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RAIL 1015/002; part of a poster
 
  RAIL 1015/002; this is part of a poster put out by the London and North Western Railway. It gives the names, addresses and offences of 19 people convicted of travelling on the railway without a ticket, 1890.
 
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(i) Is this crime the same as crimes committed for hundreds of years?
(ii) Is this crime just a new opportunity for an old crime?
(iii) Is this an entirely new crime?
In Source 7, note the size of the fines.
 
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