING v. DIAS SINNO.

Present: The Hon. Sir Joseph T. Hutchinson, Chief Justice,

and Mr. Justice Wood Renton.

 

THE KING v. DIAS SINNO.

 

D. C. (Crim.), Kalutara, 1,939.

    District Court-Punitive jurisdiction-Sentence of four years-Robbery- Previous conviction-Ceylon Penal Code, s. 68, and chapter XII.- Criminal   Procedure   Code,   ss.   14,   167    (7),    and   192.

 

Where an accused was convicted of robbery in the District Court, and there being a previous conviction against him, the District Judge   sentenced   him   to   four   years'   rigorous   imprisonment.

 
Held, that the sentence was beyond the punitive jurisdiction of the District Court, and the sentence was accordingly reduced to two    years.

 

THE accused was convicted of robbery in the District Court, and the District Judge in view of a previous conviction sentenced the accused to four years' rigorous imprisonment.

 

The accused appealed.

 

A. St. V. Jayewardene, for the accused, appellant.

 

Walter Pereira, K. C., S.-G., for the Crown.

 

Cur. adv. vult.

July 1, 1908.    HUTCHINSON C.J.-

 

This is an appeal against a sentence of four years' imprisonment impos

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