Read the full judgment text of CACC 000238/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 April 1969.
1. The point which arises in this case is a short one but an important one. The appellant was charged under s.27 of the Road Traffic Ordinance with failing to report a traffic accident. When driving his motor car he was in collision with a pedestrian and the pedestrian received very slight injuries. The appellant stopped, had some conversation with the pedestrian and apparently paid him some compensation for the injury which he had suffered. Thereafter, thinking apparently that the matter was se