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(V13) 1 CLR 69
1927 November 8
[BELCHER, C.J., LUCIE-SMITH, J., SERTSIOS, J.]
POLICE
v.
DJOUMA ZUKDI.
KNIVES LAW-PREMISES-LAW 11 OF 1920, SECTION 4. A FIELD, NOT ADJOINING RESIDENCE OF ACCUSED, NOT "PREMISES."
Law 11 of 1920, Section 4:
"Any person who shall wear or carry any pointed knife outside his own house and premises shall be liable...."
Appeal of accused from conviction by a Magisterial Court.
Papayanni for appellant (accused).
Chysafinis Junior for Police.
Papayanni: The accused had the knife in his field a quarter of an hour away from his house. I submit that the word "premises" in the law would include an open field. Refers to Legal Dictionaries of Wharton, & Stroud.
HELD: Having regard to the use of the word "and" in the phrase "house and premises" as it occurs in Sec. 4 of Law 11, of 1920 and not the disjunctive "or," the word "premises" must be held to mean some space in immediate physical connection with the house of the person charged and used therewith and not an open field as in this case.
Appeal dismissed. Conviction and sentence affirmed.