Read the full judgment text of CACC 000280/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 July 1970.
1. The appellant was charged with common assault on a young woman by hitting or slapping her on her hip from behind. No injury resulted; as she said, it hurt slightly. The appellant was found guilty, but conditionally discharged without a conviction being recorded. He appeals against that finding and order, and Crown counsel concedes that an appeal lies although there was no conviction. Although the matter is comparatively trivial it is of importance to the appellant, a young man of 18 years of