R v Harper and Jooste [1915] ZATPD 30 (3 May 1915)

Criminal Law -Procedure -Previous conviction - What is Supended sentence -Act 40 of 1914, sec 3.

A conviction, followed only by a reprimand or caution and not by a sentence, amounts to a previous conviction, and a suspended sentence cannot therefore in such a case be passed under sec. 3 of Act 40 of 1914, on a subsequent conviction.