Read the full judgment text of CACC 000286/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 June 1970.
1. The appellant appeals against conviction of two offences of robbery. There were confession statements adduced in evidence in respect of each offence. Unfortunately the trial magistrate did not rule upon their admissibility until after the defence had been called upon; nor indeed, did he enter upon the issue of admissibility at any stage before the close of the prosecution or afford the appellant an opportunity to be heard on that issue except in the course of his defence. Obviously this was w