ANTI-DUELLING LAW
EVADED IN PORTUGAL Duelling is frequent i n p,*, despite statutory prohibition, b~? fe ' there is a loophole lc the la» A"*** which most of the fighters vriri? 1 caught. s ** e ’t The law provides a year if the duel results in a fatLeT and the seconds face a possible TS; months in prison. The jtJke i,™*the fact that there Is no peaaltvw 11 one is hurt r o a, The consequence is that there many an expedition by automobru * by horseback just before da»n s green fields on the outskirts o’ tt capital. There in some secluded swords ring and “honour is satis&T The newspapers “tipped off” to these affairs, but licensor never permits mention of it names of the participants. Soe times, if he is good natured. he a brief Item at the foot of a coltmv but it records only the fact that tv anonymous gentlemen “met."
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1028, 19 July 1930, Page 26
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153ANTI-DUELLING LAW Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1028, 19 July 1930, Page 26
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