"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote in message
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BBC Radio 4 Law In Action (repeat Thu 18 Jun 2015, MP3 Podcast now) has an item about
"a cautionary tale about a man who boarded a train without a ticket."

Unmanned station, found he had lost his wallet, was prosecuted by Northen Rail,
prosecution withdrawn at court.

Errors and mistakes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xxjgl


But surely in order to prosecute him, despite his losing his wallet
he must have produced some form of valid ID ? The self same ID which
would reveal that he did in fact hold a season ticket ?


michael adams

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In message , at 18:49:30 on Tue, 16 Jun
2015, michael adams remarked:
But surely in order to prosecute him, despite his losing his wallet
he must have produced some form of valid ID ?

Or that he simply told te truth about where he lived.

The self same ID which
would reveal that he did in fact hold a season ticket ?

Unless the offence is travelling without the season ticket on your
person, rather than having a season ticket.
--
Roland Perry

On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 20:03:58 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 18:49:30 on Tue, 16 Jun
2015, michael adams remarked:
But surely in order to prosecute him, despite his losing his wallet
he must have produced some form of valid ID ?

Or that he simply told te truth about where he lived.

I've had an envelope (returned "not known at this address") from the
GNER grippers' office addressed to a local scrote (uncommon name,
previous case in local papers) who had given my address but with a dud
postcode so the address at least is a matter of trusting someone to be
telling the truth.

The self same ID which
would reveal that he did in fact hold a season ticket ?

Unless the offence is travelling without the season ticket on your
person, rather than having a season ticket.