The Portland daily press., 1882-06-02
Justice East and West.

@ hate to live in new country" said Jones,
where there is no law" eyer bet yer,n Chin
ed in Thompson. "Law is the only thing that
keeps us out of everlasting chaos" "Yes, in
Decd" said legal gentleman present cit is
the bulwark of the poor mans liberty, the shield
which the strong arm of justice throws over the
weak, the solace and the balfam of the unfor-
tunate and wronged the
"Oh, stop 'er," remarked man with one eye
won't have it that way. Law is boss in
vention for rascals of all grades. Give me
country where there is no law, and I can take
care of myself every time. Now, for instance,
when lived in Ohio got dose of law thatI
will never forget. was in partnership with a
man named Butler, and one morning we found
our cashier missing with $3, 900. He had drag
ged the safe and put ouJ 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 be dismissed, as the prose-
cution did not make out the case in the name of
the firm, and if there was a firm the copartner-
ship had not been shown by any evidence before
the court. To my astonishment 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 / tackled him again. 1 sent
fer my partner and we made a complete case,
going for him in the name of the Common
wealth and Smith, Butler & Co. Well, the
lawyer for the defence claimed that the money
being taken from a private draw in the safe as
my money exclusively, and that my partner had
nothing to do with it; that the case should be
prosecuted by me individually, and not by the
firm. The old 'bloke' who sat on the bench
wiped his spectacles, grunted round while and
dismissed the case. Away goes the man again,
Then got another hitch on him and tried to
convict him of theft, but the Court held tina. he
should be charged with embezzelment. Some
years after tackled him again, but they let
him go. Statutes of limitation you see. Well,
concluded to give it up, and 1 did.
But about four years afterwards i was down
in Colorado and man pointed to another and
said: That fellow has just made hundred
thousand in mining swindle.' Hooked, and
it was my old cashier. 1 followed him to the
hotel and nailed him in his room with the mon
ey: Now, says: Billy, do you recognize your
old boss? and of course he did. Says L: Bill,
l want that three thousand you stole from me,
with the interest. and all legal and travelling
expenses 'Ah, you do? says he;' didn't the
courts decide that
Course the courts, says l, putting six shoot
er foot long under his nose. This is the sort
OF legal document that I'm travelin' on now
This is the complaint, warrant, Indictment,
judge, jury, verdict 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 blood
Larceny thief. This jury of six of which am
foreman, is liable to be discharged at any mo-
ment. No technicality or statutes of limitation
here, and stay of proceedings won't last over
four seconds. I want $4,000 to square my bill
or II blow your blasted brains out Well he
passed over the money right away, and said he
hoped there'd be no hard feelings Now there is
some Colorado law for you, and it's the kind
fof me! Eh' boy?" and the crowd, with one
accord, concurred in the cheapness and efficacy
of the plan by which man could carry his
court on his hip, instead of appealing to the
blind goddess in Chicago and ST. Louis.-[Salt
Lake Tribune.