Read the full judgment text of CACC 250/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The Appellant appeals against his conviction on a charge of unlawful possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. Two police officers gave evidence that they saw the Appellant near the entrance to Morse Park, that he appeared to be acting in a suspicious manner and they followed him. When the Appellant saw them he walked faster, and when they increased their speed he increased his speed still further. When the officers approached him, they said, the Appellant threw something wrapped i