Read the full judgment text of CACC 000524/1978 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant in this case pleaded guilty to no fewer than sixteen charges of theft and asked the learned magistrate to take into account seventy-two similar offences. It is quite clear that in the view of the learned magistrate, this appellant deserved the maximum punishment that he could impose, which was 3 years' imprisonment, He therefore passed consecutive sentences of one month's imprisonment on fifteen of the charges and then by the simple method of deduction allocated the balance of 2
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