Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12

81 hate to live in a new country" said
Jones, ''where there is no law" "Yer bet
yer" chimed in Thompson. Law is the on
ly thing that keeps us out of everlasting chaos"
"Yes, indeed" said legal gentleman pres
ent. ut 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 the unfortunate and wronged,
the"
ooh, stop 'er, remarked man with one
eye. II wont 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 got dose
of law that will never forget. 1 was in part
nership with a man named Butler, and one
morning we found our cashier missing with
5000. He had dragged the safe and put
out. Well, 1 started after him and caught
him in Chicago, where he was splurging
around on the money. 1 got him arrested,
and there was an examination. Well all the
facts we're brought out and the defence NOV
ed that the case be dismissed as the proseou-
tion did not make out a case in the name of
the firm, and that il there was a firm the CO.
partnership had not been shown by any evil
denco before the court. To my astonishment
the court said the plea was o. K, and dis
missed the case. Before 1 could realize what
WIS up the thief had walked off. Well fol-
lowed him to ST. Louis and there / tackled
him again. 1 sent for my partner and we
made a complete case, going for him in the
name of the Commonwealth and Smith, But
Ter Co. Well the lawyer for the defence
claimed that the money being taken from a
private drawer in the safe was my money ex-
clusively, 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' vino sat on the bench wiped
his spectacles, grunted round while and dis
missed 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 be charged with embezzlement.
Some years after tackled him again, and
they let him Co. Statutes of limitation you
see. Well, l concluded to give it up, and
did
'But about four years afterward was
down in Colorado and man pointed to an
other and said That fellow has Just made
hundred thousand in a mining swindle 1
looked, and it was my old cashier. follow
ed him to the hotel and nailed him in his
room with the money. Now, l says: Billy,
do you recognize your old boss ? 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
All, you do P says he; didn't the courts de-
eide that
"'Curse the courts, says 1, putting a six
shooter O foot long under his nose. This is
the sort of legal document that I'm travellin'
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 this case.
When they speak they talk straight TO the
point of your mug, you bloody larceny thief.
This jury of six, of which 1 am foreman, is
liable to be discharged at any moment. No
technicality or statutes of limitations here,
and stay of proceedings wont last over four
seconds, want $i0,0 900 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
its the kind for me! Eli, boys?" and the
crowd, with one accord, concurred in the
cheapness and efficacy of the plan by which
a man could carry his court on his hip, in
stead of appealing TO the blind goddess in
Chicago and St. Louis.-SGh Lake 1rf-
bune