Read the full judgment text of CACC 000731/1974 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was convicted, after a trial, of possession of an offensive weapon, that is, a home-made knife 18 inches in length and was sentenced to be bound over in the sum of $500 for 18 months and to receive nine strokes of the cane. That sentence of corporal punishment has been deferred pending determination of this appeal. He appeals against conviction.