(153) Offenders may be seized on commission of the offence, and taken before a justice (s.16). (154) Officers of the company may detain unknown offenders, and convey them with all convenient speed before some justice (s. 154).

(155) This is a like clause as in Note 150, ante, p. 200. (156) These are like clauses as Note 151, ante, p. 201.

OFFENCES within the 11 & 12 Vict. c. 43.

Statute.

RAILWAYS-continued.

III. OFFENCES BY OTHER PERSONS-continued.

33. Witnesses.] Any person duly summoned to give evidence upon any such inquiry, to whom tender of reasonable expenses made, failing to appear,

or

34. Any person, whether summoned or not, appearing as a witness refusing to be examined on oath.

35. Obstructing Construction of.] Any person wilfully obstructing any person acting under the authority of the company, in the lawful exercise of their power in setting out the line of the railway,

or

36. Pulling up or removing any poles or stakes driven into the ground for the purpose of so setting out the line,

or

37. Defacing or destroying any marks made for the same purpose.

38. Not fastening Gates.] Any person omitting to shut and fasten any gate set up at either side of railway for the accommodation of the owners or occupiers of the adjoining lands, as soon as he and the carriage, cattle or other animals under his care, have passed through the same.

39. Mines.] Any owner, lessee or occupier, of any mine, refusing to allow any person, appointed by the company for that purpose, to enter into and inspect any mine or works (see s. 83).

40. Toll Boards or Milestones.] Any person wilfully pulling down,

41. Defacing,

8 Vict. c. 18,

s. 45 (Note 155, ante, p. 203).

8 Vict. c. 20,

s. 24 (Note 157).

Id. s. 75.

Id. s. 84.

Id. s. 95.

42. Destroying,

or

any board of tolls or milestones (see ss. 93, 94).

43. Refusing to produce Way Bills, &c.] Any person, being the owner or having the care of any carriage or goods passing or being upon the railway, failing to give account in writing to collector of tolls of the number and quantity of goods, &c.

or

44. To produce his way bill or bill of lading to collector, &c.

or

45. Giving a false account,

or

46. Unloading or taking off any part of his lading or goods at any other place than mentioned in account, with intent to avoid payment of tolls.

47. Passengers practising Frauds.] Any person travelling,

or

48. Attempting to travel,

in any carriage of the company, or of any other company or
party using the railway, without having previously paid his fare
and with intent to avoid payment thereof,

or

(157) This is a like clause as in Note 150, ante, p. 200.

Id. s. 99.

Id. s. 103.

(158) By sect. 104 persons discovered either in or after practising these frauds, may be detained by any officer or servant of the company, and taken before a justice.

OFFENCES within the 11 & 12 VICT. c. 43.

RAILWAYS-continued.

III. OFFENCES BY OTHER PERSONS-continued.

49. Any person, having paid his fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceeding in any such carriage beyond such distance without previously paying the additional fare for the additional distance, and with intent to avoid payment thereof,

or

50. Any person knowingly and wilfully refusing, or neglecting, on arriving at the point to which he has paid his fare, to quit such carriage.

51. Sending dangerous Goods.] Any person sending by the railway any aquafortis, oil of vitriol, gunpowder, lucifer matches, or any other goods which in the judgment of the company may be of a dangerous nature, without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the same, or otherwise giving notice in writing to the bookkeeper or other servant of the company with whom the same are left at the time of so sending.

Statute.

8 Vict. c. 20,

s. 103. (Note 157, ante, p. 204).

Id. s. 105.

52. Offending against Bye-Laws.] Any person offending against any byelaw made by the company (see ss. 109, 110, 111, 143).

Id. s. 109.

53. Using Engines without approval.] Any person, whether the owner or other person, having the care thereof, bringing or using upon the railway any locomotive or other engine, or any moving power, without certificate of approval of company (see s. 115),

or

54. After notice by company to remove any such engine from the railway, not forthwith removing same,

or

55. After notice by company not to use any such engine on the railway, using same without first repairing and obtaining certificate of approval from company.

56. Using Carriages contrary to Regulations.] Any carriage not being of such construction or in such condition as the regulations of the company for the time being require, being made to pass or be upon any part of the railway (except as aforesaid, see s. 117).

57. Injuries, Boards of Bye-Laws, or Penalties.] Any person pulling down,

58. Injuring,

or

any board set up or affixed as required by this or the special act
for the purpose of publishing any bye-law or penalty (see s. 143),|

or

59. Obliterating any of the letters or figures thereon.

REGISTERS OF BAPTISM, &c.

Id. s. 116.

Id. s. 119.

Id. s. 144.

1. Registering birth after 42 days otherwise than mentioned in sections 6 & 7 Will. 4, 20 and 22.

c. 86, s. 22.

(159) If the sum adjudged to be paid exceed £5, to the next general quarter sessions holden not sooner than twelve days after the conviction, giving written notice thereof, and of the cause

and matter thereof, within three days after conviction and seven clear days at least before the sessions, and entering into a recognizance with two sureties to appear at sessions, &c.