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Neither the offence of armed robbery nor the alternative offence of demanding property with menaces with intent to steal was proved to the required standard. The trial court erred in convicting and sentencing the appellant for an offence not established by evidence and in awarding fines and damages not supported by law in criminal proceedings.
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The High Court upheld convictions for wrongful confinement, demanding property with menaces, and obtaining money by false pretences, but varied sentence on two counts.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal, upholding a three-year sentence for demanding property with menaces after finding the conviction supported by evidence.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal, holding the appellant’s conduct supported conviction for obtaining goods by false pretences, with concurrent sentences.
The High Court partly allowed a criminal appeal, quashing a conviction for demanding property with menaces and substituting grievous harm after a violent levy dispute.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal, upholding a conviction for demanding property with menaces under section 292 of the Penal Code.
The High Court upheld convictions for demanding property with menaces with intent to steal, but reduced the third appellant’s sentence to two years.
The prosecution evidence was conflicting, exaggerated, and lacked credibility, making it unsafe to uphold the conviction; the appeal was allowed and the conviction quashed.
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