| Court: | High Court of Zambia |
| Facts: | A guy stole some livestock, and he's going to get 7-15 years and 10 strokes of the cane. |
| Posture: | Unknown. |
| Issue: | Petty theft precipitates unreasonably harsh penalty |
| Holding: | Penalty is to be imposed, because that's what the law says |
| Rule: | Courts can't override the legislature with their views |
| Reasoning: | None-- edited down to bare minimum |
| Dicta: | |