Read the full judgment text of CACC 000340/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 July 1970.
1. The appellant appeals against conviction on charges of (A) Being a suspected person found loitering with intent to steal and (B) Possession of an offensive weapon, a scout-knife. The evidence was that in fact the appellant made an attempt to steal a handbag carried by a young woman who was accompanied by a young man. The learned magistrate did not remark upon the nature of the charges, nor upon the fact that neither of the young couple was called as a witness. Further, although there were two