Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-houseHead, Francis Bond, Sir
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Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-house
Head, Francis Bond, Sir
London and North-Western Railway; Railway Clearing House (London, England); Telegraph -- Great Britain
SECTION 14.]--That (if upon the hearing of any such complaint he
shall think fit) it shall be lawful for such Justice, instead of
deciding upon the matter of complaint summarily, to commit the person
or persons charged with such offence for trial for the same at the
Quarter Sessions for the county or place wherein such offence shall
have been committed, and to order that any such person so committed
shall be imprisoned and detained in any of Her Majesty’s gaols or
houses of correction in the said county or place in the mean time,
or to take bail for his appearance, with or without sureties, in his
discretion; and every such person so offending and convicted before
such Court of Quarter Sessions as aforesaid (which said Court is
hereby required to take cognizance of and hear and determine such
complaint) shall be liable in the discretion of such Court to be
imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding
two years.
_Punishment of Persons Obstructing Railways._
SECTION 15.]--That from and after the passing of this Act, every
person who shall wilfully do, or cause to be done, anything in such
manner as to obstruct any Engine or Carriage using any Railway, or to
endanger the safety of persons conveyed in or upon the same, or shall
aid or assist therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being
convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court
before which he shall have been convicted, to be imprisoned, with or
without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years.
_For Punishment of Persons Obstructing the Officers of any Railway
Company, or Trespassing upon any Railway._
SECTION 16.]--That if any person shall wilfully obstruct or impede
any Officer or Agent of any Railway Company in the execution of
his duty upon any Railway, or upon or in any of the Stations or
other Works or Premises connected therewith; or if any person shall
wilfully trespass upon any Railway, or any of the Stations or other
Works or Premises connected therewith, and shall refuse to quit the
same upon request to him made by any Officer or Agent of the said
Company, every such person so offending, and all others aiding and
assisting therein, shall and may be seized and detained by any such
Officer or Agent, or any person whom he may call to his assistance,
until such offender or offenders can be conveniently taken before
some Justice of the Peace for the county or place wherein such
offence shall be committed, and, where convicted before such Justice
as aforesaid (who is hereby authorised and required upon complaint
to him upon oath to take cognizance thereof and to act summarily in
the premises), shall, at the discretion of such Justice, forfeit to
Her Majesty any sum not exceeding 5_l._, and in default of payment
thereof shall or may be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two
Calendar months; such imprisonment to be determined on payment of the
amount of the penalty.
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