Read the full judgment text of CACC 000027/1947 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 February 1948.
1. This is an appeal by way of case stated from the decision of a magistrate dismissing a summons under section 3(2) of the Merchandise Marks Ordinance, 1890, alleging that the defendant had in his possession for sale certain tins of saccharin to which a false description was applied. On the argument as addressed to this Court, the only question in issue was whether the respondent had proved, at the hearing, that he had taken all reasonable precautions against committing the offence, as provided