Read the full judgment text of CACC 000689/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 28 September 1971.
2. The appellant was charged at the Western Magistracy with driving a private car for hire or reward and with driving a private car without third party insurance. Upon his trial he was apparently willing to give evidence but his counsel, Miss Fung, submitted that it was unnecessary for him to do so and in the event the appellant neither gave evidence nor made any statement from the dock before his counsel addressed the Court on his behalf. At a resumed hearing however, counsel asked that he be a