Read the full judgment text of CACC 000071/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. The appellant was leaving an elevator with his son, a small boy. Another man, who was referred to as a 'delivery boy' although he is a man of mature years, tried to enter the lift at the same time as the appellant was stepping out, accidentally struck the appellant - he was carrying a gas cylinder at the time. This caused the appellant to fall down and as the appellant got up