DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS v. MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY.

(1929) 35 Ll L Rep 272

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.(DIVISIONAL COURT).

Before the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Hewart), Mr. Justice Avory and Mr. Justice Talbot.

Docks Regulations, 1925 (S. R. & O., 1925, No. 231)-Ship-Hatch covers-Unloading finished - Failure of canal company to cover or fence hatches which they had used-Conviction under Factory and Workshop Act, 1901- Appeal-Held that the covering or fencing of hatches was part of the process of unloading and that the hatches used by appellants during unloading should have been fenced or covered upon cessation of the work-Appeal dismissed.