Sober as a judge | Socialist Action 1983

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EVEN A Crown Court vuuge like ex-lory Judge Bruce Campbell is only human and likes the odd fag and a quick whisky.

So when he went to Guernsey with his mate Alan Foreman his eyes nearly popped out when he saw cheap booze and cies were com pared to here. Being a bit of a big spender he does get well paid for maintaining law order - he splashed out cases of whisky and 10,000 cigs.

Naturally being tied up dispensing which keeps him very busy he never had the time to learn about those funny laws abou paying customs duties So when the Customs of: ficers nicked him he TenCH teet story that many of his clients in court had told him, and said: 'I did not know i was doing anywrong.' ing for both said: shos the • Customs stupid.

None of us • done any• thing wrong The well custom duty and VAT on the goods totalled £1000 and no doubt the good Judge is thinking about the number of people he has depatched to jail for nicking far less than that. But I am sure he will not want preferential Healent trom une beak, all if and when he goes up tor sentence