As I said, I'm fairly confident that "CS 9 Act 16/14" should be read as an abbreviation of the name of the Act, followed by its date: the ninth Act of the name CS9 (whatever that means) passed as Act No. 16 of 1914. If, on the other hand, there was no other Act of the same name (i.e. this one was the first -- only subsequent Acts would be numbered), then I don't know what the 9 means. S by itself could mean Section but would ordinarily be written as s.9 (lower case), and in that case the C remains a mystery. The subject of the Act as described by David does seem to be aligned to my suggestion, but what was the exact title of the Act? Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com On 4 Nov 2011, at 10:18 PM, John Wynne wrote: > Thanks, David. > I'd managed to find that too, but couldn't see the relevance, or > find CS 9 (or any sections, let alone Section 9, if that's what "CS > 9" represents). > Cheers, > John > >> From: David and Mary Bossenger <dmbza@sonicmail.co.za> >> To: south-africa@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Friday, 4 November 2011, 8:59 >> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Act 16 of 1914 >> >> Hi John, >> Act 16 of 1914 was an act governing Justices of the Peace and >> Oaths. I have >> no insight into the contents but it was repealed in its entirety >> by Act 16 >> of 1963 which covered the same subject. >> Regards, >> David Bossenger >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> >> Can any kind soul please help me with a bit of South African law? >> I have found a list of previous convictions of a notorius >> relative, which >> lists 5 offences he was tried for. >> Four were for theft, and he was found guilty of all four, and >> received hard >> labour. >> In one instance in 1923 in Pretoria, though, the record says the >> crime was >> "CS 9 Act 16/14", and the Judgement is left blank. The sentence >> was "Until >> rising of Ct". >> I assume?that is until the rising of the court, but I don't know >> what it >> really means in practice, or what the crime of "CS 9 Act 16/14" >> involved. >> Can anyone help? >> Thanks & best wishes, >> John Wynne >> Cheshire, UK