Read the full judgment text of CACC 000256/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 24 March 1976 before Cons J.
1. The appellant was convicted of two counts of burglary. The only evidence against him were his own confessions which the police said he wrote out himself. When they were introduced into evidence at the trial he objected on the ground that he had been assaulted by the police. However, the learned magistrate did not believe him, but did believe the police witnesses. Now the appellant goes further and says that he did not even sign the confessions, let alone write them. Unfortunately I cannot jud
Legal issues: Admission of rebuttal evidence not directed to new matter
Outcome: Appeal allowed; convictions quashed.