Read the full judgment text of CACC 000694/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 December 1968.
1. The appellant was charged before the learned magistrate with unlawful possession of dangerous drugs and with selling dangerous drugs. He appeals against a conviction on the first of those charges, he having been acquitted on the second charge. Unfortunately the learned magistrate has not given any reasons for having acquitted the appellant on the second charge and I have had some doubt whether, in the circumstances of this case, these two verdicts could be consistent. However, I think the mag