Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-06-23
warrant for glo, 900, due to Captain Gre.

| warrant Tor GlU,UuU, que 10 captain 0Ie-
CORY Jones'
The merchant stared; the merchant
| frowned; bat so il was. Captain Gregory
Jones arrested Mynheer Meyer for tlO,-
| 600; for. as any one knows, any man may
arrest us who has conscience enough to
swear that we owe him money. Where
was Mynhcer Meyer in Il strange town TO
get bail? Mynheer Meyer went 10 prison.
Dat be strange yey Of paying man
his monish + said Mynheer Meyer.
In order to while away the time, our
/ merchant, who was wonderfully social
scraped acquaintance with some Of his fell
! low prisoners. Vat be you in prison lor?'
said he to "a stou. respectable looking man,
who seemed in violent passion; for vat
! crime?'
i, sir! crimen quoh the prisoner; sir,
was going to Liverpool 10 vote at the cleo
ton, when friend Of the opposite candi-
date had ne arrested for two thousand
pounds. Before get bail the election will
! be overp
Watts that you tell me? arrest you to
prevent you giving an honest vote! Is dat
| justce?'
'Justice no" said our friend, i; is the
/ law of arrest
And vat lie you in prishon for?' said the
merchant, pitylngIy, TO thin, cadaverous
looking object, who ever and and anon APP
! piled handkerchief to his eyes that were
worn with weeping.
An attorney offered friend Of mine to
discount bill if he could obtain a few
names to endorse it.-The bill became due;
! the neXtday the attorney arrested all whose
names were On the bll-there were eight
! Of US; the law allows him two gpineas for
each; there are sixteen guineas, sir, for
the lawyer bet | sir, alas my family
will starvc before shall be released. Sir,
there are a set of men called discountng
attorneys, who live upon the profits of en-
trapping and arresting us poor folks
Mine Cot but is dat justicc?'
ALAS! no sir-t's the law Of arrest
But said the merchant, turning round
! to a lawyer whom the devil had deserted,
| and who was now with the victims Of his
profession, 'dey tell me in Englant man
may be called innoshent till he is proved
/ guilty; but here am |, who because Won
! carron Of Il shaiIor, who owsh me five
/ hundred pounts; taken an oath that owe
! him ten thousants-here am | on dat
scoundrel's single oath clapped up in prish-
on. Is this a mans being innocent till he
is proved guilty, sarc?'
Sir said the lawyer primly, you arc
| thinking of criminal cases; but if man
be unfortunate enough to get into debt,
that's quite different thing-we are harder
| to poverty than we are to crime
But mine Got, is dat usticep
Justice! pooh! it's the law Of arrest,
said the lawyer turning on his neel.
Our merchant was liberated, as no one
appeared to prove the debt. He few to a
magistrate --he told his casc-he implorcd
justice against Captain Jones'
Capt. Gregory Jones, you mean?'
'Ay mine goot sare-yesh =
He set sail for Calcutta, yesterday.
He must evidently have sworn this debt
against you, for the purpose of getting rid
of your claim and stencing your mouth till
you could catch him no longer. He's a
clever felIow-Gregory Jonesp
de tuyfel! but sare, is derc no remedy
for poor merchant
Remedy! oh yes, indictment for PERU
ry,'
But vat use is dat9 You say he is gone
ten thousand miles of'-Calcutta.'
THAT'S certainly against your indict
ment'
And cannot get my monish?'
Not as see
And nave been srreshcd instead Of
, himp
You have
'Sare, have only Won word 10 SAYS
dat justiceP
That can't say, Mynheer Meyer, bnt
it is certainly the law OF arrest answered
the magistrate, and he bowed the merchant
out Of the room.