S v LAWRENCE & ANOR 1989 (1) ZLR 29 (S)
Citation | 1989 (1) ZLR 29 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Dumbutshena CJ, Gubbay JA & McNally JA |
Heard | 22 November 1988 |
Judgment | 27 January 1989 |
Counsel | A P de Bourbon SC, with him E Chatikobo, for the appellants |
Case Type | Criminal appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Criminal procedure (sentence) — bribery of public officer — businessman bribing officer in Ministry of Trade and Commerce to circumvent import procedures — appropriate sentence.
Evidence — documentary — evidence in document relating to trade, business etc — Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59] — s 262B(2) — need to prove that person supplying information is not available to give evidence.
Evidence — witness — accomplice — conviction on single evidence of — Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59] — s 254 — requirements of — imperfections in accomplices's evidence — approach of court — accomplice offered remission of sentence in return for giving evidence in accordance with affidavit to police — dangers of such a course — need to inform court of inducement — court, not Attorney-General, should decide whether evidence satisfactory.
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