Attorney General v Martin Bourke

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1939
• Date: 01 January 1939
• Court: Circuit Court

(Cir. Ct.),

Attorney-General

and

Martin Bourke

- Merchandise -Distinction between racing rowing boats and racing skiff - Whether general merchandise -Road Transport Act, 1933, s. 9.

The defendant was convicted in the District Court for carrying for reward, in the course of a merchandise road transport business, five racing rowing boats and one racing skiff from Limerick to Galway, contrary to s. 9 of the Road Transport Act, 1933. The defendant was the holder of a merchandise licence under the Act...