Thanks, Ron. That certainly woulld seem to fit the circumstances. >From what I read, the individual seemed to have a problem with the truth. Best wishes John On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:18 GMT Ron Barnard wrote: >Hi > >Opinion from an Attorney friend - > >CS 9 Act 16/14 would probably be > >Contravention of or in terms of Section 9 of Act 16 of 1914. > > >Most likely attesting to a false Affidavit. > > >Rising of the Court means - to the end of proceedings. In effect no sentence >at all. > > >Hope that helps > >Ron Barnard > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Wynne" <jw_email2004-clwyd@yahoo.co.uk> >To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 1:18 PM >Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Act 16 of 1914 > > >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no insight into the contents but it was repealed in its entirety by Act 16 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 >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/3994 - Release Date: 11/03/11 > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message