BETWEEN: v THE QUEEN

Read the full judgment text of CACC 000076/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 26 February 1970.

1. The appellant, a young man aged 25, came before the learned magistrate on twenty-nine different summons in relation to traffic offences. Twelve of those summons charged him with driving at different times and places whilst disqualified; a further twelve charged him with driving without the necessary third party policy of insurance in force; and the remaining five charges were in respect of relatively minor traffic offences. The learned magistrate sentenced him to one month's imprisonment on e