Read the full judgment text of CACC 000609/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 November 1968.
1. The appellants were caught red-handed in circumstances which clearly showed that they had been smoking heroin. Both of them were found in possession of pieces of tinfoil which bore traces of heroin upon them. The first appellant pleaded guilty when the case was tried; the second appellant pleaded not guilty and was convicted of the offence charged. Both appellants now appeal against sentence. The sentence imposed upon each of them was one of 12 months' imprisonment.