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Lamp Oil Fine

January 1919

Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 07 January 1919

A fine of 15s. was imposed on Mark D. Ellison (40), shopkeeper, of Kilnhurst, at the Rotherham West Riding Court, yesterday, for having failed to display a price list of lamp oil.

Defendant’s explanation was that he had forgotten to replace it after cleaning the window.