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The jury acquitted the appellants on the conspiracy as it was originally charged.
Consequently, the high court decided in favour of the appellant and set him free from custody.
Five mental health experts testified that appellant did not know right from wrong or that she thought what she did was right.
The appellant sought to sell illustrated books characterized as 'adult' material, and he was convicted for distributing obscene matter.
The nature of the process afforded no assurance that the outcome, favourable or otherwise to the appellant, represented dispensation of true justice.
The appellants significantly focused on the anomalous fact relating to the court's behaviour.
But admitting that it is fully established that the appellants were common carriers of bank bills for hire, they became, on receiving them, insurers against everything but inevitable accident.
The obvious fact that her 'intention' was to get married or that she had indeed got married to the accused as testified by the appellant, was ignored.
In view of the low levels of literacy - regardless of legal status, colour or national origin - in the colony, some such letters were penned on behalf of the appellant.
