Attorney General (Garda Doyle) v Farrell

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: District Court (Ireland)
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1954
• Date: 01 January 1954

(Dist. Ct.),

Attorney General (Garda Doyle)

and

Farrell

Place of alleged offence - Whether a "public place" - Meaning of "public place" - Whether place where alleged offence occurred a "road" - Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), ss. 3, 22, 30, 51 and 167.

The defendant was charged with dangerous driving and with driving an uninsured mechanically propelled vehicle at a carriageway in the grounds of St. Kevin's Hospital, a public place, without the consent of the owner. He was further charged that...