Read the full judgment text of CACC 88/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant in this case is a young man of 16½ years old. He pleaded guilty in the court below to a serious robbery in which knives were used. He really had very little option but to do so as he was caught in the very act. The learned magistrate called for reports not only from the Detention Centre, and from the Training Centre but also from the Probation Officer, notwithstanding the fact that the appellant had previous convictions one for possession of an offensive weapon and one for robbe