The evening times., 1897-03-13
JUDGE HoKE, OF SANDY BEND

court bein' open, and the Goddess OF Jes-
tice bein' ready for bizness, viii call the
case OF Lee Hung, the walI-eyed heathen
whois charged with stealing pickax from
the camp of Jim Robinson. Thar amt an y
need of lawyers or witnesses, fur | saw
the critter myself as he cum to town with
the tool on his shoulder. We ar not goin'
| to AK why he stole it, kase that ain't our
| bizness. Jim Robinson saw him when he
| picked it up and fired three shots arter him
and never touched fI'ar. In oae way this
| court feels that she orter let that heather
go his way to pay Off Jim fer beim' sica
a poor shot, and in another she can t furgit
| that them heathens have cum over to this
kentry to eat with chop sticks, work fur a
| dollar day and bust up our relgus institu-
shuns. It's jest possible that the critter
mistook that pickax fer mewl or a bag
OF flour, but that can't count In his favor.
Why he didn't hide the tool Is nuthin' to
this court nor the statoots of this territory.
What we lev got To look at ar the fact
that he stc,r il, and that Jim Robinson had
the gall TO obm N me when I was busy in
my Red Dog saloon aud holier fur q war
rant
II wanted to go accordin' TO law"
explained the plaintiff, as he stood up.
wall, ye went that way, Jim, and
I'll give ye plenty OF 1t. Lee Hung,
durn yer hide, I'm Goin' to fine ye $40
That would be purity steep fur white
man, but it's my doOty to crush the
heather whenever | gifts 81 Ow. Jim,
you not only had three shots at the
Chinyman, but missed him every time,
and then Lothered me fur an hour You'll
hev to cum down with the costs in tIis
case, which is about SO, an II ye cont
pay up afore night 1 won't miss you,
That settles that case
1--WE row heY afore us the case Of Joe
Parker versus Hank Scott. and the lawyers
needn't crowd 10 the front to 'Io any taIkin'
Joe had a mining claim en- Paradise Hill,
and as ne was Iyin' in his shanty the other
night. mighty nigh dead with colic, In
walks Hank and sez the claim just suits
him and he's Ioin' to jump 1t He picks
I'D the suffering zoe and carries him out
and dumps him Gown on the rocks and then
takes hun possession and begins to sing
Tcligus hymns. zoe is tied up with coIics
but he has two guns to use.
docs he use 'em? Does he ak Provi-
dence 10 relieve him of that collie fur ten
seconds while IL kan fill Hank Scott full o.
lead? Not bit OF it, He Jest sbets his
eyes and cries like baby as Hank lugs
him out An hour later his collie is gone,
but does he shoot? Does he make an effort
TO recover his own? He don't He walks
three miles on mighty dark night to roUt
Inc out and demand jestice. He shall hev
it. He ar fined thirty and costsl Hank
Scott, standU up. Nobody buta duffer would
take advantage OF man bent double with
the miners collie, and shall fine ye $40, and
further advise ye to spend about the same
AMOUNT at my saloon today to sorter squar'
yerself. i don't say that IN agin claim
jumpin' when it's a squar' jump, but that
was a mean trick o. yours to walk in on a
sufferin man. What was ye achin' to say.
Pete II Holden?''
II wanted to say, your honor" began
the lawyer; II wanted to say that my
client -"
''Ye ain't got no clientr' interrupted the
judge, ''and If thar is any more remarks,
I'll fine ye fur contempt o. courtI That
ends this easel
The next case on the docket presents
pecooliar circumstances. This we're court.
who is q court when he is out OF court
and all the time, was a-ridin' out % Big
Bar the other day on his cayuse, when he
meets up with Chinyman who had :ound
nugget. When this court / al
hefted that nugget and was sure it was
solid stuff he suggested to the heather his
willingness to exchange his cayuse fur
it. / don't go fur to say that the hoss
was hardly wuth IL, but he was a legal
horse, so to speak, and that heather
could have flung on heap OF style in
the saddle. He'd be the only heather in
the saddle fur a hundred miles Ground.
Did it strike him that way? Not any
He Jest dra wed his head down between his
shoulders and suddenly lost his speech.
Asthis yere courtfeels that he Knows what's
good fur Chinymcn he got off his cay yuse
and laid hands on that heathen 20 git the
nugget away. VIII IL be believed. we're
in this nineteenth century, that the wall
eyed son of gun kicked this court on
the nose and kicked him on the shin? Sich
was the case, and while this court was
disabled the heather getaway.
It's a case OF contempt Of court, and a
mighty bad one. 1t has taken us four DAYS
to find the Chinyman, and, what's wuss,
he's mid the nugget. If court cant main
tain It's dignity then it's no court at all. |
The vartlict is guilty, and the Chinyman |
must pay fine OF $50 and S23 costs !
The constable will tie him to the stove.
pipe and keep him thar Til he squares |
up.
The last case shows that what they |
calls civilization is knockin' the spots off |
this kentry Tom Wharton, he goes over |
to Dead Mans Valley and steals hoSs He |
gifts half way back, when he is overtaEen |
by a crowd and hung Co limb. After the /
crowd has gone the rope breaks and Tom |
Gums to life and crawls away. Two DAYS |
iestice. He wants the leader of the gang |
arrested. What fur? Fur bot purvidln' a |
stouter rope. Tom was reg larry hung. He \
suffered all the pains and pangs of it,
a nd If that had been proper rope he feels |
that he would hev bin cavortin' around /
in better land today instead o. suf-
'erin' with sich sore threat that he can't
chaw tobaeker. Bill ChCate, who led the |
gang and furnished the rope. is yere, hut
this court feels that he did the best he
could under the circumstances. The Tupe
peared to be stout one, and Tom had got
through kickin' whenhe left. Tom Wharton
has suffered and wants iestice but .'an't
zee whar he is to git 1t. It's case whar
nobody in partickler is to blame. Bill
night offer TO take him out and hang him
,ver again, but that wouldn't be allowable
lnder the statoots. The intent was to
lang him, and he was hung. and he must,
har fore, consider himself dead IL he
Ion't, then the owner of the hoss kin bring
! civil action agin him. The costs in this
'ase ar ST. which win be divided between
he plaintiff and defendant. and il the par
iev got good hoss ense they'll shake