tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031372489779696862.post1315308959546042716..comments2023-10-23T16:38:54.808+01:00Comments on Turnip Rail's Waiting Room: The Duties of Gate-keepers - 1848David Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017077771376316618noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031372489779696862.post-34613496496158046392012-05-04T09:07:02.377+01:002012-05-04T09:07:02.377+01:00Thanks Caroline - That's fantastic. :)Thanks Caroline - That's fantastic. :)David Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017077771376316618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031372489779696862.post-78843144422328434622012-05-03T22:10:21.254+01:002012-05-03T22:10:21.254+01:00Actually, the full report is online, here: http://...Actually, the full report is online, here: http://tinyurl.com/ccybkqk<br />It will be much more useful to you as it has fuller facts than the extract.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031372489779696862.post-39654851350878307762012-05-03T22:01:16.848+01:002012-05-03T22:01:16.848+01:00This is the fullest extract I can find online: htt...This is the fullest extract I can find online: http://tinyurl.com/7lp6aej (at result 2 of2). He was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031372489779696862.post-44716661372388282382012-05-03T18:08:05.980+01:002012-05-03T18:08:05.980+01:00That's most useful info Caroline - Thanks. Hav...That's most useful info Caroline - Thanks. Have you a link to a transcript of the case?David Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017077771376316618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031372489779696862.post-85064024593606414932012-05-03T16:56:14.186+01:002012-05-03T16:56:14.186+01:00Those rules were taken pretty seriously by the cou...Those rules were taken pretty seriously by the courts, too! R v Pittwood (1902), still an authority in criminal law, concerns a gate-keeper on the Somerset & Dorset Railway. He was convicted of manslaughter when his failure to close the gates caused a fatal accident.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.com