R v Puntefeet

• Jurisdiction: Jamaica
• Judge: Duffus, P.
• Judgment Date: 13 February 1967
• Neutral Citation: JM 1967 CA 14
• Docket Number: Criminal Appeal No.18 of 1967
• Date: 13 February 1967
• Court: Court of Appeal (Jamaica)

Court of Appeal

Duffus, P.; Moody, J.A.; Shelley, J.A. (Ag.)

Criminal Appeal No.18 of 1967

R.

and

Puntefeet

Appearances:

Mr. W. K. Chin See for the Crown

Appellant appeared in person

Criminal Law - Sentences — Unlawful Possession of Marijuana

Duffus, P.

1 The appellant was seen by a Sergeant and a Corporal of police with a parcel in his hand and when the parcel was opened ganja was found, his defence was that he never had the parcel and he never had the ganja.

2 The facts were fully ventilated in the court below. The learned magistrate...