Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000146/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 March 1996.
1. This was an appeal against conviction for possession of a dangerous drug. There was only one point on the appeal and that is the refusal of the learned Magistrate to grant the Appellant an adjournment to enlist the aid of counsel for his trial. The trial was fixed for 18th December 1995. The Appellant was ill that day and unable to attend court. A colleague of the Appellant informed the court and produced a doctor's certificate and the trial was adjourned to the following day. On that day the