Read the full judgment text of CACC 000114/1986 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Applicant was convicted before Judge Rattigan, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court with a jury, of the offence of possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of trafficking. He was caught at Kai Tak attempting to smuggle, presumably to Canada where he was destined, some 430 grammes of No. 4 heroin. He has suggested in support of his application that it was too heavy a sentence and that the Judge was biased against him. The Judge admittedly did say that people convicted in his co