Read the full judgment text of CACC 000844/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 February 1974.
1. The appellant in this case was convicted in the District Court of four charges of wounding with intent. Each charge related to a separate victim, and each victim gave evidence at the trial. That evidence was far from satisfactory, but there is no doubt that the four were joint victims of a gang attack, and that each received serious injuries. None, however, was able to identify even one of his assailants, and the only evidence against the appellant was a statement that he made to the police s