The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-05-04

II hate to live in a new country" said
Jones, "where there is no law" "Ier
bet yer, chimed in Thompson. LAW is
the only thing that keeps us out OF ever
lasting chaos" "Yes indeed, said legal
gentleman present ut is the bulwark OF
the poor mans liberty, the shield which
the strong arm Of justice throws over the
weak, the solsee and balsam of the unfor-
tunate and wronged, the ="
"Oh. stop 'er." remarked man with one
eye, II won't have it that way. Law is a
boss invention for rascals OF all grades.
Give me country where there Is no law,
and can take care for myself every tame.
Now, for instance, when lived in Ohio !
got dose of law | shall never forget. i
was in partnership with man named But
ler, and one morning we found our cashier
missing with $1,000. He had robbed the
safe and put out. Well, / started after
him and found him in Chicago where he
was splurging aronnd on the money. l
got him arrested and there was an exami.
nation Well, all the facts in the case
were brought out and the defense moved
that the case be dismissed, as the pr0secu-
tion had not made out a c"se in the name
of the firm, and if there was firm the CO.
partnership had not been shown by any
evidence before the court TO my aston.
i,Lment the court SAID the plea was q. X,
sud dismissed the case Before i could
realize xhat was up the thief had walked
off. Well. ] followed him TO ST. Louis,
and there tsekled him again. sent for
NV partner aud we made out n clear case
against him, 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
a private drawer in the safe was my mon
ey exclusively and that my partner bad
nothing to do with it; that the case should
be prosecuted by me individually and not
by the firm. The old 'bloke' on the bench
wiped his spectacles, grunted round
while and dismissed the case. Away went
the man. 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 60
Statutes OF limitation, you see. Well.
concluded to give it up and / did.
Bat about four years afterward ] was
down in Colorado, and mau pointed to
another and said. That man has Just made
one hundred thousand dollars in mining
swindle. ] looked at him and 1t was Bill
ly. my old cashier followed him to his
hotel and nailed him in his room with the
money. Now says |, do you recognize
yonr old boss, Bill2 and of course he did.
Saws |: "Bill, | want that three Thousand
YOU stole from me, with the interest aud
all legal and travelling expenses. All, do
you? says he. Didn't the courts decide
that
Curse the courts, said |, putting ask
shooter loot long under his nose. That
is the kind OF legal document I'm travelling
on now, and this is the warrant, indict-
ment, judge, jury, verdict and sentence
oil complete, and the firm of Colt a Co.,
New Haven, are my attorneys in this case.
When they speak they talk straight to the
point OF your nose, you bloody, larceny
thief. This jury Of six, Of which am
foreman, is liable to be discharged at any
moment. There is no technicality or stat
utes of Limitation here, and stay OF pro.
ceedings wont last over four seconds.
want ten thousand dollars to square my
bill, or I'll blow your blasted brains on.
Well, he passed over the money aud said
he hoped there would be no hard feelings.
Now there's some Colorado law and it's
the kind for mel Eh. boys? And with one
accord the crowd concurred in the cheap
ness 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.