"GUY FAWKES" RAG.
UNDERGRADUATES' FUN. FINES AT CAMBRIDGE. LONDON, Nov. 7. Fines totalling over £IOO were imposed at Cambridge when 49 undergraduates, a journalist, a grocer's assistant and a labourer were charged. The defendants, who overflowed from the dock in If the public seats, were called upon to answer various charges in connection with the "Guy Fawkes" rag All were convicted. The solicitors' table was filled with confiscated fireworks, and the magistrates instituted a tariff for various offences, which included £5 for attempting to secure a policeman's helmet, which was a popular form of souvenir. Another £5 fine was imposed for obstructing the police, £2 for putting out and damaging street lamps, and 5s for letting off fireworks. The highest fine was £lO, which was imposed on an undergraduate for assaulting a policeman.
It is stated that the university authorities will take the strongest disciplinary action, and it is possible that the convicted undergraduates 1 will be expelled.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19488, 18 November 1926, Page 13
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