NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 49 NSWLR 371 [2000] 114 A Crim R 298
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Coleman v DPP [2000] NSWSC 275 revised - 12/09/2000 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12693 of 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 17, 31 March, 3 April 2000. JUDGMENT DATE : 7 April 2000
PARTIES : Shannan Lee Coleman v Director of Public Prosecutions JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J
COUNSEL : Plaintiff - in person P I Lakatos - for defendant Plaintiff in person
Director of Public Prosecutions SOLICITORS : 265 Castlereach Street SYDNEY N S W 2000
CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Prostitute - Solicit Summary Offences Act, 1988 LEGISLATION CITED : Vagrancy Act, 1902 Summary Offences Act, 1970 Jitjarden v Thompson (1995) 38 NSWLR 611 Fingleton v Bryson (1980) 265 ASR 280 Newman v Paties (1979) Qd. R 402 Weisz v Monahan (1962) WLR 262 Behrendt v Burridge (1976) 1 WLR 29 Smith v Hughes (1960) 1 WLR 830 CASES CITED : Hutt v The Queen (1978) 82 DLR (3d) 95 Reg v Roland (1976) 27 ccc (2D) 435 Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 73 ALJR 1180 Beckwith v R (1976) 12 ALR 333 Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v The Dredge Willemstad [1976] 136 CLR 529 Canadian National Railway Co v North Pacific Steamship Co (1992) 1 SCR 1021 Walter v State of New South Wales (Supreme Court Unreported 15 March 2000) DECISION : Summons dismissed; Conviction affirmed.; Plaintiff to pay costs.
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