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Early Road Traffic Offence

shanew · 2014-01-31 19:18:12

Just found an interesting Court record from March 1879 for my gtgt-grandfather Robert Cathcart that I had to share. The complaint/summons reads "Defendant by owner of a Road Locomotive Engine propelled by Steam on the Public Road at Coolock 7.30 on the 13th Inst. without having two lights fixed on front" Looks like he was…

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31-01-2014 8:18pm

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shanew

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Just found an interesting Court record from March 1879 for my gtgt-grandfather Robert Cathcart that I had to share.

The complaint/summons reads "Defendant by owner of a Road Locomotive Engine propelled by Steam on the Public Road at Coolock 7.30 on the 13th Inst. without having two lights fixed on front"

Looks like he was fined 20s + costs - sounds like a lot of money for 1879!

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