Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000479/1994 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 August 1994.
1. This is one of those classic cases where the Magistrate had to make up his mind whether to believe PW1 or the Defendant. Unfortunately for the Defendant, he accepted the evidence of PW1. The Defendant did not give evidence and Mr. Haldane has made certain criticisms of the Magistrate's findings and in my judgment, there is nothing in any of these criticisms. This was a man who was seen to take some goods and was seen to put them into his socks. This was a suspicious activity in any circumstan