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Appellants had been convicted for unlawful hunting upon a plea of guilty before a Subordinate Court. They had hunted 19 springbok and 1 gemsbok without a licence. All pleaded guilty, were convicted and were sentenced to pay fines of varying amounts.

The accused was arraigned before the Principal Magistrate of Gaborone on a summons charging him with being found in possession of ivories without certificate of ownership.

The appellants were represented in the Subordinate Court by an attorney, and according to the record, upon the charge being put to them they and their co-accused all pleaded guilty.

The appellant was convicted for hunting game without a licence contrary to Section 15(1) of the Fauna Conservation Act as amended. The accused went out to hunt a marauding lion together with an assistant, a man named Maitane and a man named Mothero. All men held valid licences to hunt zebra.

The court considered an appeal against the sentence imposed.

The two Accused had been convicted of unlawfully hunting game. The value of weapons and vehicle used in the commission of the offence exceeded the civil jurisdiction of a Subordinate Court, which accordingly referred the question of forfeiture of these articles to the High Court.

This is an appeal against the refusal of an application by Baiphethi Molefe to the Chief Magistrate sitting at Maun on 6th May, 1982, for the return of a rifle which had been confiscated in a case in which Pelaelo Mosheti was convicted of unlawful hunting without a licence contrary to section 15 (4) as read with (2) (b) (i) of the Fauna Conserva

The court held that as an observer PW1 (a game scout) could only testify to the fact that the demarcated lines were ”cut” but not to whether they conformed with the Statutiry instrument. Thus PW1’s evidence is that of hearsay and inadmissible.

This is an appeal against the conviction and sentence of a fine of P100 passed by the Chief Magistrate at Francistown on 8th April, 1982 on a charge of failing to report a Government trophy contrary to section 82 (1) as read with section 82 (2) of the Fauna Conservation Act Cap 38:01 as amended by Act No. I of 1979.

The appellants were convicted on a single count of the offence of hunting 2 duikers and 2 steenboks, without a licence contrary to Section 19(3) of the Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act, 28 of 1992. The appellants, during their trial, elected not to lead evidence, alternatively to call any witnesses.