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ON CRIMINAL LAW
SECOND EDITION
compiled by
JONATHAN BURCHELL
BA LLB (Natal) LLM Dip in Comparative Legal Studies (Cantab)
PhD (Wits)
Professor of Law in the School of Law,
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
Fellow of the University of Natal
and
JOHN MILTON
BA LLM PhD (Natal)
Professor of Law in the School of Law,
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
Fellow of the University of Natal
Juta&Co, Ltd
Contents
Page
Preface to the First Edition iii
Preface to the Second Edition v
Table of Cases xix
Legislation xxvii
Commissions of Enquiry xxvii
PART ONE
Introduction
CONSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS
[I] The Bill of Rights 1
PUNISHMENT
Capital Punishment
[3] SvMakwanyanel995(2)SACRl(CC) 14
Corporal Punishment
[4] Sv Williams 1995 (3) SACR 632 (CO 42
PART TWO
General Principles of Criminal Liability
UNLAWFUL CONDUCT
Voluntary Conduct
[5] SvJOHNSON1969(l)SA201(A) 55
[6] S v CHRETIEN 1981 (1)SA 1097 (A) 56
[7] RvDHLAMINI 1955 (1)SA 120 (T) 56
[8] RvMKEE1959(2)SA260(N) 58
[9] RvSCHOONWINKEL1953(3)SA136(C) 62
[10] SvSTELLMACHER1982(2)SA181(SWA) 63
[II] SvVANRENSBURG 1987(3)SA35(T) 63
[12] RvVICTOR 1943TPD77 64
Omissions
[13] MINISTER VAN POLISIE v EWELS 1975 (3) SA 590 (A) 65
[14] S v FERNANDEZ 1966 (2) SA 259 (A) 67
[15] MINISTER OF POLICE v SKOSANA1977 (1) SA 31 (A) 68
[16] RvCHENJERE 1960(1)SA473(FC) 68
VU1 Contents
Private Defence
[39] SvMOGOHLWANE1982(2)SA587(T) 135
[40] SvKAMFFER 1965(3)SA96(T) 136
[48] SvMOGOHLWANE1982(2)SA587(T) 14 g
Necessity
[51] S v BAILEY 1982 (3) SA 772 (A) 163
Impossibility
[61] RvCANESTRA1951(2)SA317(A) ig5
[62] SvMAFU1966(2)SA240(E) 195
Superior Orders
[63] R v SMITH (1900) 17 SC 561 196
[64] S v ANDREAS 1989 (2) PHH38 (SWA) 198
[65] SvBANDA1990(3)SA466(B) 199
Disciplinary Chastisement
[66] S v WILLIAMS 1995 (3) SA 632 (CO 216
[67] EX PARTE ATTORNEY-GENERAL IN NAMIBIA: IN RE CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT BY ORGANS OF STATE 1991 (3) SA 76 (NmSc) 218
[68] SvCOLLETT1978(3)SA206(RA) 227
Public Authority
[69] SvSWANEPOEL1985(l)SA567(A) 230
[70] SvMAKWANYANE1995(3)SA391(CC) 237
[71] S v WILLIAMS 1995 (3) SA 632 (CC) 237
Consent
[72] SvCOLLETT1978(3)SA206(RA) 237
[73] RvPEVERETT1940AD213 238
[74] SvHARTMANN1975(3)SA532(C) 238
[75] CLARKE v HURST NO 1992 (4) SA 630 (D) 239
[76] SOUTH AFRICAN LAW COMMISSION WORKING PAPER 53
PROJECT 86 'EUTHANASIA AND THE ARTIFICIAL PRESERVATION
OFUFE'(1994) 239
[77] RvMcCOY1953(2)SA4(SR) 239
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CAPACITY
Introduction
[88] REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO THE RESPON-
SIBILITY OF MENTALLY DERANGED PERSONS (1967) 258
Youth
[89] R v K 1956 (3) SA 353 (A) 262
[90] SvDYK 1969 (1)SA 601 (C) 266
[91 ] WEBER v SANTAM VERSEKERINGSMAATSKAPPY 1983 (1) SA 381
(A) 266
[92] S v T1986 (2) SA 112 (O) 267
[93] S v F 1989(1)SA460(ZH) 269
Insanity
[94] REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO THE RESPON-
SIBILITY OF MENTALLY DERANGED PERSONS (1967) 270
[95] SvMAHLINZA1967(l)SA408(A) 271
[96] SvKAVIN1978(2)SA731(W) 275
[97] SvSTELLMACHER 1983(2)SA 181 (SWA) 277
[98] SvMcBRIDE1979(4)SA313(W) 278
[99] SvMNYANDA1976(2)SA751(A) 280
[100] RvVONZELL 1953(3)SA303(A) 281
[101] SOUTH AFRICAN LAW COMMISSION WORKING PAPER 55
PROJECT89 (1995) 283
Intoxication
[102] RvBOURKE 1916 TPD 303 284
[103] RvINNESGRANT 1949(1)SA753(A) 285
[104] SvJOHNSON 1969 (1) SA201 (A) 286
[105] S v CHRETIEN 1981 (1)SA 1097 (A) 286
[106] SvLANGE 1990(1) SACR 199 (W) 292
[107] SvMBELE 1991 (1)SA307(W) 294
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[108] S v SEPTEMBER 1996(1) SACR 325 (A) 296
Provocation and other Forms of Non-pathological Incapacity
[109] SvMOKONTO1971(2)SA319(A) 298
[110] SvVANVUUREN1983(l)SA12(A) 300
[112] SvCAMPHER1987(l)SA940(A) 3 05
FAULT (MENSREA)
Intention
[118] RvKEWELRAM1922AD213 342
[119] RvJOLLY1923AD176 344
[120] SvNHLAPO 1981 (2)SA744(A) 344
[121] RvPEVERETT1940AD213 346
[122] SvHARTMANN1975(3)SA532(C) 346
[123] SvDEBRUYN1968(4)SA498(A) 350
[124] SvNGUBANE1985(3)SA677(A) 351
[125] SvGOOSEN1989(4)SA1013(A) 355
[126] SvBEUKES1988(l)SA511(A) 362
Knowledge of Unlawfulness
[127] SvDEBLOM1977(3)SA513(A) 364
Intention a s an Element in Statutory Offences
[128] SvNGWENYA1979(2)SA96(A) 370
[129] SvARENSTEIN1964(l)SA361(A) 370
[130] S v NEL 1989 (4) SA845 (A) 371
[131] MINISTER OF LAW AND ORDER v PAVLICEVIC 1989 (3) SA 679
(A) 374
Abberatio Ictus — Going Astray of the Blow
[132] RvKUZWAYO1949(3)SA761(A) 376
[133] RvKOZA1949(4)SA555(A) 377
[134] SvNKOMBANI1963(4)SA877(A) 377
[135] SvTISSEN1979(4)SA293(T) 382
[136] SvRAISA1979(4)SA541(O) 384
[137] SvMAVHUNGU 1981 (1)SA56(A) 386
Negligence
[138] RvMBOMBELA1933AD269 388
[139] KRUGERvCOETZEE1966(2)SA428(A) 390
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PARTICIPATION IN CRIME
Participation before the Completion of the Crime
[159] S v WILLIAMS 1980 (1)SA 60 (A) 420
Common Purpose
[160] SvSAFATSA1988(l)SA868(A) 424
[161] SvMGEDEZI1989(l)SA687(A) 434
[162] SvNZO1990(3)SAl(A) 436
[163] SvNKWENJA1985(2)SA560(A) 442
[164] SvNDEBU1986(2)SA133(ZSC) 445
Joining-in
[165] SvKHOZA1982(3)SA1019(A) 448
[166] SvMOTAUNGl990(4)SA485(A) 457
Traps
[167] SvOHLENSCHLAGER 1992(1) SACR 695 (T) 465
Contents xiii
[168] SOUTH AFRICAN LAW COMMISSION PROJECT 84 REPORT ON
THE APPLICATION OF THE TRAPPING SYSTEM 1994 473
Participation after the Completion of the Crime
[169] RvNKAUMAJARA[1954]AC235(PC) 475
[170] RvJONGANI1937AD40 475
[171] SvMORGAN 1993(2)SACR 134(A) 477
[172] RvGANI1957(2)SA212(A) 479
[173] S v JONATHAN 1987 (1) SA633 (A) 482
INCOMPLETE CRIMES
Attempts
[174] s 18(1) RIOTOUS ASSEMBLIES ACT 17 of 1956 497
[175] RvSCHOOMBIE1945AD545 497
[176] RvNHLOVO1921AD48 499
[177] S v LAURENCE 1975 (4) SA 825 (A) 502
[178] R vKATZ 1959 (3) SA 408(C) 504
[179] RvHLATWAYO 1933 TPD 441 509
[180] RvSHARPE 1903 TS 868 510
[181] SvNANGO1990(2)SACR450(A) 513
[182] RvDAVIES 1956(3)SA52(A) 513
Incitement
[183] S 18(2) (b) RIOTOUS ASSEMBLIES ACT 17 of 1956 520
[184] SvNKOSIYANA1966(4)SA655(A) 520
[185] RvZEEUE1952(l)SA400(A) 522
[186] RvMILNEandERLEIGH(7)1951U)SA791(A) 525
Conspiracy
[187] s 18(2) (a) RIOTOUS ASSEMBLIES ACT 17 of 1956 526
[188] RvHARRIS(1927)48NLR330 526
[189] S v ALEXANDER (2) 1965 (2) SA 818 (C) 527
PART THREE
Specific Crimes
Housebreaking
[289] RvMOSOSA 1931 CPD348 6 97
[290] SvMADYO 1990(1)SACR292(E) 698
[291] SvTEMMERS 1994(1) SACR 357 (C) 701