The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
SOME Err EA K C Asses.
PECULIAR SUITS q. S. HAS II TAKEN
INTO COUE

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i Has Sued Dumb Animals and Inanimates
Objects and as q Result Has Greatly
81 Enriched the National Treasury -
JeWelry Found Guilty.
By following his rigid rule of for
{ ever standing UP for his rights, Uncle.
Sam becomes involved in some peculiar
cases. On numerous occasions, for in
stance, he has sued inanimate objects.
and dumb animals, and as a result the
treasury is greatly benefited. He is
busy, just now, prosecuting numerous
freak suits against inanimate things.
and animals. These helpless laWbreak
breakers are held as defendants. lust
as though they were human beings.
They are imprisoned in the custody Of
the court, and lawyers eloquently re-
cite their. misdeeds, for they are Of
tenders in the unsparing eye Of the
law az
up Uncle Sam made snug fortune by
suing fifteen packages of diamonds
Struggled last June through Niagara.
A few days ago the federal court Of the
western New York district sentenced
them to be sold. Thirty-one thousand
dollars were poured into the treasury
as the result of this auction. Uncle
Sam lately sued "581 diamonds, cut,
etc." suspected of having been SNUG
gled into Michigan, but the District
court dismissed the case, and they
were liberated from the custody Of the
United States marshal. "The United
States VS.. one diamond and pearl
bracelet, one diamond and pearl brooch
with pendant, one pair diamond and
pearl earrings and one diamond
brooch was the title of a case which
lately went against the aforesaid jew
els in the district court of New Jer-
sey.t They were held guilty for allow
ing themselves to be struggled and
were sent down to the auctioneer.
MlsbehaYing cattle have troubled
Uncle Sam to a serious degree of late.
He has arrested and tried no less than
l,O2S within the past two years. They
were all accused Of coming into the
country in violation of the quarantine
laws. In these cases it was deemed
lmpracticable to commit the defend
ants to jail, like common human Of
tenders, or to lock them up in the
marshals safe, as the diamond rings
We're treated. The government had to-
hire a pen wherein they could be kept
under constant surveillance and out
OF the way of the enterprising jour
nalistic interviewers. There being no
docks in the courts to suitably accom-
modate them, they were denied an ear
in their own trials and had to entrust
their cases entirely to their counsel.
The greater number were found guilty
and sentenced to pass under the ham
mer; The United States VS.. 1876
pounds adulterated assafoetida''. was q
sensational case which lately called
forth an eloquent and profound opin-
ion from the circuit court of the east
ern division of Michigan. The defend
ant when produced before the dignifed
tribunal demonstrated so loudly that
the spectators saw fit to clear the
court and take to the fresh air of hea-
ven. The records show that the hon
orable court sentenced the defendant
to condemnation and destruction. . In
the federal supreme court is pending
the case of the United States VS.. GER
tain vessels painted white,' held for
violating the law forbidding the impor-
tation of firearms into Alaska. A
similar case "vs one certain vessel
painted light sdrab," was lately decid-3
ed against the defendant and she was
sentenced to forfeiture and sale.' But
when Uncle Sam came to carry out Z
the decree of the court he found that
she had escaped from the custody of
the authorities. The government has
sued numerous schooners, tugs, steam
boats and other water craft in recent
years. Cases in which schooner and
a tug are held as defendants are pend
ing in the supreme court Five photo
graphs were recently sued in Califor-
MIA, tWenty-one in New Jersey and
',one lot, IN Porto Rlco All of these
pictures are accused of immortality, and
were sentenced to destruction by
fire" One gross Of immoral articles, =
recently defendants in a Porto Rican
case, suffered like punishment.
! Areas of land appear as defendants
in many cases before the federal |
courts. In the circuit court Of Rhode
Island was recently heard tthe United
States against certain lands in James
town., and against certain lands IN
Boston Neck These properties were
defendants in condemnation proceed
ilngs, the government desiring their
use. 5.s ~ .5 sz@#
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