A local act for a parish, in which was a large cattle market, enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any drover or other person to conduct or drive through any of the streets in the parish any oxen, sheep, or other cattle, during Sunday.
Held: that a person driving a van with horses, in which were calves being conveyed to the market, was not ‘driving’ or ‘conducting’ cattle within the meaning of the statute.
(1865-1866) LR 1 QB 259, [1866] UKLawRpKQB 4
Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 29 September 2021; Ref: scu.653047