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British man fined for riding horse while drunk
Using a 19th-century law, a British court has fined a man 150 pounds (US$215) 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 and 35 pounds (US$50) in costs.
http://www.charter.com.pk/default.asp?Display=57
What he must be thinking now or at the time of getting drunk and then riding a horse. And I must say UK Police is very well versed with their law and its appropriate viz. adequate interpretation. Another case-law which will be quoted for the rest of the century. Still I can't stop laughing. Just imagine police officer asking him to pull over the horse...