Read the full judgment text of CACC 000352/1971 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Appellant and another man were found smoking dangerous drugs together. When first brought before the Magistrate they pleaded Not guilty. Subsequently, when they came before the court a second time, they both apparently pleaded Guilty. So the record indicates, but I would emphasise again that where a person pleads Guilty s.19 of the Magistrates Ordinance requires that the admission be recorded not merely by a statement that he pleaded Guilty but in as nearly as possible in the words used b