S v HARTLEBURY & ANOR 1985 (1) ZLR 1 (H)
Citation | 1985 (1) ZLR 1 (H) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | McNally J and Assessors |
Heard | 24 January 1983 |
Judgment | 24 January 1983 |
Counsel | A Chigovera for the State |
Case Type | Criminal Trial |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Criminal procedure — conduct of trial — discharge at close of State case — test — discretion of court to refuse discharge despite lack of evidence.
Evidence — inferences — must be positive proved facts from which inference can be drawn — judicial notice — enemy — need for evidence to establish foreign state an enemy.
Legislation — Offical Secrets Act [Chapter 97] s 3(c)(ii) — communication of information useful to an enemy — elements of offence whether necessary to prove that State to which information was communicated was an enemy — how fact that State is an enemy may be established.
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