WEST AFRICAN MONEY.
The Cardiff Magistrates recently lieki that a West African coin was not legal tender in .England. Before them was a .man charged with stealing a packet of . 5 from a slot machine, into which he had inserted a West African shilling, . In defence the man pleaded that his action was justified, as the shilling was a British Empire coin. The Magistrates however, ruled against him, but dismissed him with a caution.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 30 September 1936, Page 9
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74WEST AFRICAN MONEY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 30 September 1936, Page 9
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