Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000390/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 August 1997.
1. The appellant was convicted after trial on a charge of assault and attempt to rob. He is appealing against that conviction and has appeared today in person. He has put forward quite a number of reasons in support of his appeal. However in a long and careful review of the evidence, the trial magistrate has covered virtually all the points raised by the appellant. He had the advantage of seeing and hearing the witnesses give their evidence, including the appellant. It is essentially a matter of