Read the full judgment text of CACC 000199/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 May 1968 before Rigby S.P.J..
Criminal law – assault occasioning actual bodily harm – appeal against conviction – unsafe conviction – lack of evidence for common purpose – magistrate's failure to consider alibi evidence – bond set aside – appellant a prison warder – altercation between complainant and 1st defendant – alleged revenge attack – no evidence of common design – conviction quashed – order binding over the appellant in the sum of $250 set aside
Legal issues: Safety of conviction based on insufficient evidence and inadequate reasoning
Outcome: Appeal allowed; conviction quashed; order binding over the appellant set aside.