Read the full judgment text of CACC 000037/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 May 1969.
1. In giving his reasons for sentence the learned magistrate stated that the appellant had no fewer than 22 previous convictions according to the record produced to the court. The record is before us and in fact the record discloses 35 previous convictions, including 25 convictions for carrying excess passengers. The magistrate remembered having warned the appellant that if he appeared before him again and was convicted of a similar offence he would face a heavier fine and a period of disqualifi