The value of honesty was plaeed at 5 per cent, by a Scottish poljee court recently. Mrs. I. Lynn found two £20 notes on a footpath and notified the police The money was claimed b.y Miss Alexandra Cameron. who offered to pay one shilling in the pound. Mrs. Lynn insisted the reward should bo two sliillings in tlie pound. Miss Cameron's lawyer said honesty should be its own reward. The police court ruled that 5 per cent. was adeguate reward ,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 129, 17 June 1937, Page 4
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