FINED TWO DOZEN EGGS
"I'm sorrv, but I'll have to fine you tho price of two dozen eggs, said the Magistrate (Mr. Ten Eyck), m the West So Court, Now York, to Anthony Bur- ■ A of ! No.'Sl* West 48th Street, who was before him' on a charge ot haying kept chickens in Ins backyard, which is illegal in Manhattan. • . "Cm 1 give you the two dozen eggs instead of the 2dql., Judge r asked Burnish, opening a big box which was failed with the product of his illegal hens.. •Tm afraid not, unless sonwono in the Court wants to buy them," the Magistrate replied. So Burnish paid, after handing an egg up to the' Bench for iudicinl inspection. Ihs Magistrate ordered the Court stenographer to stamp it "Exhibit A." ■'„.',' "I thought it was all right to keep chickens, Judge," Burnish contended, "because with tho high price of eggs I can't afford to buy them. Then, besides, President Wilson said everybody should have hens." Tho Magistrate, though sympathetic, told him he had better go home and kill'his hens. J "I hope I can do it without tho S.T'.C.A. getting after me," said Burnish.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 136, 4 March 1919, Page 4
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192FINED TWO DOZEN EGGS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 136, 4 March 1919, Page 4
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