21 Oct 1986
Application dismissed because the record showed a guilty plea, recognizance and payment of costs indicating conviction was intended; the Applicant produced no evidence of any incorrect magistracy entry and failed to explain the more than three-year delay, so leave to appeal out of time was refused.
29 Apr 1985
Evidence was insufficient to support conviction because only opportunity and items found months later were proven, there was no admission applicable to the items found, recent possession did not apply, and therefore the court could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of guilt; conviction must be quashed and no police conviction entry made.
15 Mar 1985
The magistrate failed to demonstrate consideration of s.109A alternatives before imposing a custodial sentence on a 19‑year‑old; the suspended imprisonment was wrong in principle and excessive and must be set aside and replaced by a non‑custodial binding over consistent with the other counts.
13 Feb 1984
The magistrate lacked jurisdiction to order the six months suspended sentence to run consecutively to a drug addiction treatment centre order; the treatment orders were inappropriate on the facts and were substituted with immediate imprisonment of six months concurrent on each theft charge; the suspended sentence was set aside.
11 May 1981
The appellate court allowed the appeal and ordered that the convictions not be recorded because on these facts the appellants' youth, good character and prospects of rehabilitation justified mercy despite culpable but not highly culpable disorderly conduct.