Read the full judgment text of CACC 000584/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 July 1982.
1. The Appellant was one of four persons charged vita the offence of fighting in a public place. He is the only one who pleaded Not Guilty. He was the driver of a taxi. He appears to have let off a fare in the vicinity of the Excelsior Hotel, whereupon the other three Defendants attempted to board the taxi. They were a father and his two sons. It was they who gave evidence in the case against the Appellant, having already pleaded Guilty and been sentenced. Their story was that when they got into