Read the full judgment text of CACC 000773/1968 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 March 1969.
2. The appellant contended before us that the match-box cover in which the drugs were found did not belong to him but had been borrowed from a friend. He said: " I put it in my pocket and just then the police searched me and found it". He gave no explanation for having pleaded guilty if the story were true. Nor did he advance any reason why the sentence should be reduced. This was his third conviction for this type of offence. In March 1967 he was conditionally discharged for two years but was c