Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000855/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 December 1998.
1. This Appellant was found guilty after trial of Theft of a telephone by finding. He found the telephone in a tram and appropriated it to his own purposes. When first questioned by the police he lied as to how he came into possession saying he purchased it, later, he changed that statement.