Read the full judgment text of CACC 000010/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 22 January 1970.
1. The appellant was charged with loitering and being unable to give a satisfactory account of himself and was sentenced to two and a half months' imprisonment. Notice of appeal against the sentence was given on the 9th December. It is unfortunate that the case has not come on for hearing until to-day because the appellant has already completed his sentence. It is to be hoped that in future care will be taken to ensure that where there is an appeal against a short sentence every effort will be m