The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-07-28
Justice East ana MesI.

81 hate to live IN a new country"
said Jones, "where there is no law"
Eyer bet YER" chimed in Thompson.
claw is the only thing that keeps us
out of everlasting chaos" eyes, in.
Decd" said legal gentleman present.
cit 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 unfortu-
nate and wronged, the"
"Oh, stop err" remarked a man with
Que eye. 81 won't have it that way.
Law is boss Invention for rascals of
all grades. Give me 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. Lie had dragged
the sate and pnt out. Well, l started
after him and caught him I'm Chicago.
where he was splurging around on the
money. got him arrested, and there
were brought o&; a&&Sf he stssSEatss
moved that the case be dismissed. as
the prosecution did not make out case
in the name of tho firm, AMI that ii
there was firm the copartneiship had
not been shown by any evidenc, before
the court. TO my astonishmcnt, the
court said the plea was o. X. =, and dis.
missed the case. Before could realize
What was mp, the thief walked of.
"Wcll, ! followed him TO st. Louis,
and there tackled him again. sent
for my partner and we made a complete
case, going for him in the name OF the
Commonwealth aud Smith, Batter &,
Co. We'll, the lawyer for the defence
claimed that the money being taken
from private drawer in the safe, was
my money exclusively. and that INV
partner had nothing to do witt il; thai
the case should be prosecute, Ly me
individually, and not by the firm. The
old 'blokc' who sat on the bench wipej
bis spectacles, grunted round awhile
and dismissed the case. Away goes
the man again. Then / got another
bitch . on him and tried TO convict him
should be charged with embezzlemcnt.
Some years after tackled him again,
and they let him go. Statutes of limi.
tation, you see. Well, | concluded TO
give it up, and did.
was down in Colorado, aud a man
pointed to another and said: .That fell.
i~--H~--j.'~s made a n,rnureu Thousand
dollars III a mining swindle.' looked
and 1t was my old cashier. If n wed
him to the hotel, and found him IN his
room with the money. Now, [ saws,
billy, do you recognize your Old boss /?
and of course he did. SaysI: sBill.
want. that $4,000 you stole from me
with the interest, and all legal and
travelling expenses
An, you dor says he; didn't the
courts decide that '''
Curse the conris,' SAYS I, puttino n
six shooter foot long under his nose
This is the sort of legal document tbsi
Pm travelling on now. Til ia ,he
complaint, warrant, Indictment. indoe
| jury, verdict aud sentence c.,u,hine5
and the firm of Colt Il Co.,, New Hayn,,'
are my att rrneys 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 | am
foreman, is liable 10 he discharged al
any moment. No technically or stat.
ntes OF limitations here, and n stay OF
proceedings won't last over four Sec
onds. i want $4,000 to SCI ,nrs INV
bill, or I'll blow yOnr blasted brains
OUT Well, he passed over the money
right away. and said he hoped there'd
be no hard feeling. Now, there's some
Colorado law for you, aud it's The Kind
Tor me! Eth! boys?' and the crowd.
with one accord, concurred in The
cheapness and efficacy of the plan by
which man conld carry his court on
his hip, instead of appealing / the blind
goddess in Chicsgo and st. L.u.s.