Walter v Kolmanskop Diamond Mines Limited [1914] ZATPD 14 (5 February 1914)

Practice.-Person in unlawful possession of property.-Criminal charge.-Ownership in dispute.-Applicatior, for leave to sell property to provide funds for defence of civil action.

The principle by which an accused person is allowed for purposes of his defence to dispose of property which had been in his possession and in respect of which a criminal charge has been laid against him, is not applicable to subsequent civil proceedings against such person relative to the ownership of such property.