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Stokers and Pokers; Or, the London and North-Western Railway, the Electric ... Francis Bond Head No preview available - 2010 |
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Page 196 - ... thereof, and to act summarily in the premises), in the discretion of such Justice, be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two calendar months, or in the like discretion of such Justice shall, for every such offence, forfeit to her Majesty any sum not exceeding...
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