1950 Present: Nagalingam J.

DHARMADASA, Appellant, and THIEDEMAN (Inspector of Police),
Respondent

S. C. 391-M. C. Gampola, 19,474

Soliciting-Meaning of expression-Vagrants Ordinance (Cap. 26), s. 7 (1) (as).

The term " soliciting " in section 7 (1) (a) of the Vagrants Ordinance need not necessarily be confined to cases where an appeal is made earnestly or is pressed. It is wide enough to cover the case where a person is invited or even where an offer is made coupled with not necessarily an express but an implied invitation.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Magistrate's Court, Gampola.

M. M Kumarakulasingham, with J. C. Thurairatnam, for accused appellant.

S. S. Wijesinha, Crown Counsel, for, the Attorney-General.

Cur, adv. vult.

July 11, 1965. NAGALINGAM J.-

The appellant in this case has been convicted by the learned Magistrate at Gampola of having committed an offence under section 7 (1) (a) of the Vagrants Ordinance (Cap. 26 of the Legislative Enactments) and sentenced to undergo a term of three months' rigorous imprisonment. The only point that was pressed on appeal was whether the facts testified to by the prosecution witnesses