4 Jan 2018
The applicant's left thumbprint on the original receipt provided a sufficient and exclusive link to the transaction; the trial judge reasonably rejected the defence explanation and witnesses, so no arguable ground of appeal existed and leave to appeal against conviction was properly refused.
25 May 1987
The magistrate's findings that the oral admission was voluntary and that the inspector was credible were supported by the evidence and not shown to be erroneous; accordingly the conviction based on that admission was upheld and the appeal dismissed.
24 Mar 1976
Conviction quashed because, in a circumstantial murder case, the trial judge's summing-up failed to place before the jury numerous significant matters pointing away from the appellant so as to render the jury's guilty verdict unsafe; similar-fact evidence was, however, admissible and there was no evidential basis to leave manslaughter to the jury.