S v Dyk and Others
| Jurisdiction | South Africa |
| Judge | Corbett J and Steyn J |
| Judgment Date | 18 December 1968 |
| Citation | 1969 (1) SA 601 (C) |
| Hearing Date | 18 December 1968 |
| Court | Cape Provincial Division |
Corbett, J.:
The three accused are Dorrie Dyk, a domestic servant, aged 25 years (accused No. 1), Janette Durandt, a domestic servant, aged 21 years (accused No. 2) and Andries Durandt, a scholar, aged 11
Corbett J
years (accused No. 3). They appeared together before the magistrate of Caledon upon a charge of housebreaking with intent to commit a crime to the prosecutor unknown. They all pleaded guilty and, after evidence had A been led to establish the commission of the offence, were all found guilty. Accused No. 1 was sentenced to imprisonment for corrective training; No. 2 was given a suspended prison sentence of three months; and No. 3 was sentenced to receive three strokes with a light cane.
Having regard to the sentences imposed, only the case of accused No. 1 B is subject to automatic review. In her instance the conviction and sentence appear to be in order and are confirmed. However, while reading the record I began to entertain serious doubts as to the correctness of both conviction and sentence in the case of accused No. 3 and in the exercise of the powers of review referred to in sec. 98 (4) of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 32 of 1944, as amended, I asked for the C magistrate's reasons for his conviction and sentence. These have been furnished.
The evidence adduced at the trial consisted of that of the complainant, one Stanford Mpendu. He stated that he worked and lived on a farm in the Caledon district. On the date when the alleged crime of housebreaking D was committed he closed and locked the room which he occupied prior to going off to work. While he was at work he noticed accused Nos. 2 and 3 meeting outside his room, to be joined shortly afterwards by accused No. 1. They then went to his room and accused No. 2, with the assistance of accused No. 1, forcibly opened the window. In the meanwhile accused No...
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2011 index
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The tension between legal theory and policy considerations in the general principles of criminal law
...person whoconsumes a substance which impairs his faculties to commit a voluntary47R v Dikant 1948 (1) SA 693 (O) at 700–1, S v Dyk 1969 (1) SA 601 (C) at 603E-F,S v Goeda 1969 (1) PH H85 (E), SvM1978 (3) SA 557 (TkS), S v Khubeka 1980 (4) SA 221(O), S v Pietersen 1983 (4) SA 904 (E) at 910H......
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Acting in the best interest of children in conflict with the law : determining the age of criminal capacity
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