0 in the past, a man or boy who sold fruit and vegetables, etc. from a barrow --
After all, what is a barrow boy?
I daresay that the clause is meant to deal with the market barrow boy kind of sale so that such items can be seized on the spot.
In this class of self-employed person is a very wide variation, from the barrow boy to some of the very richest people in the country, who are self-employed.
Is not a simpler comparison that of one barrow boy throwing dirty water over the fruit of another barrow boy, thinking he may buy it in cheap?
Yes, or any barrow boy, but let us get that into perspective.
Where the barrow boy will be in that time, goodness knows!
He spoke about the barrow boy who was not prosecuted because he supplied vegetables to the police officer concerned.
A lesson might be learnt from that humble member of the trading community, the barrow boy.
