The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-06-29
A Jury o. SjY


said Jones, "where there is no law"
Eyer bet yer, chimed in Thomp-
son. Law is the only thing that
keeps us ont of everlasting chaos"
Yes, indeed said n legal gentle
man present. 1T is the buIwark of
the poor mans liberty, the shield
which the strong arm of justice
throws over the weak, the solace
and the balsam of the unfortunate
and wronged, the
"Oh, stop 'er, remarked the
man with one eye. Il won't have
it that way. Law is Il boss inven-
ton for rascals OF all grades. Give
me a country where there is no law
and can take care of myself ev-
cry time. No for instance, when
1 lived in OHIO L got II dose of law
that l will never forget. l was in
partnership with man named But
Ter, and one morning we found our
cashier missing with $4,000. He
had dragged the safe and put out.
Well, started after him and caught
him in Chicago where he was
splurging around on the money.
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 a firm the co-part-
nership had not been shown by any
evidence before the court. Tony
establishment, the court SAID the
plea was o. K, and dismissed the
case. Before | could realize what
was up, the thief had walked. Well.
l followed to St. Louis, and there /
tackled him again. l sent for my
partner, and we made a complete,
case, going for him in the name OF
the commonwealth and Smith,
Butler IL Co. Well, the lawyer for
the defense claimed that the money
being taken from private drawer
in the safe was my money eXclu-
sively, and that my partner had
nothing to do with 1t; that the case
should be prosecuted by Inc indi-
vidually, and not by the firm. The
old 'bloke' who sat on the bench
wiped his spectacles, grunted round
Il while and dismissed the case
Away goes the man again. Then ]
got another hitch on him and tried
him of theft, but the court held
| that he should be charged with EN-
bezzlement. Some years after, !
tackled him again, and they let him
go. Statutes of limitation, you see
Well, L concluded to give it up, and
l did.
But about four years afterward
l was down in Colorado and a man
pointed to another and said: That
fellow has just made a thousand in
a mining swindle.' 1 looked, and it
was my old cashier. 1 followed
him to the hotel and nailed him in
his room with the money. Now l
says, Billy, do you recognize your
old bossr' and of coruse he did.
Says L: Bill, 1 want that three
thousand you stole from me, with
the interest, and all legal and trav
cling expenses
"'Ah, you doY says he; didn't
the courts decide that
Curse the courts said l, put
ting a siX-shooter a foot long under
his nose. This is the sort of legal
document that I'm travelin' on now.
This is the complaint, warrant. in
dictment, judge, jury, verdict and
sentence, all combined, and the
firm of Colt & Co., New Haven, are
my attorneys in the case. When
they speak they talk straight to the
point of your mug, you bloody lar
ceny thief. This jury of six, of
which | am foreman, is liable to be
discharged at at any moment. No
technicality or statutes of limita-
ton here, and u stay of proceedings
won't last over four seconds. l
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 be no hard feelings. Now
there's some Colorado law for you,
and it's the kind for me Eth, boys.
And the crowd. with one accord.
concurred in the cheapness and eff
ficacy 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.