Rex v Wall
| Jurisdiction | South Africa |
| Judge | Stratford ACJ, De Villiers JA, De Wet JA and Watermeyer AJA |
| Judgment Date | 17 March 1937 |
| Citation | 1937 AD 209 |
| Hearing Date | 17 March 1937 |
| Court | Appellate Division |
Stratford, A.C.J.:
This case comes before us on a question of law reserved in this form - namely whether there is any legal evidence upon which the Court was entitled to convict the accused on either count, that is of falsity or alternatively theft. The case lasted four or five days in the court below and, as the learned Judge said, the case was well conducted: the arguments were ably advanced on both sides and covered all the matters in dispute. The learned Judge considered all the points raised including Mr. Hanson's searching criticism of the evidence of Ellison and Nathan. He concluded that the evidence of one of the admitted criminals, that of Nathan, was in the main correct and that he was corroborated by Ellison and confirmed by the surrounding circumstance. Mr. Rosenberg for the Appellant...
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6 practice notes
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Rex v Asner
...v Shein (1925 AD 6 at pp. 7 and 8); Rex v Kumalo and Another (1930 AD 193 at p. 196); Rev. Tshabangu (1934 AD 514 at p. 516); Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209 at p. 210); Rex v Difford (1937 AD 370 at p. 387). The evidence shows that the accused planned to carry out a fraudulent share-pushing scheme......
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Rex v Kubuse & Others
...AD 6). This includes an investigation into the credibility of witnesses, Rex v Kumalo and Another (1930 AD 193 at p. 216); Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209); Rex v Cilliers (1937 AD 278 at pp. 287-90); see also Rex v Difford (1937 AD 370). As to the contradiction of the evidence of one witness by ot......
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Rex v Slabbert and Prinsloo
...this point because of what was said by STRATFORD, J.A., in Rex v Kumalo and Others (1930 AD 193 at p. 216), repeated by him in Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209) and referred to again in Rex v Cilliers (1937 AD 278 at p.p. 287, 288). The passage "The difference between the considerations governing an......
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Rex v Difford
...beyond a reasonable doubt, as decided in Rex v Shein (1925 AD 6) and Rex v Kumalo and Another (1930 AD 193), confirmed in Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209). As the evidence is purely circumstantial and there is no conflict except in immaterial respects between Crown and defence evidence, the conclus......
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6 cases
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Rex v Asner
...v Shein (1925 AD 6 at pp. 7 and 8); Rex v Kumalo and Another (1930 AD 193 at p. 196); Rev. Tshabangu (1934 AD 514 at p. 516); Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209 at p. 210); Rex v Difford (1937 AD 370 at p. 387). The evidence shows that the accused planned to carry out a fraudulent share-pushing scheme......
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Rex v Kubuse & Others
...AD 6). This includes an investigation into the credibility of witnesses, Rex v Kumalo and Another (1930 AD 193 at p. 216); Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209); Rex v Cilliers (1937 AD 278 at pp. 287-90); see also Rex v Difford (1937 AD 370). As to the contradiction of the evidence of one witness by ot......
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Rex v Slabbert and Prinsloo
...this point because of what was said by STRATFORD, J.A., in Rex v Kumalo and Others (1930 AD 193 at p. 216), repeated by him in Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209) and referred to again in Rex v Cilliers (1937 AD 278 at p.p. 287, 288). The passage "The difference between the considerations governing an......
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Rex v Difford
...beyond a reasonable doubt, as decided in Rex v Shein (1925 AD 6) and Rex v Kumalo and Another (1930 AD 193), confirmed in Rex v Wall (1937 AD 209). As the evidence is purely circumstantial and there is no conflict except in immaterial respects between Crown and defence evidence, the conclus......
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