Read the full judgment text of CACC 000424/1980 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 May 1980.
1. This appeal is against a twelve months' sentence of imprisonment for theft. The facts which the appellant admitted were that he stole a plastic bowl containing $34.20 from a hawker's stall in the middle of the day. Immediately after doing this, he was caught by the hawker who handed him over to the police. He admitted the offence to the police and pleaded guilty in court.