Read the full judgment text of CACC 000072/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 March 1982.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty to two charges of theft and was sentenced to six strokes of the cane. He appeals against sentence. The facts put before the learned magistrate disclosed that the appellant, who is a 15 year old boy, was found by police officers inside a building with 13 other young persons. There was no information as to the type of building or what part of it they were found in. They had a number of articles including two boxes of oranges and 35 catties of noodles. The police off