Ars Gratia Artis. In Louth. England, Office Worker Gordon Goddard was fined $14 and costs for counterfeiting, in spite of his barrister's explanation that he forged £5 notes because they "presented a challenge to him as an artist."
Bar Correspondent. In Toronto, Thomas Allen awed fellow tosspots with accounts of his war exploits, wound up charged with impersonating a Canadian army lieutenant when an unimpressed veteran called police after Allen soaked up several rounds of his admirers' hooch, made the stories too good.
Mad Money. In West Babylon, N.Y., after thieves broke into a...
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