The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-26
BIGGER THAN BOBBY.
PEOPLE WHO. UNDER ENGLISH
 LAW, LAUGH 4TTHE POLICE.

The Various Glasses of Persons iu
 Great Britain Who Cannot be Arr
 Fested-RoyaIty, as a Matter of
 Course, is First on line List.
 The other day at the Westminster (England) county court warrant for the arrest and committaI of solicitor had to be extended for four months more, as, though the solicitor was walking about the streets in the sight of the police, they dared not lay fin- ger on him. Even the judge seemed surprised that the man could not be ar rested. But it is probable he never will be arrested, for, as he carries charm on his person in the form of a brief, his body cannot be seized. This is because no one engaged on business at law court can be arrested for any breach of the civil law. If you happen to owe a debt, to have a judgment delivered against you and to be committed to prison for not paying, of course you can be arrested under ordinary circum- stances, but If you are subpoenaed as a witness you cannot be arrested while going to the place, while staying there to give evidence or while returning home, and you may feel sure that the courts will stick up for you.
 There are many other people who can laugh at the police. Of course no mem Der of the royal family can be arrested under any circumstances. Servants of the royal household also have great privileges in this way. Should one of the royal servants commit a crime at the command of the crown he could not be arrested. As the crown can do no wrong, of course any order the crown should give would be considered right, and Bobby would not dare to make an arrest
 Then members of parliament, though they can be arrested for some things, are exempt in certain cases where or dinary citizens would certainly be run in. If a member of the house of com- mons commits a crime, he can be ar rested like any other citizen, but if it is a case of contempt of court, such as not paying debts, he can snap his fingers at the police during the greater part of the year-that is to say, he cannot be ar rested while parliament is sitting nor for forty days before and forty days af- ter the session. This gives him exemp- tion during about nine-tenths of the year.
 Of course a peer enjoys the same good fortune, and SO does peeress in her own right. But in their case the privi- lege is still greater, for they cannot be arrested on a civil process at any time, whether parliament is sitting or not. In fact, if the heir to a peerage happens to be in prison for any offense not crim- inal, he is liberated the moment he suc- ceeds to the title.
 Foreign ambassadors may commit any offense, from drunkenness up to mur- der, without running the slightest risk of seeing the inside of an English, pris- on. And not only have the embassa- dors themselves this privilege but their secretaries coachmen. cooks, valets, etc, are equally favored individuals, for the theory is that an ambassador is use- less without his dinner, his drives, his slaves and the like.
 When an ambassador commits a crim, all that can be done Is to ask his government to recall him. But, of course, if he went about the streets knocking many people down he would certainly be arrested and held tempo rarily. But he could not be tried and punished The foreign ambassadors house, family and servants are looked upon as if they were in their own coun- try. Under no circumstances could a policeman or bailiff break into the house or arrest any of the inhabitants.
 Soldiers, while on service, could run up debts. refuse to pay, and if judge, after ordering them to pay, without re- suit, issued a warrant for their arrest and commttal, no policeman dare exe- cute 1t unless the amount were over one hundred and fifty dollars. Navy men enjoy the same privileges. but no doubt they seldom get the opportunity of exercising them.
 The clergy are another class os men who are sometimes secure against ar rest. A clergyman cannot be arrested -