Daily Republican., 1882-07-21

JUSTICE EAST AND WEST.
IL nate to live in new country, u
sain Jones, where there is no law"
Yer bet yer" chimed in Thomp,
son.
Law is the only thing that keeps us
out OF everlasting chaos"
Yes, indeed, said legal gentleman
1T Il the 6ulwark of the poor man q
liberty, the shield which the strong
arm OF Justice throws over the weak
the solace and the balsam of the unfor.
tun ate and wronged, the"
"Oh, stop 'er," remarked a man with
one eye.
| II won't have it that way. Law ia a
ooss invention for rascals of all grades,
dlVe me country where there ia no
law, and J can take care of myself
every time. Now, for instance, when I
lived IN Ohio L got a dose of law that /
will never forget was In partner.
snip with man named Butler, and one
morning we found our cashier missing
with $4,000. He had dragged the safe
and pa mt. Well, l started after him
and can IT. him in Chicago, where he
wa s'!"rglng around on the money. T
TW nm .rrested, ana there was an ex-I
aminanon. Well, all the facts were
D. u9ht out, and the defense moved |
tnat the case be dismissed, as the pros-
ecution did nOJ make out case in tho
name OF the firm, and that il there was
hrm, the copartnership had not been
shown by any evidence before the court
10 my aStonishment the court said the
plea was .. K, and dismissed the case
Before l could realize what was up the
thief had walked of. Well, l followed
llm to st. Louis, and there 1 tackled
aim again. l sent for my partner, and
we made complete case, going for him
n the name Ut the CommL wealth and
smith, Butler & Co. Well, the lawyer
or the defense claimed that the money
,elng taken from private drawer in II
ne saIe was my money exclusively, II
'nd that my partner had nothing to do n
With II; that the case should be prose. :
uted by me individually, and not by
ne hrm. The old 'bloke' who sat on |
he bench wiped his spectacles, grunted a
ound while and then dismissed the !
ase. Away goes the man again. Then o
got another hitch on him, and tried +
convict him of theft, but the Court
cid that he should be charged with
Some years after / I
ackled him again, and they let him II
0. Statutes of limitation you see. n
Veil, | concluded to give it up, and 1 a
id.
but about four years afterward 1 I,
as down III Colorado, and a man point "
tO another and said: al
That fellow has just made a hum II
ed thousand in mining swindle." a,
l looked, and it was my old cashier. r
followed him to the hotel, and nailed IN
m In his room with the money. of
Now, says: Va
Billy, do you recognize your old
So p and of course he did. =,
Says L: ol'
Bill, want that three thousand that WI
u stole from me, with the interest,
d all legal and travelling expenses
All, you do?' says he; didn't the
lrts decide that n
Curse the courts, says /, putting rel
tx shooter foot long under his nose, fro
lis is the sort of legal document that wa
travellin' on now. This Ia the rill
AP"AnVI WaLIduCJ IuulCGu0nCJ 1uQR6, Ant
y, verdict and sentence all com Oined, ma,
the firm of Colt & Co., New Hav rill
are my attorneys in this case. When ma,
y speak they talk straight to the to
ut of your mug, you bloody larceny yea
If. This jury Of six, of which l am the
man, is liable to be discharged at to
moment. No technicality of stat. ca
of limitation here, and a state of DOS
,eediugs won't last over four sec The
$. want $4,000 70 square my bill Dor
III blow your blasted brains out. and
Fell he passed over the money right due
y, and said he hoped there'd I've no con
1eellngs' joul
ow, there's some Colorado law tor Il
, and it's the kind for me the
Eh, boys?" VS.,
nd the crowd, with one accord, con. que
ed in the cheapuess and efficacy of ton
plan by which man could carry adol
court on his hip, instead of appeal end,
to the blind goddess in Chicago ana Lost
10uis. Mai