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Sir Augustus Stephenson and the Prosecution of Offences Act of 1884 209
contravening the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act. The highly-respected
firm of Steel, Peech and Tozer were prosecuted for possessing illegal diestamps
with which to press 'standard' markings on non-standard bridging
steel. 41 It was a workload which reflected not only the prosecutorial energy
but the changing priorities of the late Victorian criminal justice system. 42
41 The prosecution appears to have been at the instance of the Colonial Office and the girders
destined for East Africa. In the event it was established that this very 'contemporary' offence was
the responsibility of certain of the company's staff and not of the directors.
42 'Report of the Director of Public Prosecutions', (Public Accounts Committee), Part. Papers (1899)
279.