The Meeker herald., 1890-11-29
cva,os,r,gs OF LAW.
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From tho town Of inverness, In Scot
land. We have taken this quaint pubic
notice. writes Prof. Il T. Aayns In the
Chicago Globe. II wss not uncommon
in old Scotch towns. even within the
present century. 70 have legal enact
ments made known BY proclamation In
the market square:
TIA hoy. 10 ,hithes shoyi Ts hoy
three times. An u boy-whiss By
command Of his Majesty. King George,
and her grace, tho Duke Of Argyle! II
anybody is found fishing about u loeb,
or below To ioch. aforo " Loeb. or ahint
Z. io.h. in to loeb. Aroun' " loeh. or
about Ia ioch. she 1. 10 be p~r~-cuded
With three persecu,ions-nrst, she Is To
be burnt; syne, she's To be drownt; an
then To be hanghl An II she comes
hack she's To be p1rseeutrt vi far wsur
death. God save the King and her
grace the Duke Of Argyle"
One may not be surprised that many
oli.isshionsd l~gAi isssitusioas should
still exist smos5 the hsitish. Who hsvo
received them with the greatest senera-
lion from the dark ages Of ihei- coun-
try's history; but the same can hardly
be said In favor Of the States Of the new
world. In New Jersey. for iastanec.
there Is an unrcpcslei Law To tho follow
Ing eject;
IAN women Of whatever age, rank.
profession or degree. whether virgins.
maids or widows, who shall after this
act impose upon. seducc or betray into
ma,rinony any Of his Majes,y's sub.
irr,, by virtue Of scents, cosmetics.
washes, paints, artificial i~s,h. false
hair or hish-hcci-i shoes, shall incur
the penalty Of tho Law now In force
a.sIns, wi,eheras, and Ike m!sic-
n.anoF,."
Wha, check !; would 10 upon tho
pos,prsndiai fiow Of cioqncns. II this
Law enacted by Edward III. were still
operative. Edward III. prohibited any
man having more ,han TWO courses ~
any meal. Each man wAs TO hav. only
,wo sort, o. yirtgais. and II MAS pro-
scrIbci how far ono could mix saaro
wlih hl, po,,as-. uSr"p,ln. on certain
teas, days, when three courses ~cfo ai.
lowed a; meal.
II the SAN. Law, were now operative.
good deal of tho after dinner gush q;
banquc,s would never b- heard.
In tho reign o! III. English Charlie,
H.. the Chief Justice. who's" record va,
both !smou, and Infamous. hoodwinked
his brother justices In declaring that To
pr!ni or publish any nr~ book or pamph.
let Of EoVs Whatsoever. N Illegal: that
4, 10 rlaniics, intent To tho breach Of
the peace. and they may bc proceeded
against by law for an illegal thing.
Many ycass ago mon could easily be
found to give any evidence on oath that
nigh, BE- required. and some Of these
pcrsons walked opcnly Into cour, with
straw In one OF th-!r shoes To signify
that they wanted employment a. wi,.
ncss; hence originated tho expression
rio. man os straw" An advocate or
lawyer who wanted . conscaicat wit
nc.. knew by thcsc signs whorr tn Ind
ono, and the coiiopuy between tho
pariic. was brief. ''non't you rcmom-
i,cr?' said tho advocate. Tho party
looked deliberately at tho foo. but made
no sign Of asscn,: then the fco In.
er-asrd. and with II his memory also.
ITO 10 sure do
Then come iaio cour, and swear IL"
The only inproscsncn; which has grown
out Of this peculiar cua;om ison tie par,
Of the straw man. NoSsaaJ, your straw
man will work for half Tho original foe.
When pleading a. an ar, was scarcely
developed the courts used TO hear suits
against animals. III the old law Of
France. II a vicious animal killed a
person and II was proved that his
owner knew Of i;s propensity to kill.
and suffered 1; to go at large. lac
was hanged. and tho animal was also.
In 1914 n bull having killed = man BY
tossing him with its horns was brought
before the judge and indicted ns a Grim.
inal. After several witnesses had sworn
against IL, tho court condemned II to
bc hanged. This scn,nncc WAS connrmcd
by an order Of Parliament and carried
into effect.
Old historical books tell us that as late
as 1850 tho French had proper laws fos
the punishment Of offensive rats, locus,s,
flies and lccchcs. This was going very
far. To-day we should all be nadc very
happy II some genius would devise and
and put into practical working law for
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