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		onion2k on Aug 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary Amusingly, here in the UK, we also have the crime of "drunk in charge of a carriage" which has been used to prosecute people for being drunk with all manner of things from bicycles to horses.

gregn610 on Aug 1, 2017 | [–]

"Wanton or Furious riding" is also an offence.

gsnedders on Aug 1, 2017 | [–]

Note this is English law (not the nonexistent UK law); this is a simple application of the mischief rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_rule).

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