The Law of Highways in England and Wales (1865)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1865 Original Publisher: H. Sweet Subjects: Highway law Railroad law Forms (Law) Law / General Law / Civil Procedure Law / Corporate Transportation / Railroads / General Transportation / Railroads / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously pull or throw Punishment down or in anywise destroy any bridge, whether over any for injuring nreun of water or not, or any viaduct or aqueduct over or tald8e. c. under which bridge, viaduct or aqueduct any highway, rail- my or canal shall pass, or do any injury with intent and so u thereby to render such bridge, viaduct or aqueduct, or the highway, railway or canal passing over or under the same or any pan thereof, dangerous or impassable, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal servitude for life, or fa any term not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping; 24