9 Aug 2011
The Court held the assistance was unsupported, uncorroborated and of no real utility to the prosecution; therefore the sentencing judge did not err in awarding only the additional three month reduction and dismissing the application for leave to appeal the sentence.
24 Oct 1989
The magistrate accepted the evidence of the two police witnesses, including that the first officer's belt was damaged at the scene and corroborated by the second witness; there was no basis for the appellate court to overturn the magistrate's credibility findings, therefore the conviction was safe and the appeal was dismissed.
9 Nov 1982
The convictions were quashed because the evidence did not establish, to the required standard, that the complainant was detained against his will by the defendants or that the defendants intended to restrain him; the alleged threats or pressure were not sufficiently proven and opportunities to escape were not reconciled, rendering the convictions unsafe.
2 Sept 1976
Appeal allowed because the Crown failed to prove guilty knowledge/dishonesty beyond reasonable doubt; the trial judge erred by treating the appellant's rejected in‑court testimony as affirmative corroboration and by treating presentation of an apparently fraudulent ticket as amounting to a presumption of dishonesty.
13 Nov 1972
The magistrate correctly dismissed the robbery charge as it would be unsafe to convict solely on the confession where the alleged victim was unidentified, but valid independent police evidence corroborated the confession sufficiently to justify and uphold the conviction for possession of an offensive weapon.
23 Feb 1972
The conviction was upheld because the magistrate expressly found the complainant's evidence to be corroborated by the testimony of her friend and by the appellant's admission that he and others went to the house with the girls; the absence of an express warning about uncorroborated testimony did not vitiate the conviction where corroboration was found.