Read the full judgment text of CACC 000533/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant appeals against his conviction for murder. He and the deceased together with a third man, all farm workers, shared the upper room of a two-storeyed wooden structure. The third occupant of the room last saw the deceased alive at about 10 p.m. on 7th October 1975 when he left the appellant and the deceased in that room. At about 11.15 p.m. the appellant entered a nearby hut and told the occupants thereof that three teddy boys had entered his room and attacked him and the deceased;