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Hurdleing on the public street

kildarejohn · 2016-03-12 21:58:00

Availing of the free access last week to Findmypast.ie, I found some Petty Session court records where possible ancestors were charged with various offences, mainly allowing pigs and asses to wander. But one charge I could not figure out was "Defendant being found Hurdleing in the public street of Kildare on 17th ult…

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12-03-2016 10:58pm

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kildarejohn

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Availing of the free access last week to Findmypast.ie, I found some Petty Session court records where possible ancestors were charged with various offences, mainly allowing pigs and asses to wander. But one charge I could not figure out was "Defendant being found Hurdleing in the public street of Kildare on 17th ult (1852) to the danger of the Passengers".
Presumably the passengers referred to are passengers on the mail coaches which regularly passed through.
3 people were charged with this and fined respectively 6d, 1/- and 1/6. But what was Hurdleing - were they having a running race jumping hurdles? or racing horses over hurdles? or putting up hurdles to fences in animals? or were they playing Hurling.

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