The Arizona champion., 1889-06-08
JUsTEpE IN FIFE oLs WAY.
Hoy an Arizona Judge who Didn't Know Law AdHsihistsred It,

Captain Bourke, of the army. is an interesting story teller, and possesses g rich fund of reminisence and anecdote. He was sitting in group of newspaper men few nigths ago, discussing the situation in Oklahoma and the prospect at law lessness and violence there.
 Twenty years ago." said the captain, q was in Tucson. No place was ever worse governed. Out laws abounded and they did about as they pleased. Finally the good citizens of that place-the merchants and men of property-determrined to bring about reform, and the way they decided to do it was to elect judge who would deal honestly with the soalawags who were rum ing the courts. So they chose man named Charlie" Meyers to be judge. i-:t" .
 "Charlie" was a druggist who knew nothing about law, but he was perfectly honest, and that was the qualifications the citizen desired. Accordingly, "Charlie" set up law dispensary in the same building with the drug shop, and dealt out justice and patent medicine with equal grace. In his court he established library of calf-bound books, consisting chiefly of the Materia Medica and Somebody on Fractured Bones. He engaged as an ofcsr ot the court a man lHa 3-y who wRs afraid q of nothing ? 94lj1?g or aqbody- eId :a!JiimnE" noqggllas who carried in his leg bullet that he E had picket UP as Gettysburg, and whQ walked with g peculiar though not graceful limp. The first thing that Charlie did was to establish a chain-gans and sentence to various terms in 1t service every offender that was brought before him. The shyste' lawyers who had ''run" the town before "Charlie's" incumbency pro tested against this as a violation oi the constitution of the United States but they protested in silence. IT fact protest was useless. The proces; of the judge was rather summonary but the result was very gratifying to the good to the citizens ot Tucson TAe wild, rough characters whc had ruled ths town were now engaged in cleaning the streets, ano Tucson was seeing an era of pros perity that it had not known since its foundation Rut # the business men were pleased, the lawyers were approximately disgusted, The court refused to recognize them, and theil business was gone, One day, how, ever, one of them plucIEed up spirit enough to go before the court in bShalf of his client and demand a trial by jury, The court was about to sentence the prisoner to term 1T the chain,gang, when the lawyer interposed a demurrer.
 My client" he said, ''objects to being tried by this court, on the ground of prejudice, and demands a trial by jury"
 By shurry," " said Charlie. What is dot shurry?"
 He 9e,sa,ds," said the lowye.' to be tried by his peers"
 "Oh, does he..o said Charlie. 'Vell I sentence him two weeks in tn, chain-gang, and I sentence you t. lon week Now, how you like dot ! ial by shurryl" And iaEo the chain gang the lawyer WeEt. gnd there he atAyed until his time was pp.
 One day 5 Hap named Wolf Wa brought before tl:a coarl for cheat ing some Indians optof three dollars. lie was an unscrupulops man but 9
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 >hr'w'l one, an4! hs know all the tricks of law. Charlie" felt that in this case tho Materia Medica was not sufficient authority, and so he adjourned the court to get an op. portunity to consult some books or lhe law q to obta advice iron. somebody with knowledge of it As he declared the case postponec and tie court adjourned, however he tuned to the prisoner and said Wolf, it is the unanimous opinion of dis community dot you are -thlef, and dis court comedies fully in dot oD:nion."