Read the full judgment text of CACC 001055/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. In this case the appellant was charged with attempted robbery contrary to section 10(1) of the Theft Ordinance. Evidence was given by the prosecution and at the end of the prosecution's case the court of its own motion amended the charge to one of "simple theft or attempted theft". This charge was read and explained to the defendant. Unfortunately, the magistrate did not comply with the provisions of section 27(3) of the Magistrates Ordinance. This imposes a duty on a magistrate to inform an