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Thu 03 Mar 2007High Court strikes out begging lawA Dublin man has won his High Court claim that a law outlawing begging in a public place is unconstitutional because it excessively interferes with his right of freedom of expression.The Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847 was introduced during the Great Famine. Section 3 of the Act made begging in a public place an offence and provided for a sentence of up to three months on conviction on that charge.