Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000067/1990 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 February 1990 before Ryan J.
1. The appellants were convicted after pleas of guilty for a charge of unlawful assembly. They applied for leave to appeal out of time against conviction which I granted. I have had an opportunity to read the papers and I agree with the Crown's concession that on the brief facts that were presented to the Magistrate, he should not have accepted the pleas of guilty. The Magistrate in his Statement of Findings very fairly concedes this. An essential elementof the charge is that the conduct of the
Legal issues: Sufficiency of facts to support guilty plea to unlawful assembly
Outcome: Appeals allowed; convictions quashed.