Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000343/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. On the 24th March 1993 the applicant approached a woman in the Reclamation Street market, Yaumati and snatched her purse. He fled but was chased by a public-spirited by-stander and an off-duty police officer. He was caught and arrested. In the course of the pursuit he dropped the purse in which the woman carried $2,223 and personal effects.