Read the full judgment text of CACC 000007/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 March 1969.
1. The appellant appeals against a sentence of 4 months' imprisonment passed by a learned magistrate for an offence of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs. The charge was amended so that the particulars alleged possession of "traces of diacetylmorphine hydrochloride". The learned magistrate referred to the decision of the English Court of Appeal in Reg. v. Worsell (1) but preferred to rely on two Canadian cases. He advised the appellant to appeal so that this court might consider the propriet