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A FINE PENALTY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: HE OFFERED BUT A POOR DEFENCE
Last Line: THE PENALTY WAS FINE.
Subject(s): FINES (PENALTY); LAW & LAWYERS;
He offered but a poor defence,
That advocate of mine;
And yet, despite the evidence,
The penalty was fine.



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