, 1882-02-18
Justice East and West.

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"fer bet yer, ehimed in Thompson.
Law IS the only thing that keeps us ont
OF everlasting chaos"
'fes indeed" said legal gentleman
present, at is the bulwark of the poor
mans liberty, the shield which the strong
arm of justice throws over the weak, the
solaee and balsam Of the unfortunate and
wronged, the"
"oh, stop 'er, remarked man With
one eye. II went have it that way.
Law is the boss invention for rascals of
all grades. Give me a country where
there is 10 law, and | can take care of
myself every time. Now, for instance,
when l lived in Ohio got dose of law
that | will never forget / was in par.
nership with a man named Butler, and
one morning We found our cashier missing
with $1,000 He had dragged the safe
and put ont. Well, started after him
and caught him in CHICAGO where he va,
splurgIng around on the money. | got
him arrested and there was an examina-
ton Well, all the facts were brought
ont, and the defense moved that the case
be dismissed, as the prosecution dld not
make out case in the name Of the firm,
and that if there was firm, the copart-
nership had not been known by any evil
dence before the Court. To my aston
ishmsnt the Court SAID the plea was ..
r., and dismissed the case. Before l
could realize what was up the thief had
walked off Wen, followed him to St.
Lonis, and there l tackled him again
sent for my partner and made complete
case, going for him in the name of the
commonwealth and Smith, Butler & Co.
Well, the lawyer for the defence claimed
that the money being taken from a pri-
vate drawer in the safe Was my money eX-
elusively, and that my partner had moth
ing 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 around a 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
that he should have been charged with
embezzlement Several years after |
tackled him again, and they let him go.
Statute Of limitation, you see. Well,
concluded to give it up, and did.
''But about four years afterwards | WAS
down in Colorad, and man pointed to
another and said ''That fellow has Just
made hundred thousand in mining
swindle." l locked, and it was my old
cashier. | followed him TO his hotel and
hailed him in his room with the money.
Now says, Billy, do you recognize your
old boss and Of course he did. Says l,
Bill, | want that three thousand you
stole from n:e, with the interest, and all
legal and travelling expenses "Ah, you
do" says he didn't the Courts decide
that
"Damn the Courts, says ], putin a
six-shoo,cr foot long under his nose.
This is the sort Of legal document that
I'm travelin on now This Is the com
plant, warrant, Indictment, Judge, jury.
verdict and sentence all combined, and
the firm IF Colt Il Co., Ney Haven, are
the attorneys III the case. When they
speak they talk straight to the point of
your mug, You bloody larceny thief,
This jury OF six, of which am the fore
man, is liable to be discharged at any
moment. No technically or statute of
limitation here, and stay of proceedings
won't last over four seconds i want
SO, 900 to square my bill, "r ii bloH yonr
blasted brains ont Well, he passed
over the money right away, and SAID he
hoped there'd be no more hard feelings
s'Now there's some Colorado law for
You, and it's the kind for me , Eth,
boys I" 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
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