Time Catches Up with U.K Pub, Forced to Pay Fine From 1664
From The Times Online UK:
Pub has to pay a fine for murder from 1664
By Helen Nugent
A PUB must pay a fine for a murder on its premises more than 300 years ago.
Auditors discovered the long-forgotten penalty for The Swan in Ipswich, Suffolk, while balancing the books for the town’s St Mary Le Tower Church Charities.The annual bill of 40 shillings, equivalent to £2, seems to be a punishment for a killing in 1664 when Charles II was king.
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Whats that about Death and Taxes?
Anonymous — On 3-15-2006 at 4:41 pm
Good God- isn’t there a time limit on a perpetual fine? How many other perpetual fines are there out there? IF they last paid in 1999 then they just owe 14$ or about 30$ unless the fines go up according to inflation in which case- lets see, laborers make about 30$/hr here which for 6 months would put the fine, in modern times around 30k a year or 60k if we convert the value…How many small bars could cough up an extra 60 k a year.