Did People Used To Get Horse Tickets?

[dannno]

You know, like car tickets.. maybe for parking their horse in an undesignated area, riding through an undesignated area, galloping through an area reserved for trotting, etc.. or was this completely unheard of?

[phill4paul]

The types of arrests are surprisingly similar to today’s
offenses:

• Riding a horse on the sidewalk, driving a team on the sidewalk
• Fast riding on streets, or bridge

http://www.slocity.org/police/Historicpdfs/1800s.pdf

[brandon]

Speed limit on the Oregon trail was 15 MPH, fines doubled in construction zones

[dannno]

The types of arrests are surprisingly similar to today’s
offenses:

• Riding a horse on the sidewalk, driving a team on the sidewalk
• Fast riding on streets, or bridge

http://www.slocity.org/police/Historicpdfs/1800s.pdf


In one notorious case in 1848, a group of sailors from Monterey murdered
the entire Read family in their home. Mr. Read had returned from mining in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains with several thousand dollars in gold. He was a
very hospitable and talkative man who told of his adventures in the gold
country and showed the sailors, who happened to be passing through, all the
gold he had brought back. The sailors requested to stay the night and Mr.
Read graciously made them feel welcome. In return for his hospitality, the
sailors murdered him, his wife, her nurse (she had just given birth), the
newborn infant, two children, and a manservant. When the crime was
discovered, the vigilance committee tracked them to a beach in Carpenteria
and killed all who were involved in the murders. One of the vigilantes was
killed and others were wounded in the battle. One of the sailors plunged into
the surf and tried to swim out to sea. A bullet was sent out to him and he
went down, food for the sea monsters. The vigilance group was so incensed
with the evil this group had committed that they didn’t even afford them a
burial. They left them on the beach for the vultures and coyotes to take care
of.

Wow, that's amazing, I live near Carpinteria and have been on all their beaches, I can almost picture this going down at this one cove...

[tod evans]

We've had some folks from "the coasts" try to institute horse-poop legislation in the closest town...

They were shot down right away...

[dannno]

Here's an interesting law..


Refusal to work

[phill4paul]

Wow, that's amazing, I live near Carpinteria and have been on all their beaches, I can almost picture this going down at this one cove...

Yeah it is an interesting read.


Before 1850, and for some time after that, the communities formed vigilance
committees to enforce order when criminal activity was serious. These
committees were made up of townspeople who lived in the community that
was affected by the crimes. Each household joined together to find the
persons responsible for the problems. Justice was swift—most instances of
this type were dealt with by a public hanging of the culprit. If a household
was unwilling to help in the recovery of such lawbreakers, they were no
longer in the circle of protection and if they had a problem in the future,
they were on their own.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Sheriff had better things to do back then.

Though chances are if you're going fast on your horse, you were either in trouble or about to start trouble.