Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001192/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 January 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a conviction for failing to comply with traffic light signals. The only evidence against the appellant was that given by a police officer. The appellant did not give evidence. On his appeal he claimed that he totally misunderstood the learned Magistrate when being asked whether or not he wanted to give evidence, this being his first ever appearance in a court. There is always a potential difficulty when an appellant is unrepresented in explaining his rights. I gave