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(V12) 1 CLR 56
1925 October 7
[NETTLEON, C.J. AND GRIMSHAW, P.J.]
POLICE
v.
ARISTOCLE KYRIAKOU.
KNIVES LAW-PREMISES.
The accused was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Magisterial Court. The facts as disclosed by the evidence are as follows:-
Accused, a man of good character, was discovered uprooting onions in his own field with a pointed knife. Accused stated inter alia that the ground was hard and a pointed knife was necessary for this agricultural purpose.
Accused appeals against conviction and sentence.
For Appellant Kakayanni.
For Police the Assistant Attorney-General.
Kakoyanni cites Wharton's Law Lexicon. Premises-house and lands.
Judgment: As the accused was working within his premises (field) when he was discovered with the knife, the appeal must be allowed and the conviction and sentence quashed.