Read the full judgment text of CACC 235/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Appellant pleaded Not Guilty to possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. The evidence against him was that he was seen in the street acting in a furtive manner and that when he was searched a knife was found tucked into the waistband of his trousers. Although upon arraignment he answered that he intended to use the dagger to defend himself, upon his trial he chose to give no evidence of any kind and it was inevitable that he was found guilty.