Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-01-24
JUSTICE EAST AND WEST.
The Beauties OF the Law Explained by a
Victim.

| Salt Lake Tribune.
~ hate to live in a new country,
said Jones, "where there is no law"
eyer bet YER" chimed in Thompson
claw is the only thing that keeps us GU
of everlasting chaos"
ayes, indeed" said legal gentleman
present. at is the bulwark of the pool
mans liberty, the shield which the
strong arm of justice throws over the
! weak, the sslace and balsann of the un-
fortunate and wronged, the
"Oh, stop 'er," remarked man with
one eye. 81 won't have it that way.
Law is the boss invention for rascals oil
all grades. Give me country where
there is no law, and l can take care of
myself every time.
LAW IN THE EAST.
"Now for instance when I lived in
Ohio I got a dose of law that I will
never forget. I was in partnership with
man named Butler, and one morning
we found our cashier missing with So
900. He had dragged the safe and put
out. Well, started after him and
caught him in Chicago where he was
splurging round on the money / had him
arrested and there was an examination.
Well all the facts were brought cut and
the defense moved that the case be dis
missed as the prosecution did not make
out case in the name of the firm and
if there was firm, the copartnership
had not been shown by any evidence be
fore the court. To my establishment the
court said the plea was O. X, and dis
missed the case. Before | could realize
what was up the thief had walked off
Well, | followed him to st. Louis and
there l tackled him again. l sent for
my partner and we made complete
case, going for him in the name of the
and Smith, Butler & Co.
Well, the lawyer for the defense claimed
that the money being taken from a pri-
vate drawer in the safe was my money
and that my partner had
nothing to do with it; that the
case should be prosecuted by me indi-
and not by the firm. The
Did tblske" who sat on the bench,
wiped his spetacles, erunted round
while and dismissed the case Away
goes tho man again. Then l got
another hitch on him ard tried 10 CON
Wet him of theft, but the court held |
hat he should have been charged with |
Some years after l
ackled him again, and they let him 60.
Statutes of limitation, you see. Well,
concluded TO give 1t up, and did.
WESTERN LAW
" But about four years afterwards |
vas down in Colorado and a man point
I'd to another and said That fellow
las just made hundred thousand in a
mining swinjle.' l looked, and it was
ny old cashier. l followed him to the
otel and nailed him in mis- room with
he money. Now l says, BILLY, do you
your old boss p and Of course
e did. Says I, Bill, want that three
thousand dollars you stole from me,
nth the interest, and all legal and
raveling expenses 'Ah, you do % says
9, didn't the courts decide that .
Oh the courts says 1, putting a
X shooter foot long under his nose
This is the sort of a legal document
lat Pm travlin' on now. This is the
warrant, Indictment, judge,
Try and sentence all combined, and
10 firm of Colt & Co., New Haven,
e my attorneys in this case. When
ley speak they talk straight to the
'int of your mug, You bloody larceny
lief. This jury CT six, of which l am
is liable to be discharged at
~ moment. No technicality or statutes
limitations here, and stay of pro-
edings won't last over four seconds. ]
ant ten thousand dollars to square my .
II, or rll blow your blasted brains OUT
ell, he passed over the money right
way, and said he hoped there'd he no