Read the full judgment text of CACC 000997/1979 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 November 1979.
1. This is an appeal against conviction on a charge of loitering contrary to section 160 of the Crimes Ordinance Cap. 200. The evidence before the learned magistrate established that two police officers observed the appellant in a public playground at about 2.30 a.m. where there were a number of persons sleeping. They saw the appellant move from person to person, touching their pockets. After seeing him do this they went up to him and asked him what he was doing, to which he replied that he was