Read the full judgment text of CACC 000715/1975 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against sentences totalling three years' imprisonment on thirteen charges of theft. The Appellant was employed by a diamond merchant as a salesman. He was entrusted with very large quantities of diamonds and, although he was earning what no doubt is a proper salary, it was but a modest one. He had from time to time no less than half a million dollars' worth of diamonds in his custody. Unfortunately he was induced by others to embark upon what was from the start a dishonest t