24 Dec 2013
The trial judge's acceptance of PW1's evidence was reasonable and supported by the record; the identified inconsistencies were minor or reasonably explicable; the prosecution proved the appellant assaulted PW1 causing injury beyond reasonable doubt; therefore the conviction is safe and the appeal is dismissed.
7 Apr 1994
The Magistrate's conviction was upheld because the admissible evidence (including the appellant's admissions) supported the finding that the appellant failed to keep a proper lookout and collided with the cart; there was no admissible evidence proving the asserted bicycle existed or caused the accident, so the Magistrate was not required to accept the appellant's speculative explanation.
21 May 1992
The Court held the trial judge did not err in preferring the evidence of the police witness over the taxi driver and the accused, his reasons for finding the taxi driver's memory unreliable were permissible, the use of the phrase 'I prefer' did not indicate a departure from the burden of proof, and therefore the conviction was not unsafe; appeal dismissed.
31 Oct 1972
The magistrate's signed statement of findings under s114(b) was sufficient in the circumstances; although magistrates should give reasons where necessary, here the decision to accept the police officer's evidence over the appellant's was open on the record and the conviction was safe — appeal dismissed.