Read the full judgment text of CACC 000052/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 26 February 1976.
1. The appellant pleaded not guilty to possession of heroin for the purpose of unlawful trafficking. Evidence was given by one constable that he was in possession of some 40 small packets. In his cross-examination of the constable the defendant admitted that he was in possession of some undefined but lesser amount. He declined to cross-examine the second constable who gave evidence and elected to give no evidence at all himself.