Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000339/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 May 1985.
1. This is an appeal against conviction on a charge of common assault. The appellant seeks to upset a finding of fact which the magistrate has come to, and as has been said on many occasions, that imposes a very heavy burden indeed on the appellant. As Miss Crebbin for the Crown has quite rightly pointed out that it is not for the Court of Appeal to interfere with what finding of fact unless it can be shown either that the court below has come to a conclusion which could not be supported by the