Fransen v S (A256/07)
Fransen v S (A256/07) [2008] ZAWCHC 26 (16 May 2008)
The court held that the appellant's conviction was justified based on his possession of recently stolen goods and his palpably false and improbable explanations for such possession. The Magistrate did not rely on any admissions made by the appellant but rather on the logical inferences drawn from the facts, supported by the corroborated testimony of State witnesses. The appellant's explanations were rejected as unsatisfactory, and the evidence established that he was in possession of goods stolen during the housebreaking. The doctrine of recent possession, as established in R v Gentleman and…
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- Housebreaking With Intent To Steal
- Recent Possession Doctrine
- Admissibility Of Admissions
- Corroboration Of Witnesses