Questão jurídica principal
Whether the accused's begging constituted punishable public nuisance under the cantonal begging offense
Decisão extraída
No. Begging is not punishable merely because the person is not needy or has means above subsistence; the cantonal offense requires work-shyness or greed.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that 'greed' is to be understood as gain-seeking akin to 'profit-seeking,' not simply the fact that a person begs despite having some income. The cantonal rule does not amount to a blanket ban on begging.