St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-05-26
Justice East and West.

II hate to live i'll IL new country
said Jones, ''where there is no law
eyer bet yer" chimed in Thompson.
claw is the only thing that keeps us
out of everlasting chaos" Eyes, in
deed" said Il legal gentleman pre- sent.
sit is the bulwark of the poor mans
liberty, the shield which the strong
arm of justice throws over the weak,
the solace and the balsam of the m-
fortunate and wronged, the"
"Oh, stop 'er," remarked IA man with
one eve. 81 wont have it that way.
Law is IL boss invention for rascalS of
of all grades. Give me Il country
where there is no law, and | can take
care of myself every time. Now, for
instance, when | lived in Ohio | got a
dose of law that | will never forget. |
was in partnership with man named
Butler, and one morning we found our
cashier missing with $4,000. He had
dragged the safe and put out. Well,
| started after him and caught him in
| Chicago, where he was splurging
around on the money. | got him ar
rested, and there was an examination.
| Well, all the facts were brought out
and the defence moved that the case
| ne ulSllllSStNl, dS lllt prosecution
not make out case in the name of the
firm, and that if there was firm the
copartnership had not been shown by
any evidence before the court. To my
astOnishment the court said the plea
was o. X, and dismissed the case.
Before | could realize what was up the
thief had walked off. Well, | followed
him to st. Louis and there | tackled
him again. | sent for my partner and
we made IL complete case, going fol
him i'll the name of the Commonwealth
and Smith, Butler & Co. Well, the
lawyer for the defence claimed that the
money being taken from private
drawer in the safe was my money eX-
clusively, and that my partner had
nothing to do with it that the case
should he prosecuted by me individual
ly, and not by the firm. The old 'blOke
who sat on the bench wiped his specta-
cles, gruntcd round ii while and dis
missed the ease. Away goes the man
again. Then | got another hitch Oh
him and tried to convict him of theft
but the court held that he should bt
charged with embezzlement. Some
years after | tackled him again, and
they let him go. Statutes of limita-
ton, you see. Well, | concluded t.
give it up, and did.
"But about four years afterward
was down in Colorado and maI
pointed to another and said 'Tha
fellow has just made hundred thou
sand dollars in a mining swindle.'
looked, and it was my old cashier.
followed him to the hotel and naileC
l. IL, I, h.. No
| says Billy, do You recognize you
old boss p and of course he did. Say
|: Bill, ! want that three thOusanC
you stole from me, with the interes
and all legal and travelling expenses.
'Ah, you do ? says he didn't tin
courts decide that
Curse the courts says !, putting
ix-shooter foot long under hi
nose. This is the sort of legal docu
ment that I'm travelin' on now. Thi
/ is the complaint, warrant, indictment
Judge, jury, verdict and sentence al
combined, and the firm of Colt Il Co.
= New Haven, are my attorneys IN thi
case. When they speak they tall
straight to the point of your mug, yOl
bloody larceny thief. This jury of six
? of which | am foreman, is liable to b.
discharged at any moment. No tech
. nicality or statutes of limitations here
: and stay of proceedings won't las
, over four seconds. | want SlO,OO f.
square my bill or I'll blow your blaste,
brains out Well, he passed over tn
money right away, and said he hope
: there'd be no hard feelings. Now
there's some Colorado law for you. an
its the kind for me Eh, boys Pn an
> the crowd, with one accord, cOncurre
A in the cheapness and efficacy Of tn
plan by which a man could carry hi
. court on his hip, instead of appealin
], to the blind goddess III Chicago an
st. Louis Salt Lake Tribune.