Read the full judgment text of CACC 000133/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty to two offences, one of being a suspected person loitering with intent to commit an arrestable offence and, two, of going equipped for stealing. The magistrate imposed a sentence of nine months' imprisonment on the first charge and three months' imprisonment on the second charge, the sentences to run concurrently. This was a slip on the magistrate's part because the maximum penalty for the first charge is a term of imprisonment of three months. The magistrate obvi