Read the full judgment text of CACC 000190/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 10 April 1975.
1. The appellant was convicted of being in possession of an offensive weapon and received a sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment. There were two other charges tried at the same time. These alleged, (a), conspiracy to commit an affray and, (b), claiming to be a member of a Triad Society. At an early stage in the proceedings the appellant pleaded guilty to the Triad Society offence. The conspiracy charge rested largely upon a confessional statement which was made the subject of an enquir