The, Bristol Post reports that at the Bridgend Petty Sessions the Rev. Bees Brichard, vicar of I^landyvadgw, Glamorganshire, appeared in answer to an adjourned summons charging him with having used profane languago, an 1 also with assault. Evidence was given to the effect that the rev. defendant, during an altercation in a railway carriage, spoke profanely six times ; and the bench inflicted upon him the penalty— imposed by an old statute— of Qs per curse. The charge of assault was dismissed.. It was pointed out during the hearing of the case that the statute imposes 5s for every oath if the guilty person be in the condition of a gentleman, and 2s in the case of persons of low degree.
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 37, 4 July 1877, Page 2
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