Salomo and Others v Rex [1909] ZAHCORC 24 (19 November 1909)

Criminal prooedure.-Trespass.-Claim of right.-Mens rea.

Where S bond fide believed that he had a right to reside on the property of B by virtue of a deed of grant, Held, on appeal, that as there was no mens rea, he had been wrongly convicted of contravening sec. 24, sub-sec. 13, of Ordinance 21 of 1902, and that the conviction and sentence must be quashed.