WHEN YOU TRESPASS
A HINT TO THE UNWARY.
" Many landowners, being, of kindly nature, take no. objection to mildmannered hikers going through their fields, as long as they take care not to. leave the gates open behind them. But should a landlord be a surly fellow, and threaten a courteous hiker with the perife of the law, what course should the hiker pursue ? " asks His Honour Sir Edward Parry in the London Morning Post. , " He certainly should not run away, for most landowners keep dogs, and enjoy the pleasures of a chase. It is fatlal to set up a claim of right, for that may land you in the High Court—with costs. "Lord Bramwell, who knew more about the law than most lawyers, said that when a landowner remonstrated with him for trespassing his procedure was to sit down upon the grass of the freeholder and tender him one shilling for any damage might have done, and then request that the landowner would order his servants to carry him with all reasonable care to the nearest highway. This legal gambit is, I believe, perfectly sound," «
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3445, 19 March 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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