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The clipping this text was read from
The clipping this text was read from

“Do you solemnly mumbo-jumbo etcetera et aliquid ’til death do you part?”

The defendent raised his right hand, but no words emitted from his mouth. At least no words that the courtroom audience could hear. There followed a pantomime worthy of Marcel Marceau at his best. Or possibly the opening scene of a Buster Keaton silent film. The story line from what we gathered of the general district court case heard last Tuesday, had to do with two ill-gotten license plates, one from a Volkswagen, the other from a Chevy, neither of which belonged to the car to which they were attached. Yet a lawyer convinced the courts that the police were wrong to ticket the man. We can’t tell you why, for as we say, the dialogue of this episode was largely unintelligible. Thtj reason was the musical accompaniment from fans and air conditioners.

It may seem petty to complain

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