The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-12

A Iusstco of The Peace 900to0Co0
q Man 20 b Hung.

cary ds-s in this Territory. Al Amir
which happened At the formerly very
lively town Of B.arkt"ot. may u Of
interest.
Judge Van Camp had tie honor OF
Icing . Justice Of the Peace. and f-e-
i;eved tina, his pDvers e4ua'!es those
Of the Supreme Cours 0! the United
states. and always acted accordingly.
= On after ne Revived lis commission
Barney MCGUIRE committed Al -
sluls and tattefy On the p-sson Of one
John Harri.os. and with all due
so.emni,y . warrant vAs issued s"r
hi, sress and he Vas brosxh. into the
august pn.<nee Of Judge Van Camp.
The Judge having previously TAXED
With The community on the >ct;~cs
and entertained no doubt whatever
Of the gull: Of the aroused. decided AZ
once ,ha. be should Be hung on gen
en-. principles. Yet Barney. 70 the
surprise Of al. strongly protested
agsins, icing hung and dem2nd~d 3
Jury Of his r<<n to try be ca=s.
This His Honor positively "a. I;-
foo, down on: tst afs<r the leArn~i
counsel fSr the de:tn>e. NJ. Robin
son. who sxo years since Vas killed
for h"..e stealing in Colombo RAD
the Decias.,ion 0: Independence HI.
Honor rei=n;ed in - far ;i-t i< -
ie:;e.i the jury himself.
smith Jones testified :ha. be '-was
in the Ys,crn wien Barn-y NcGu:re
came in and 6our:>hsd bis pistol
around. and Barney Thomas a:oe<
and politely informed him that be
"a. . Lar. Barns.G::.ii-,hen ='!ucs
Basney-bu, ID Re-. . nIasy Bar
ney'. I've 60, it all mixed Up. and
Ill t<xin fresh"
Hi. Honor At til. stage o: the PFC
ces.l;ng- sro-e AID ex;<nis1 ;Le Pow.
ertu! right ann o: the law. AMI in
voice akin 10 . lions roar said.
Now. Barney Gil,i=. l don't wan:
sou to u.e any inlmcdes, language Of
expression calculated 70 promote the
general corruption Q: morals" and
NJ down. AMID ! silence 10 which
the firing Of . cannon would have
teen u the dropping 0: & pin.
The prosecution. in the per-sn 9!
Mr.. G.!bEsi,h. pointed out the fact
that the prisoner had . very large
pistol which he had been in the La:i,
~ carrying LAST year. and 1t Was tut
reasonable 70 presume that he carried
the same identical deadly and !el"ai.
~. weapon this year. and Lence he
Should i,< hung. There il No
statute against carrying concealed
weapons" sail he. "Gut this one was
not concealed, and he furnished it
with malice a-a.t<sthougit. and
y.u. gentlemen Of the jury, hav"
the right to make las I" suit this
sueciai cas-. There is ." doub.
about the offence Icing IN s2grava-
ted aud malice a-sfterth"ugh: one.
ana while Barney McGuire dii 10.
kill or even shot at any one. hs In.
,ention VA certainly to kill. no;witk-
standing . statute in such cases made
and provided: hence you IRE obliged
to find bin, guilty and ke must IT,
hung"
The defendants attorney reviewed
the evidence and quoted r. m the
good rs,k: Thou shalt not kill ex-
cept in SCI: defense" and the jury
VA. in no Immediate danger iron.
tire prisoner. ~ he could So. ind
proceeded to demonstrate with y =
caliure Colt. revolver. H. flourish
it around il = pro:n;>cuous manner
70 the terror Of The jury aud by
stander-. several of the latter with
new rope in hand waiting for the
'.mat;er 0f FORM trial to close. until
James Shoup. . juror. called out
'.you had better put up that pistol.
you Internal fool. or you'll kill some
k,dy."
This caused 4 cessation Of Ilo,tili.
ties and couple Of Jurors retired to
scott. sxiW,n To- h,l.ter up their
courage. and further proceed
ing- were ind-finitely Tx,stpsn.d.