Read the full judgment text of CACC 000578/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 September 1969.
1. The appellant in this case pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him of obtaining credit by fraud. The brief facts of the case are that he went into a restaurant, ordered two large bottles of bear to the value of $7.60, and when the time came for payment to be made he was in no position whatsoever to pay. The matter was reported to the Police and he was charged with this offence. The learned magistrate imposed a sentence of 6 months imprisonment.