Read the full judgment text of CACC 000927/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was sentenced on his own plea to six months' imprisonment for smoking opium. It is a heavy sentence for this offence even allowing for the appellant's record. I appreciate that opinions in favour of such a sentence in circumstances similar to the present have been expressed elsewhere, although not in court. They are opinions of great weight but did not, I am told, reflect the general opinion on that occasion and do not, so far as I am aware, reflect the general sentencing practi