From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve
The public had been making complaints about the noise,
use of shotgun, etc.
The person refused to present his shotgun certificate for
examination.
The police officers present could arrest him if his name
and address were in doubt or needed to be verified. My
copy of the 1968 Act went walk about some years ago, but
what is the power of arrest in the schedule?
As I said earlier I'd like to meet this man's
solicitor/barrister. He not only avoids his client being
convicted of an offence he was apparently guilty of
(failing to present a certificate on request) but gains
compensation from the force for an arrest that was
apparently legal (despite being a little heavy handed if
they believed he lived there).
However, I wonder if the locals will now move on to the
'noise police' at the local authority to curb this
gentleman's activities.
Regards
Jerry
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A person who fails to give his name and address is liable
to a fine of L20 according to the schedule. Failing to
produce a certificate I would think would be grounds
for arrest for illegal possession so if they arrested
him for that, then found out he had a certificate, that
would seem a more likely scenario for suing them for
wrongful arrest.
Steve.
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