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warding note which they had presented to him was a false representation and on the strength of such false representation the appellants had induced the Station Master? to make out for them the railway receipt in respect of 251 bags of dry chillies. It is manifest that a valuable security such as a railway receipt is. in respect of 251 bags of chillies had been delivered to the appellants by the Station Master on the basis of the false representation which they had made to him both orally and in the forwarding note."

It appears to us that the false representation made by the appellants in obtaining the railway receipt in the form in which it was issued did not cast any additional liability on the railway and the issue of the railway receipt therefore was not likely to cause any damage or harm to the railway. No question of cheating the railway or the Station Master therefore arose in this case and the appeal must be allowed. The appellants are directed to be set at liberty. The fine, if paid, must be refunded.