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Show "Deodands" Would Set King Up in Business If it were customary or possible for the king of Great Britain and Ire land rigidly to exercise Ills royal pre rogatives. he would. In the course of h few months, become the owner ot many vehicles, especially motor cars that traverse the streets and roads "i his kingdom, since he Is entitled to an deodands. A nVodand is "an article which ha proved tile Immediate and accidental occasion of the deatli ot any reason able creature." This right was fo: hundreds of years enforced as a mean of swelling the royal exchequer and legally speaking, could still be en forced I If a man were killed, h.v being rut. I over, t lit- vehicle ami its contents. n I ell us the horse, became fie kind's property. The number of "r -a.-onahli creatures" (and dogs mlgln he In 'hided by some within tlds cate-on i nin over h.v motors in Kuulahd would keep the kltiu in automobiles until h, would he obliged to construct rnariv i:n rases. I |