Common Law Offence - Committ an Act That Outrages Public Decency

Richard pusey was charged with the common law offence of committ an act that outrages public decency. Since 18 99, there have been six reported examples in australia of analogous offenses involving sexual behavior indecency. The question about whether pusey's actions fit the char was only resolved by his willingness to plead guilty. That this is a common law offence is significant for a few reasons. First, it means that australia inherited it from england and it has survived in our domestic legal landscape because it was neither converted into nor over ridden by laws we have enshrined in legislation. Second, unlike more clearly drawn statutary offences, the elements of common law