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RAILWAYS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1845 - SECT 124

Owners of engines, &c. liable for damage done by engines, &c. or by servants.

124. The respective owners of engines and carriages passing or being upon
the railway shall be answerable for any trespass or damage done by their
engines or carriages, or by any of the servants or persons employed by them,
to or upon the railway, or the machinery or works belonging thereto, or to or
upon the property of any other person; and every such servant or other person
may lawfully be convicted of such trespass or damage before any two justices
of the peace, either by the confession of the party offending, or upon the
oath of some credible witness; and upon such conviction every such owner shall
pay to the company, or to the person injured, as the case may be, the damage
to be ascertained by such justices, so that the same do not exceed fifty
pounds.

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