The defendant having been found inside an office was convicted under the Act of being in an enclosed area within the Act. It was held that the Act clearly referred to enclosed but open areas. The list of buildings was exhaustive and did not include an office or room.
Gazette 03-Feb-2000, Times 15-Feb-2000, [2000] 1 WLR 1102
Vagrancy Act 1824 4
England and Wales
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Cited – Akhurst v Director of Public Prosecutions QBD 12-Mar-2009
The defendants appealed their convictions under the 1824 Act for being found in an enclosed space for an unlawful purpose. They had been filmed on CCTV on sites owned by Middlesex University.
Held: The appeals succeeded. The magistrates had . .
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Crime
Updated: 21 January 2022; Ref: scu.89697
