Read the full judgment text of CACC 000191/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 31 May 1969.
1. In an address which echoes an earnest plea in mitigation by Mr. Willis in the court below, of which the trial judge has made particular mention, Mr. de Basto has urged upon us that the sentence imposed is excessive and should be reduced. The accused, he says, was employed by a large textile firm from the age of 17 and he had been instrumental in procuring no less than 6,500 business transactions for his employers, bringing in up to three million dollars worth of business a month at a time whe