Read the full judgment text of CACC 000540/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This case has caused me considerable anxiety. The Appellant was charged with cruelty to his child. At the same time an information was laid against his wife on a similar charge. The two informations came before a magistrate not only on the same day but at the same time. The wife pleaded Guilty but the Appellant pleaded Not guilty. The case against the husband (the Appellant) was then adjourned and came up for trial subsequently before another magistrate. He was convicted and sentenced to six