Read the full judgment text of CACC 000499/1977 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 31 May 1977.
1. The appeal against conviction was dismissed in this case. Leave to appeal out of time against sentence was given, Mr. Marash for the Crown not opposing. The appellant is 29 years of age and this is his first offence. The amount of the drugs seized is minimal and was found in two small plastic phials in a drawer in a room which, though no doubt nominally in his occupation, is not a room where he regularly co-habits with his wife since they are living on terms of partial estrangement and it is