London and North Western Railway Criminal Prosecutions - December 1878

In December 1878 the London and North Western Railway prosecuted the following number of cases:

Crime                                                                                          Number of cases

Robbery                                                                                                 6

Drunk and disorderly                                                                               4

Attempting to enter a train in motion                                                         3

Travelling in a superior class of carriage to that for which tickets were 

held + obstructing the company’s servants in the execution of their duty     3

Receiving stolen property                                                                         3

Travelling without a ticket                                                                         2

Interfering with comfort of passengers + obstructing the company’s 

servants in the execution of their duty                                                       2

Travelling with platform tickets                                                                  2

Pocket-Picking                                                                                       1

Drunk and assaulting a company’s servant                                               1

Travelling with ticket over date                                                                 1

Assaulting Company’s servant                                                                 1

Trespass                                                                                               1

 Source: The National Archives, RAIL 410/183, Traffic Committee minute book, Minute 31173, 10 January 1879