Read the full judgment text of CACC 000024/1981 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against sentence. The appellant was convicted of 15 charges of theft. Originally he was charged with 53 charges of the same nature. However, he was acquitted of 27 of them. The Crown offered no evidence in respect of 7 of them and would not proceed in respect of another 4. After some days of trial the appellant reversed his plea to one of guilty to 15 the charges of which he was convicted.