Man handed £197 fine after breaking Victorian law from 153 years ago A man was hauled before a court and handed a fine under a Victorian law.
Warrington Magistrates Court heard Evans, a labourer, was clearly drunk when police turned up to the Halfway House - a former coaching inn which served as a rest stop for passing horse and carriage riders.
Representing himself in court, Evans said: ''What was said is sufficiently accurate and I may as well go guilty as I don't have much of a choice.
Evans had been riding the horse and cart at dusk without lights or reflective gear, and was seen slurring his words while apparently unsteady on his feet following an afternoon drinking session.
Stuart Evans confessed, "I may as well go guilty as I don't have a choice" as he was asked to plead in court over the 153-year-old offence.
