Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000004/2001 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 July 2001.
1. The five applications for review of sentence presently before us have been consolidated because the same point arises in each of them. The Respondent in each case, having pleaded guilty to theft by shoplifting before Mr P.C. White, Acting Principal Magistrate at Western Magistrates' Court, received an absolute discharge. The reasons provided by the magistrate for taking this course of action led to a consolidated application on 15 February 2001 when the prosecution invited the magistrate to r
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