Now Richard Graham Senior (died 1868), blotted his copy book in a rather disturbing way in 1861, also resulting in him getting himself fined and banged up in Morpeth Jail; Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury (9 November 1861) refers:
WELL-MERITED PUNISHMENT
Richard Graham, of Amble, butcher, was charged before the county magistrates, at Tynemouth, on Wednesday, for disorderly conduct in a railway train, coupled with an indecent assault upon a female, on the 14th October. On that day a young lady entered the third class carriage at Tynemouth, and the defendant entered the same compartment at Percy Main. Shortly afterwards he began to interfere most improperly with the young lady, and his conduct was so bad that, on the train reaching Wallsend station, he was, at the instance of the other passengers, removed to another carriage. On leaving he applied some offensive epithets towards the young lady, as well as to those persons in the carriage who had endeavoured to protect her from his insults. On the train arriving at the Central Station, a complaint was made to the railway authorities of the conduct of the defendant towards the young lady; and the present proceedings were taken. In defence Graham said that he was affected with drink at the time. The bench said that was no excuse, and fined him 40s and £3 17s costs. At the same time the bench committed the defendant to Morpeth Gaol for one month for the assault upon the young lady.
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