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Show Equal to tho Occasion. Tho Worcestershire defendant, fined 10 shillings for driving without a light, who hnn Insisted upon paying his flno In coppers cop-pers because ho connldora It a "rotten affair," af-fair," has his precedent In tho tradition Of nn Oxford undergraduate whom tho proctor fined 5 shillings for some breach of university law. He also brought out tho money In coppers with a vlow to "scoring off" the proctor, but tho latter was equal to tho occasion. "By all means, Mr. ." ho said; "only I must troublo you to bring me a penny at a time at 9 o'clock every morning until tho whole sum 13 paid." Loudon Chronicle. |