Read the full judgment text of CACC 000629/1981 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against conviction. The facts as found by the learned Magistrate in the Court below were not seriously in dispute. There were four summonses brought against the Appellant, all being that he "used" a goods vehicle and a trailer which had a defective braking systems. Evidence was called by the Crown from a vehicle examiner, and the Magistrate accepted his evidence, that he examined the vehicle concerned and found that the foot brake of one of the vehicles and both foot and han