Read the full judgment text of CACC 000572/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 2 November 1970.
1. The appellant, who is aged 36, pleaded guilty before the magistrate to the charge of robbery preferred against him. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and the learned magistrate, in the exercise of his discretion further directed that he should be subjected to 14 strokes with the cane under the provisions of the Corporal Punishment Ordinance. The appellant now appeals against sentence. It is significant from what he has said in this Court that the part of the sentence which primarily