The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-06-17
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SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1882.
Justice East and West.

| Salu Jones, Nwnere there lB no law.
"Yel bet YER" chimed In Thomp-
son. "Law is the only thing that
keeps US out of everlasting chaos"
Eyes, indeed" said legal gentle
man present. at 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 tho unfortunate and
wronged, the"
ooh, stop 'er," remarked a man
with one eye. 81 won't have it
that way. Law is a boss invention
for rascals Of all grades. Give me
a country where there is no law, and
can take care Of myself every time.
Now, for instance, when lived in
Ohio I got dose of law that will
never forget. 1 was in partnership
with q man named Butler, and one
morning We found our cashier miss
ing with $4,000. He had dragged
the safe and put out. Well / started
after him, and caught him in Chi
cago, where he was splurging around
on the money. l got him arrested,
and there was an examination.
Well, all the facts were brought out,
and the defense moved that the case
be dismissed, as the prosecution did
not make out case IN the name of
the firm, and that if there was firm
the co-partnership had not been
shown by any evidence before the
Court. 10 my establishment the
Court said the plea was o. K, and
dismissed the case. Before could
realize what was up the thief had
walked off. Well, followed him
to St. Louis, and there I tackled
him again. I sent for my partner,
and we made complete case, going
for him in the name of the Common
wealth and Smith, Butler & Co.
Well, the lawyer for the defense
claimed that the money being taken
from private drawer in the safe
was my money exclusively, and that
my partner had nothing to do with
it; that the case should be prose-
cuted by me individually, and not
by the firm. The old 'bloke who
sat on the bench wiped his specta-
cles, grunted round while aud dis
missed the case. Away goes the
man again. Then I got another
hitch on him and tried to convict
him Of theft, hut the Court held that
he should be charged with embezzle-
ment. Some years after / tackled
him again, and they let him go.
Statutes of limitation, you see.
Well, concluded to give It up, and
/ did.
"But about four years afterward
/ was down in Colorado and man
pointed to another and said: THAT
fellow had just made a hundred
thousand in o mining swindle.' II
looked, and it was my old cashier.
l followed him to the hotel, and
nailed him in his room with the
money. New, I says: BILLY, do
you recognize your old boss p and,
Of course, he did. Says I: Bill, /
want that three thousand you stole
from me, with the interest, and all
legal and travelling expenses 'Ah,
you do 2 says he; didn't the
courts decide that
"'Curse the courts says I, putt
ting six-shooter foot long under
his nose. This is the sort OF legal
document that I'm travellin' on
now. This is the complaint, war
rant, indictment, judge, jury, YER
dict and sentence all combined, and
the firm Of Colt & Co., New Haven,
are my attorneys in this case. When
they speak they talk straight to the
point of your mug, you mean
larceny thief. This jury of six,
of which I am foreman, is liable. to
be discharged at any moment. No
technicality or Statutes Of Limita-
tons here, and stay of proceedings
won't last over four seconds. Il
want $4,000 to square my bill, or
I'll blow your blasted brains out.
Well, he passed over the money
right away, and said he hoped
there'd he M hard fealinva Now