BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-01-17
SAN JUAN; JANUARY II

What Is The Law
OF Porto Rico'
Tc.dAy's Incident Of . complainant agatns
Q troublesome bootblack being fined fol
iome reason unknown to himself, recalls Il
mind the many instances Of this kind walct
hsvs Happened ever since the early days O
the American occupation. In this particu-
lgr case the bootblack had annoyed lsca
: Hstoreksepsr who ordered him out Of thu
pfacs, the bootblack turning around threw
glass bottle at the storekeepsr who called
policeman and ordered the arrest Of tie boy
The matter wss brought up before Que .
our local justices Of the peace, who inflicted
D fine Of tso dollars on the toctblack, and
ONE Of three dollars on the complainant in
the case. The boy charged in Cou,t thai
the storskeepsr had struck him, and tie MAI
anpypared fer any such sharge against him
self rss unable at that moment to disp oy.
the boys statements. A request By M
storeksspsr t0f an adj Jurnment was 6enied
and ls IVES fined three dollars, which he
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eur inferior courts ,oflaw. Many inssancea
sould be quoted where magistrates have
fined eoinplainants in cases, who entirely
esseslseube mat Any counter cnsrge wouie
- ms9e sesinss tnem, nsse oeen compel
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