In Kings Bench Division last week Mr. Justice Avory fixed a stern eye upon wealthy Martin Coles Harman.
"Who did you say is the sovereign of Lundy Island?" demanded the King's judge.
"I am," stoutly repeated Mr. Harman, "and as the sovereign of Lundy, I coined puffins and half-puffins as I have a right to do!" Counsel for Mr. Harmun argued that his 1,150-acre-island, 12 mi. off the north coast of Devon, is "not only outside the British Realm but outside the rest of the world.'' They declared that it was chiefly this circumstance...
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