Attorney General (O'Gara) v Farrell

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1960
Date01 January 1960
CourtHigh Court
(H.C.)
Attorney-General (O'Gara)
and
Farrell

Whether cattle the property of owner of lorry -Whether carried for reward - Onus of proof - Road Transport Act, 1933, s. 9 - Road Transport Act, 1934, s. 9 - Road Transport Act, 1936, ss. 2, 5 -Transport Act, 1944, s. 112 (1).

A complaint was made against the respondent that he did carry merchandise, to wit cattle, in a motor lorry in the course of a merchandise road transport business carried on by him otherwise than under and in accordance with a merchandise licence granted to him under Part II of the Road Transport Act, 1933, such merchandise not being so carried in the course of such business exclusively within an exempted area, and such merchandise not being proved to be his own property. The District Justice dismissed the complaint...

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