30 Aug 2013
The conviction was quashed because the magistrate did not give adequate consideration to the possibility of accidental touching and relied on flawed or overstated inferences, rendering the conviction unsafe.
18 Nov 2005
The magistrate lawfully and rationally inferred that the appellant placed the bottle in her handbag and intended not to pay, based on findings that she accessed her handbag at checkout, remained at the exit, and the improbability of a surreptitious insertion; he considered favourable evidence and good character; the factual finding was not demonstrably unsafe and the appeal is dismissed.
28 Oct 2005
The conviction was quashed because the magistrate convicted the appellant on a basis at variance with the prosecution's case and of which the appellant had no fair notice or opportunity to address, rendering the conviction unsafe.
27 Apr 2001
The conviction for criminal intimidation was quashed because the magistrate failed to consider and make a finding on the essential element of intent to alarm the victim; without that consideration the conviction could not stand. Sentencing on the remaining two convictions is to be concurrent, resulting in a 12-month term.
30 Oct 1981
The appeal was allowed because the magistrate clearly erred in finding the whole statement was in the appellant's handwriting, creating doubt that the conviction rested on properly assessed evidence; because the Crown's case would be strong if the statement admitted and the charge was not trivial, a retrial was ordered before another magistrate.