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R v Albert

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De Villiers CJ held, and Upington J concurred that, a child under fourteen years of age who assists his father in committing a crime is presumed to do so in obedience to his father's orders, and is not punishable, even if he knew that he was doing a forbidden act—unless, in the case of a child above
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seven years of age, the crime was so heinous as obviously to absolve him from the duty of obedience.
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