Read the full judgment text of CACC 000576/1983 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The magistrate has heard the witnesses of whom there were only two and he was of the view that he could accept the evidence given by the Police Constable and he said he did not accept that of the appellant. There are, however, some aspects of that evidence which cause me concern. The Constable says he was observing that the defendant in the distance of about 10 feet. He said he saw him approached a woman, use his right hand to unzip the zipper of her handbag and put his hand inside. On seeing