Read the full judgment text of CACC 000641/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 April 1971.
1. This is an appeal by way of case stated under Section 105 of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227) from the decision of a magistrate whereby the appellant was found guilty of the charge of theft preferred against him. The appellant also appealed in the ordinary way, under Section 113 of the Magistrates Ordinance, against the sentence imposed upon him. The sentence imposed upon him under Section 36(1)(b) of the Ordinance, was that a conviction for theft be recorded against him and he be dischar