Rex v Brett and Levy [1915] ZATPD 11 (22 March 1915)

Criminal law. -Theft. -Accessory after fact. -Selling stolen
property knowing it to have been stolen. -Possession of
accused.

Where an accused person, on an indictment charging him with theft, was found guilty by the jury of assisting to sell the stolen property knowing it to have
biien stolen, Held, that the jury's finding amounted to a verdict of guilty of theft, and that it was not necessary to prove that the accused ever had the stolen property in his personal possession R. v. Turpin and Bloke (1 Ros. 103) not followed.