LEGAL ABSURDITIES
SHOPKEEPER'S CRUSADE LONDON Juno 3. Signor Rabaiotti an Italian shop keeper at Harerford West was recently fined os for having sold chocolates" on a Sunday. He was so angry that be set to work to inquire about similar absurdities on Sunday trad ing, including the scope ot an archaic Act of 1677. Acting ns a common informer, Rabaiotti was instrumental in baring news agents lined for selling papers on Sunday. He has also discovered that anyone wolking outside his own home can be summoned under the 1677 Act; so can a man whistling in the street on Sundays. He proposes to continue to act as a common informer until the absurdities of the law are recognised. .
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Evening Star, Issue 21749, 18 June 1934, Page 7
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118LEGAL ABSURDITIES Evening Star, Issue 21749, 18 June 1934, Page 7
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