13 Oct 1989
The conviction was unsafe and had to be quashed because the immunity's wording and the prosecuting counsel's question improperly led the witness to believe he must adhere to his ICAC statement rather than tell the truth, creating a real risk of prejudice to the appellant's trial.
30 Jan 1975
The appellate court reduced the custodial sentence from two years to twelve months because the newly presented medical evidence (hypertension) constituted a material mitigating circumstance not available to the trial judge, warranting interference despite the general appropriateness of a two year term for the offence; suspension was declined.
11 Jan 1973
The conviction for corruptly soliciting a bribe is upheld because the magistrate rightly accepted the complainant's testimony as proving solicitation beyond reasonable doubt; the acquittal on the related charge of accepting a bribe was properly grounded in a distinct reasonable doubt about an equivocal unilateral act and does not render the conviction inconsistent; identified procedural irregularities did not render the trial unfair to the extent that the conviction must be quashed.