Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000981/1987 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. On 10th December 1987, I allowed this appeal against conviction and promised to give my reasons in writing which I now do. The appellant who was unrepresented when she first appeared before the learned magistrate on the 24th October 1987, was charged with two offences - one for theft and the other for making a false report to a police officer of the commission of an offence. She then pleaded guilty to both offences after the charges were read to her and was convicted after the brief facts of