Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-08-06
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l ISi king along our drag an the 9th.
81 er day 4 made q call at the court
house ia Pera. II IS ii the center of
the thronging population on the
Grand rue. When 4 entered the court
\ had not convened, but the chief judge,
Hilni Efendii, was upon the bench
reading papers, He IS q Turk, and
had q great Judicial and police expe-
rience in the interior before he came
here. He speaks French but not En-
lglish. We passed the time in talking
about modes and codes of criminal
practice in various countries. We
agreed that it was a cruel fate to be
imprisoned simply because one hap
pened to be an observer Of q crime. In
fact we agreed that it was one Of the
ridiculous eccen tricities OF human or
der thus to punish the innocent that
society might have security. One
thing led to another, until our talk
took the direction Of the WITNESSES OF
the elder day OF the old Kadis of the
orient, who substituted their own
sense OF equity as the rule OF right. !
related a story OF Hungarian Justice,
doubtless OF oriental origin. In the
lnterlor,of that country a Turkish
agent Was sent to buy cavalry horses
to recruit for the then probable war
with Bulgaria and Greece. While
there the agent desired that the pro-
prietor OF a village with whom he was
contracting should show him a speci-
men OF the Hungarian mode OF pro-
ceeding. ?
'Wait a few Moments" said the
propr -etor. who was also magistrate,
land | will see who is in the town
jail"
Calling his constable he was informed
by chat officer that goose thief had
been unprecedented during the night
and was in confinement. He sent for
the criminal.
Are there any witnesses?" asked
the Judge.
"'i,wo," was the answer; "the man
who owned the goose and a man who
saw the theft"
After hearing the evidence the Judge
\ his fierce and harsh Hungarian Fin
'sh-Tartaric) tongue, called up the
prit and said: "You have been
nd guilty, and fine you 10 kreut-
and 10 days imprisonment for
ing the goosep'
'renpon he summoned the owner
bird and said, II fine you 10
RS and 10 days Imprisonment
wing your goose to be stolen!"
re witness he said: "Sirrah
III 10 kreutzers and 10 days
'nment for not Winding your
siness" =,
Efendi then remarked that
IS odd a case recently came be-
thecour ofStamboul. A
eto a. Judge to have note
or 1900 plasters and due
nee. Thejudge ordered
1emned the creditor to
3years." For" said
10 know where you
Will be three yess, hence, so as to pay
you over your piasters, unless I hold
you7" Ii
In Egypt, long before the Turkish
rule in that region, there were strug-
giles between the Mamelukes and the
Circassians: A Circassian chief, through
the advice Ola servant, who, though
ignorant, was naturally astute, hap
pened by accident to discover the
weak points OF the ruling government
in Egypt. Upon these points, as up
on the rounds Of a ladder, he ascend
ed to the throne. One day the Circas-
sian had promised the servant That
il ever he obtained that eminence the
servant should receive the appoint
ment OF chief Judge. The servants
name was Caracoush, meaning "black
Bird So, as soon as the chief WIS
enthroned, he gave Caracoush the
promised post. Among the ma y
cases chat came before him was t.ie
following petition: 557z
Being burglar by profession and COM
PEELED by want to rob house, Iselect that
OF a tailor. To enter II I must make my
way through the courtyard. This is sar-s
rounded by high wall. In jumping from
this wall am caught on the spikes the
tailor had fixed in the wall to suspend ropes
for the washing. The result is lose an eye
now demand that myeyebe restore and
that the fellow who drove the spike shall
be punished. SsssA Z III, ssls .}-s,
The Judge reads the petition, and
concludes that justice is due the petit
TONER. He summons The tailor to
whom the matter is. explained.
The tailor argues that the thief
has no business to- Jump into
his yard in the night, 80 that if
he has lost an eye it is his own fault.
But, the judge says that '''the thief is
only practicing his profession and the
law@only Furnishes robbers. *
3. "'H,' he says to the tailor, ttyou had
not driven the spikes in the wall, the
thief would not have lost his eve,
! therefore your eye must pay the for
felt ea.s Ss5. 4: n %,...e. . ~.
The poor tailor begs and cries
nounced. Il must be n executed.
After a long struggle, the tailor seizes
the knees of the judge, kisses them Wig
orously, and with tears IN his eyes ex-
claims: '"Oh! mighty Judge. Your de:
cision is sound. but consider. Am
not supporting a large family my old
mother, my vile, and my seven young
children? They all depend on me, and
! myself depend On my two eyes?
Am not y Do N Ia
not need 1 III
lose one, how can ! pass the thread In
: to the needles eyes How can I do my
3 fine sewing? Ny epntation will suffer
and all Off starye. Now heresatmed,
brigh teninzz, have q neighbor who Is
g sportsman. When lie aims at the
A game he shuts one eye. Why, great
judge, his two eyes are an enlbarrass.
Inent Tor him. Had ahe but one. IL