Read the full judgment text of CACC 001083/1981 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against sentence by a young boy who at the time of committing robbery was but 13 years of age. He is that same age today. He, together with another boy aged 13 years, stopped two youngsters as they were returning to their Resettlement Estate and demanded money from them. Each put an arm around one boy but the demand was a joint one. One of the boys, aged 9, handed over $5 to this appellant who later shared the money with his confederate. They were charged with robbery and ea