South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts70B—Conviction for attempt where full offence charged
If upon the trial of a person charged with an offence (whether a summary
offence or a minor indictable offence) it appears to the court upon the
evidence that the defendant did not complete the offence charged, but that he
was guilty only of an attempt to commit that offence, the court may convict
him of an attempt to commit the offence charged and thereupon he shall be
liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon a
complaint for such an attempt.