Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-14
JUSTICE EAST AND WEST.
The Beauties Ofthe Law TerseIy
Explained by a Victim.
saltLako Tribune

Salt Lake Tribune
II hate to live in new country. :"
said Jones, where there il no law"
Yer bet YER" chimed in Thompson,
law is the only thing that keeps US
out Of everlasting chaos"
Yes, indeed" said legal gentle
man present. 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 bal
sam of the unfortunate and Wronged,
the"
"Oh, STOPPER" remarked a man with
one eye. II won't have it that way.
Law is the 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
a dose Of law that ! will never forget.
| 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, / started after him, and caught
him in Chicago, where he was spludg-
ing around on the money. | got him
arrested, and there was an OK
animation. Well, all the facts were
brought out, and the defense
moved that the ease be dismissed,
as the prosecution did not make out
a case in the name of the firm, and
that if there was firm the copartner-
ship had not been shown by any evil
dence before the Court. To my aston
ishmeut the Court said the plea was
0. K, and dismissed the case. Before
| could realize what was up, the thief
had walked off. Well, | followed him
to st. Louis, and there l tackled him
again. | sent for my partner and we
made complete case, going for him in
the name OF the commonwealth and
Smith, Butler & Co. Well, the lawyer
for the defense claimed that the money
being taken from private drawer in
the safe was my money exclusively,
and that my partner had nothing to do
with it; that the case should be pre-
sented by me individually, and not by
the firm. The old 'bloke' who sat on
the bench wiped his spectacles, grunted
round awhile and dismissed the case.
Away goes the man again. Then | got
another hitch on him and tried to con-
Wet him of theft, but the Court held
that he should have been charged
with embezzlement. Some years after
| tackled him again, and they let him
go. Statutes of limitation, you see.
Well, / concluded to give it up, and l
did.
but about four years afterwards I
was down in Colorado, and a man
pointed to another and said, That tel
low has just made hundred thousand
in mining swindle.' | looked and it
was my old cashier. l followed him
to the 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 me, with the interest and all
legal travelling expenses 'Ah, you
do, says he, didn't the courts decide
that
'D-n the courts, says l, putin a
six shooter a foot long under his nose.
This is the sort oflegal document that
I'm trayelin' on now. This is the
complaint, warrant, indictment, judge,
jury, verdict and sentence all com
bined, 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 larceny thief. This jury of
six, of which | am the foreman, is liza
bic to be discharged at any moment.
No technically or statute oflimitations
here, and stay Of proceedings wont
last over four seconds. | want SIC, 900
to square my bill, or I'll blew 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,
boysP ?" and the crowd with one accord
concurred in the cheapness and effica-
cy Of the plan by which man could
carry his court on his hip instead Of
to the blind goddess in Chi
cago and st. Louis.