MEETING HIM HALF WAY
“No, sir,” said the defendant. “I was certainly not drunk, though I may have been intoxicated.” “Well,” said the magistrate, “I intended to fine you ten shillings, but in view of your explanation I will make it half a soverign.”
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Mt Benger Mail, 16 November 1938, Page 2
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44MEETING HIM HALF WAY Mt Benger Mail, 16 November 1938, Page 2
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