Read the full judgment text of CACC 000611/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against a sentence of eighteen months' imprisonment for burglary. In the early hours of the morning the Appellant climbed over the rear wall of a yard at the back of a garage. He there stole two Hawaiian shirts which were hanging on a wall. He was seen running away by one of the garage mechanics, who was aroused from sleep by the presence of the Appellant. The mechanic gave chase and overpowered the Appellant.