Inebriated in charge of equine transportation
This story caught my eye the other day.
Using a 19th-century law, a British court has fined a man £150 pounds after be admitted riding a horse while drunk.
Godfrey Blacklin pleaded guilty to a charge under the 1872 Licensing Act of being drunk in charge of a carriage horse, cattle or steam engine. Prosecuting lawyer David Thompson told Newcastle Magistrates Court it was "not a charge you see every day."
He said 31-year-old Blacklin was stopped by police while riding bareback in Newcastle, northeast England, in October. Officers found he was unsteady on his feet and slurring his words. Blacklin's lawyer said the defendant accepted he was drunk at the time.
Magistrates on Friday ordered him to pay the fine £35 pounds in costs.
Using a 19th-century law, a British court has fined a man £150 pounds after be admitted riding a horse while drunk.
Godfrey Blacklin pleaded guilty to a charge under the 1872 Licensing Act of being drunk in charge of a carriage horse, cattle or steam engine. Prosecuting lawyer David Thompson told Newcastle Magistrates Court it was "not a charge you see every day."
He said 31-year-old Blacklin was stopped by police while riding bareback in Newcastle, northeast England, in October. Officers found he was unsteady on his feet and slurring his words. Blacklin's lawyer said the defendant accepted he was drunk at the time.
Magistrates on Friday ordered him to pay the fine £35 pounds in costs.
It reminded me of this story that appeared in the press back in April 2007.
posted by Jonathan Green at
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