Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001534/1990 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 February 1991.
1. The appellant was convicted after trial on a charge of careless driving. He was unrepresented at the trial and now complains that the magistrate after ruling that there was a case to answer, failed to advise him of his right to elect not to give evidence, of his right to call witnesses, and of his right to re-examine himself to clarify matters which arose in cross-examination.