Read the full judgment text of CACC 000888/1971 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This Appellant was originally charged with unlawful possession of dangerous drugs. Before the magistrate an "amended charge" was submitted, alleging unlawful possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of trafficking. Counsel for the Crown has raised the question whether there has strictly been a proper amendment of the charge and I think he is strictly correct when he submits that this was not an amended charge at all but, being for a more serious offence, was an entirely new charge. Never