Read the full judgment text of CACC 000715/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 February 1970.
1. In this appeal to the Full Court from the verdict of conviction by a District Judge in a criminal case there is raised, not by any means for the first time, the question how far or to what extent the District Judge must make it apparent in his 'Reasons' that he has evaluated the evidence, in all its salient implications. Counsel for the Crown on the appeal, Mr. Lucas, has, as is not infrequently done, invited us to accept that as the District Court is a professional tribunal it is to be assum