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A Joke From The Past - A Law Known As Daylight Robbery

This could only happen in Britain and to be honest not a great deal has changed since the days of William The Third, this law came into force 1696 - Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two.

There must be strange laws around the Globe past and present it would be interesting to hear of some of them.

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In Connecticut until a recent cleanup, there was still a law on the books that said anyone entering a town in an automobile had to stop at the town limits and hire someone to walk ahead of the car at 5mph and wave a red flag until they got through the town.