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{{g}}Most of the [[JC]]’s heroes are men and women of fiction — not writers, but ''creatures'' of it — and [[Albert Haddock]] is no exception, though his adventures have such an air of veracity about them that they have, on occasion, been cited as authority in real litigation. | {{g}}Most of the [[JC]]’s heroes are men and women of fiction — not writers, but ''creatures'' of it — and [[Albert Haddock]] is no exception, though his adventures have such an air of veracity about them that they have, on occasion, been cited as authority in real litigation. | ||
Haddock is the fellow who paid his outstanding taxes by delivering the revenue a cow “of malevolent aspect” and “menacing posture” on which he had written an instruction to his bank to pay the necessary sum to the revenue. | Haddock is the fellow who paid his outstanding taxes by delivering the revenue a [[negotiable]] cow “of malevolent aspect” and “menacing posture” on which he had written an instruction to his bank to pay the necessary sum to the revenue. He was arrested for causing an obstruction. Haddock’s defence? It would be “a nice thing if in the heart of the commercial capital of the world a man could not convey a [[negotiable instrument]] down the street without being arrested.” | ||
He was arrested for causing an obstruction. Haddock’s defence? It would be “a nice thing if in the heart of the commercial capital of the world a man could not convey a negotiable instrument down the street without being arrested.” | |||
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*[[Negotiable instrument]] | |||
*[[nigel molesworth]] | *[[nigel molesworth]] | ||
*[[hary poter]] | *[[hary poter]] | ||