Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1882-07-01
OFFICIAL PAPER or LYON COUNTY
Justice East and West.

JuSbtCO NNoNs
~ hate to live in new country"
said Jones, "where there is no law"
eyer bet yer, ,"chimed in Thompson.
"Law is the only thing that keeps us
out OF everlasting chaos" ayes, in
Decd" said legal gentleman pres
ept, SIT 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"
"oh, stop 'er," remarked a man
with one eye. 81 won't have 1t that
way. Law is a boss invention for
rascals of all grades. Give me coun
try where there is no law, and / can
take care of myselfevery time. Now,
for instance, when lived in Ohio /
got dose of law that / will never
forget. l was in partnership with a
man named Butler, and one morning
we found our cashier missing with
$4,000. He had dragged the safe and
put out. Well, l started after him,
and caught him in Chicago, where
he was splurging around on tie
money. / got him arrested, aud
there was an examination. Well, all
the facts we're brought OUT, and the
defense moved that the case he dis
missed, as the prosecution did not
make out a case in the name of the
firm, and II there was a firm the CO.
partnership had not been shown by
auy evidence before the Court. To
nv astonishment the Court said the
plea was o. X. and dismissed the case.
Before / could realize what was up
the thief had walked off. Well, fol-
lowed him to st. Louis, and there j
tackled him again. / sent for my
partner, and we made complete
case, going for him in the name of
the Commonwealth and Smith, But
Ter & Co. Well, the lawyer for the
defense claimed that the money be
ing taken from a private drawer in
the safe was my money exclusively,
and that my partner had nothing to
do with 1t; that the case should be
prosecuted by me individually, and
not by the firm. The old 'bloke'
who sat on the bench wiped his spec
tacles, grunted round while and
dismissed the case. Away goes the
man again. Then l got another hitch
on him and tried to convict him of
theft, but the Court held that he
should be charged with embezzle-
ment, Some years after 1 tackled
him again, and they let him go.
Statutes of oflimitation, you see. Well
I concluded to give it up, aud l did.
But about four years afterward |
was down in Colorado and a man
pointed to another and said: THAT
fellow has just made hundred
thousand in a mining swindle.' /
looked, and it was my old cashier.
] followed him to the hotel, and
nailed him in his room with his
money. Now l says: 'Billy, do you
recognize your old bossH' 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
dor says he, didn't the courts de-
eide that
Curse the courts, says I, putting
q six-shooter a foot long under his
nose. This is the sort Of legal doe
uments that I'm travelin' on now.
Ibis 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