HUMOUR OF A ROYAL PARDON.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 10

HUMOUR OF A ROYAL PARDON.

Thfe iCingr Has {emitted a 'finis' imposed uiron the wife of llojor-Geircral: Browne, residing at Broadstairs, who was ■convicted in 3fay last by the CiUffiio I'orts tratM, sitting "at Margate* of keeping a dog without a license. A license hail Jieen taken out for tho dog, but tho defendant was unable to proditeß it at the time. The Royal pafdiin and of tho halt-crown fine is in the following ii'npres-* sivo terms:— • GEOEfifi K.I. Georgothc Fifths by tlio Grace 01" God, of the UniMtl. Kingdom of Great Britain: and Ireland, aird the British Dominions Beyond tho Seas, King Defender of tho Faith. To the ituslices of the Tha.net Division of the Liberties af tho Cinque Ports, aiid lo others whom it may concern, GMKTING! Whereas llrs. G. I?. Bi'dwne was. at the Town Hall, Margate/ oil tho 28th Itay, I»J2, couvictwi «f keeping a <log without a Itoiise, and.Ordered to pay a . iini> of 2s. (lil. und costs. KOW KNOW Tlii, that WE, iii consideration of sonrts cpS humbly represented unto iis, We are graciously pltased .to-oilenij our G race «nrt .Mercy mi to the said Sir.-. G. 3?. Brown*;, a nd. to pa rdo'n. and' refii i'O -to 1) or the amount-of the aforesaid line. 1 : Our Will and Pleasure, therefore, is that you take notice hereof and- that for so doing, (his shall lie a sufficient, Warrant. Given at oii'rCoiirfc at. St. James's, the ■Second day of August, }912> in tluf Third Year.of our lieign, by His .Majesty's command. . P J[ hi Ms V. It appears that,at the time of tho'poliee court proceedings, - Major-General. Browne, having only just returned from abroad, iras unable to find tho licpii-e, but it was subsequently produced, and it was shown that the Kent County Council had been in fault by issuing the name o.f Mrs Browne iis a ilog-o\f!ier who had omitted to renew tho lioonSQ.