Read the full judgment text of CACC 000867/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 1 October 1982.
1. The facts of the case were agreed. The Appellant was being tried for robbery in the Supreme Court Annexe. It seems that the food supplied, which was plain congee, caused the Appellant to feel ill and while he was waiting in a High Court Cell before being escorted back to Stanley Prison, he approached a Correctional Services Department Officer and offered him a gold finger-ring if the officer would supply him with special food during the hearing of the case. The officer agreed to do so and the