FINED TWO DOZEN EGGS
“I’m sorry, but I’ll have to fine you -the price of two dozen eggs,” said the Magistrate 1 (Mr Ten Eyck), in the West Side Court, New York, to Anthony Burnish, of No. 514 West 48th street, who was before him on a charge of having kept chickens in his back yard, which is Illegal in Manhattan. “ Can I give you the two dozen eggs instead of the two dollars. Judge?'’ asked Burnish, opening a big box, which was filled with the product- of his illegal hens. “ I’m afraid not, unless someone in the court wishes to buy them.” the Magistrate replied. So Burnish paid, after handing an egg up to the Bench for judicial inspection. The Magistrate ordered the Court stenographer to stamp it “ Exhibit A.” “ I thought it was all right to keep chickens, "Judge,” Burnish contended, ‘‘because, with the high price of eggs, I can’t afford to buy them. Then, besides, President Wilson said everybody should have hens.” The Magistrate, though sympathetic, told him he had better go home and till his hens. “I hope I can do it without the S.P.C.A. getting after me,” said Burnish.
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Evening Star, Issue 16994, 17 March 1919, Page 7
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194FINED TWO DOZEN EGGS Evening Star, Issue 16994, 17 March 1919, Page 7
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