The defendant, a youth, apealed his conviction under the 1824 Act of being found on enclosed premises for an unlawful purpose.
Held: No unlawful purpose had been shown and the conviction was quashed.
Judges:
Auld LJ, Collins J
Citations:
[2007] EWHC 1843 (Admin)
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Hayes v Stephenson 1862
A defendant found in a park for the purpose of fornication was not guilty of the offence under the Act because fornication was not a criminal offence. . .
Cited – Smith v Chief Superintendent, Woking Police Station 1983
The defendant entered the garden of a private house and looked through the windows of the house occupied by the victim. She was terrified. The Justices concluded that the defendant had deliberately frightened the victim, and that that constituted an . .
Cited – Moran v Jones QBD 1911
The court asked what was meant by ‘found’ in the 1824 Act, and whether it meant that, at the time of the arrest, the individual had to have the necessary unlawful purpose. The court decided that that was not necessary, though in many cases that . .
Cited – Rex v Goodwin 1944
Humphreys J held that: ‘While it is not necessary that a person should be arrested at the place where it is alleged that he was found about to commit an offence, there is no doubt from the language of the section that it is necessary that he should . .
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Crime
Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.258818