Telegram-herald., 1891-11-01


Hrs. Morris Dtspssss 81 . Case That sAs
Court Had Ne 5urisslsttsa Oven
Soon after the women Of Wyoming wses
enfranehisrd ssms men decided thst IL
would be well 70 have woman tusedes g
the peace, 50 they selected Mrs. MorI1A =
Connecticut WOMAN. whe kAA heeu - eAp-
nest and tasaicious wsman su9ragio ~
worked for ter appsiAt uens In SmGA. paO
City. the csu,aty s<as sf Swsstwatsr eeansk.
This recalls vssy pleasant messiAg NisA
a Mrs. NcF-.s - Albany In 1Td, or abouA
that time. wAo wa then making her ho,ae
With her ssa shsra, Who nav bs she s.Xtne
Mrs. Norris. MrA MVrvfs had fessntiy
been an active jessiss Of tho peace IA Wyo-
ming. and gave ae the eircunstaS - ~
tending beg spPeiu pr1sae and her sspevi-
enee with her frat case In coSss. IL eoened
there bad grown up lissle feeling toward
the ineuG bent-not from sny EcaladniDiS
tration, but brcaass be had held the oaSce
for long tirie. and another man, who had
his friends. wanted the position. There
was growing I'D quite feeling. when IL 90
currcd TO couple Of bosiner nen, friends
OF both, 70 sYy and sllsy Tbs feslin 6 by sug-
gcsting that "Ncsher Morris" b made
magistrate Before cslhuR on Mrs. Morris
they called upon the incumbent and vsoaItd
be squire and stated the object in view,
viz. that they both yieh in favor Of sfrs.
Morris, which bo.a, en- the enthusiasm Of
the moMeps. sgFecd to do
Tae self appointed co u ,nisteo then called
on Mrs. Morris spd stated the purpose of
their visit. Ays. Morris ut oncs sold: Me
masissrste' Whyl never looked at q
law book In M life. What could do in
dispensing iustiSea The idea II prepOster-
ous." well, Mr.. Morris. We know you
and your sense Of justice. and have xil
confidence ia your honor and integrity,
aad the candidates fos the office have beth
assured Us that IL you will tnks the Ufaes
they win cheerfully resign al Sl&ins auA
will use every fort for your sppoint-
ment" "Nsll, II these ere The laetu ! will
consent to lake the office, but you know,
gentlemen, that know nothing about the
duties, but will do the best can"
In due time the appointment came. and
Mrs. Norris was installed - justice a the
peace OF Wycming. The docket Of ''bAe
incumbent" was handed over and b due
time came the first case. ThiD was .
trivial matter between two littgsnte, heth
well known TO MrA Morris, which had
been commenced befor ths former justln.
or course it became known through the
town that Mrs. Esquire Morris was going
10 have her iirsG trial, and cvery spare Gt(-
zen must. of course. be present 70 hear II.
Tho court" met In the courtroom oe
tine and called on the plaintiff, through
his Attorney. to state his oass. The de-
fenSc was thea called In the same manner.
''YoUr attorneys have stated your case
correctly, have they, centlernens" "YeA,
maam." Then :his court has no jnfis-
diction over the case" The attorney for
the plaintiff Immediately rose and COM
n,snced talking. bat the "'squire'' said,
BEG your pardon, sir, but this court has
no Jurisdiction over this case"
Turning to Tue htigants size said: Here,
Charles. want you and George to 60 henie
with me; come right xleng." They both
went. and on arrival at her house she
turned to Geosse and said: "Gee here.
George, you owe Charles 30 much; row you
Just pay bim and settle up right hero or
will never give either Of you another piece
Of pie "a long as Yen live" They both
bunt into hearty laugh. and did then and
there settle tho matter In dispute. and after
heartily conaratulatIng the now 'squire"
on her jastict, went out and told the story.
which soon became known through The
town. and Mrs Morris first case in court
became ~ famous - vas its justice.
1t was fact thas she had no Jurisdiction
over the case. but Why she knew it TO be -
she could nss say, osly that she knew II to
be 50. Ma Morris admitted that sht cid
oc. make aDcbnosey oot Of the ofBcSr bat
she did fssl that she lSnenesl litiGation and
made nWs friands among would - liti-
gar.s-Californis Pioneer