GLUTTONY A CRIME.
STRANGE LAW IN BAVARIA. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 19. The Bavarian Government is introducing a curious measure to deal with gourmands. Those ministering to the gulttony of others are punishable by a fine equal to £IOO foy the first offence, with a maximum of five years’ imprisonment. For a second offence the punishment for a glutton is not yet disclosed. The law will affect delicatessen shops and big restaurants. Another strange piece of legislation proposes that prisoners sentenced to a short term of imprisonment shall be allowed to pay 50,000 marks instead of serving a month in gaol, thus saving the State the cost of their keep. Poor people who are fined will be allow to substitute work for the State for paying a fine.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1978, 21 November 1921, Page 5
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