The State v Peake and Another

JurisdictionSouth Africa
JudgeRosenow J and Banks J
Judgment Date25 May 1964
Citation1962 (3) SA 572 (C)
Hearing Date25 May 1964
CourtCape Provincial Division

Rosenow, J.:

The appellants were charged with contravening sec. 94 (1) (d) of Act 44 of 1958, read with secs. 3, 4 and 5 of Act 46 of 1946 as amended by Act 30 of 1958. They pleaded not guilty but were found guilty and each was sentenced to a fine of R70 or 70 days' imprisonment.

A The actual contravention of the Post Office Act is not in question, namely, that certain posters were fixed upon a telephone booth in Darling Street, Cape Town. What is in dispute is whether or not the magistrate was correct in importing the provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 8 of 1953, for the purpose of assessing the...

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  • Ex parte Minister van Justisie: In re S v Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1961 (4) SA 674 (O); S v Majenge en 'n Ander 1978 (2) SA 661 (O) op 665; R v Oberholzer and Others 1941 OPD 48; S v Peake and Another 1962 (3) SA 572 (C) op 573; S v Ranta 1969 (4) SA 142 (T) op 149; S v Serame 1976 (4) SA 830 (NC); S v Smith 1976 (1) SA 756 (T) op 757; Steyn Die Uitleg van......
  • Ex parte Minister van Justisie: In re S v Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1961 (4) SA 674 (O); S v Majenge en 'n Ander 1978 (2) SA 661 (O) op 665; R v Oberholzer and Others 1941 OPD 48; S I v Peake and Another 1962 (3) SA 572 (K) op 573; S v Ranta 1969 (4) SA 142 (T) op 149; S v Serame 1976 (4) SA 830 (NK); S v Smith 1976 (1) SA 756 (T) op 757. J A Swanepoel SC (......
  • Resisto Dairy (Pty) Ltd v Auto Protection Insurance Co Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Insurance Co. Ltd v Patel & Co., 1959 (4) SA 500 (S.R. at p. 505). It must be borne in mind that the defendant Company was undoubtedly 1962 (3) SA p572 Rosenow prejudiced by a notification some 21/2 months after the occurrence concerned. Obviously there could be no proper investigation, in ......
3 cases
  • Ex parte Minister van Justisie: In re S v Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1961 (4) SA 674 (O); S v Majenge en 'n Ander 1978 (2) SA 661 (O) op 665; R v Oberholzer and Others 1941 OPD 48; S v Peake and Another 1962 (3) SA 572 (C) op 573; S v Ranta 1969 (4) SA 142 (T) op 149; S v Serame 1976 (4) SA 830 (NC); S v Smith 1976 (1) SA 756 (T) op 757; Steyn Die Uitleg van......
  • Ex parte Minister van Justisie: In re S v Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1961 (4) SA 674 (O); S v Majenge en 'n Ander 1978 (2) SA 661 (O) op 665; R v Oberholzer and Others 1941 OPD 48; S I v Peake and Another 1962 (3) SA 572 (K) op 573; S v Ranta 1969 (4) SA 142 (T) op 149; S v Serame 1976 (4) SA 830 (NK); S v Smith 1976 (1) SA 756 (T) op 757. J A Swanepoel SC (......
  • Resisto Dairy (Pty) Ltd v Auto Protection Insurance Co Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Insurance Co. Ltd v Patel & Co., 1959 (4) SA 500 (S.R. at p. 505). It must be borne in mind that the defendant Company was undoubtedly 1962 (3) SA p572 Rosenow prejudiced by a notification some 21/2 months after the occurrence concerned. Obviously there could be no proper investigation, in ......