Read the full judgment text of CACC 000465/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Appellant is a girl of 16 who was charged before the magistrate with blackmail. She pleaded Guilty and that plea was accepted by the magistrate, who thereupon sentenced her to detention in a training centre. On the day she came up for sentence there was an application on her behalf to allow her to change her plea. She was then represented by a solicitor, having previously appeared in person. Nothing can be said against the magistrate in respect of the proceedings at the first hearing: he