Read the full judgment text of CACC 000707/1972 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. In this case the Appellant was charged on two charges, the first of being a suspected person loitering with intent to commit an offence and, secondly, with going equipped for stealing. The learned magistrate records that the charges were read and explained and the Appellant is recorded as saying "Guilty - both charges". It is perhaps over technical to say that he should have insisted on the Appellant's pleading to each charge separately and recorded the plea in respect of each charge separate