Read the full judgment text of CACC 000699/1967 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 January 1968.
1. In this case three accused were charged jointly with loitering at night contrary to s.26(a) of the Summary Offences Ordinance for that they were found loitering in Pine Street at 5.30 in the morning and were unable to give a satisfactory account of themselves. This was clearly a bad charge because the offence was not one which could be committed jointly. The defect was apparently realised and amended charges were then laid charging each of these men separately. When they were called upon to p