Read the full judgment text of CACC 000559/1972 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is indeed a somewhat remarkable case. The appellant, aged 19, was convicted upon charges of unlawful possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and assaulting a police officer acting in the due execution of his duty. Upon conviction on the charge of possession of an offensive weapon he was discharged conditional upon him entering into a bond, in his own recognizance in the sum of $200, to be of good behaviour and to appear for sentence any time if called upon within the next two