Read the full judgment text of CACC 000673/1977 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was found guilty of three offences namely attending a meeting of a triad society, professing to be an office bearer of an unlawful society and allowing a meeting of an unlawful society to be held on premises. He has appealed against these convictions. The main ground of appeal is that the learned magistrate in his Statement of Findings said that he placed a great deal of weight on the statement made under caution by the appellant, a statement that the learned magistrate should n