Read the full judgment text of CACC 000218/1971 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 May 1971.
1. This case, which came before me this morning, on appeal from the Magistrate, Mr. Ware, raises the question whether sentences of corporal punishment and detention in a Training Centre may properly be combined. The learned Magistrate discusses the matter at some length (p.7 of the Record). The appellant is 16 years of age and pleaded guilty to three offences of robbery - in substance robbing youngsters by punching a threatening to punch them and taking, in two of the cases their money, and in t