Read the full judgment text of CACC 000696/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 December 1968.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty to attempted larceny from the person and he admitted that the facts as stated to the learned magistrate were true. Those facts were that the appellant was seen to pull at the necklace which was round the neck of a small child aged 14 months on its mother's back and to cut the chain with a pair of nail clippers. He was arrested as he was trying to remove the necklace.