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Show Statutes Oddly Worded. Years ago tho British parliament passed a bill for tho rebuilding of a jail at Chelmsford. It was agreed that tho prisoners should bo confined to the old Jail whllo tho now ono was building. Tho now ono, however, was to" bo constructed from tho materials of tho old one. In tho reign of King William IV. n statute was passed llx-Ing llx-Ing tho punishment of fourteen years' Iranspoitatlou for a particular offense. It ndded; "Upon conviction, ono-half thereof shall go to tho king nnd ono-half ono-half to tho Informer." Just why tho king shonld bo transported for half tho term tho person who drew tho act lound it impossible to explain, slnco he had merely mado a ludicrous blunder. |