Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000022/2004 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 15 June 2004.
1. If the magistrate felt sure that the truth came from the police officers and not from the applicant, it was properly open to him to convict. He was sure of that. While there may well be imperfections in some of his lines of reasoning, they relate to matters far less important than his impression of the witnesses. There is no reason to fear that he failed to make proper use of the advantage of receiving their evidence at first-hand.