The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-01
SHAMELESS AMERICAN COURTS.
Englishman Bumped Up Against
Backwoods Law.
(NeW YOUR Press.

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American law courts are yet in an
exceedingly crude ard embryonic con-
dition. Judges and juries ARE alike
shamelessly corrupt. BRIDES are not
only accepted in the most unblushing
manner, but are openly solicited, and
ver6ictS are as Salable commodities in
an American court as are camphor or
quinine at chemists in London.
The British people can have no APP
probation OF the Scandalous manner
in which justice 90 is dispensed in
america. We have actually seen an
American jury send down to the de
PENDANT in d lawsuit and demand brides
and judge who was trying case in
our presence offered to duash an in
dictment for 81, or shillings of our
money.
Ignorant of American game laws,
we shot at some snioe out of season.
The jury demanded that we buy it
beer. and the judge entered a nonsuit
when we gave him the pound wnicn he
had asked us for in the presence of the
attorney for the crown, or states at
torney, as he is called in the United
States. The next day this same judge
went hunting with US and not only
showed US where snipe were 20 be
found but shot four or five of these
birds himself.
The law courts of a nation are its
foundations, and when they are so rot
ten as they are in America, it is certain
that the structure which they support
is bound to fall"
The foregoing are extracts from
notes made in this country by an Eng
fish tourist. who may soon print
book on impressions of an English
man Among His American Cousins.
The English tourist had his expert
ence of American courts w at Whit.
Heron lake. He went there mont
ago to kill few buffaloes and see SON.
wild Sioux Indians who had Just re
turned from the war trail with plent
of scalps.
The Englishman was much disap
pointed on arriving at White Heron
lake to be told that the buffaIoes hac
all gone away to their summer feedine
grounds in Indiana and that the Siouy
We're fighting the Apaches over il
Michigan, so he decided to put in a few
days hunting snipe
He started out shooting one morning
and was followed by two OF the natives
of the locality, who had carefully pro-
Vided themselves with tin stars as big
as saucers and army rifles. They wait
ed until the Englishman had shot a
couple of birds and then bounced down
upon him and arrested him for shoot
ing game out of season. They took him
back to White Heron lake, where a
crowd of merry villagers were waiting
in the rear room of q saloon.
The proprietor of the hotel was seat
ed behind d table and was pointed out
to the Englishman as the judge. The
bartender was introduced as the states
attorney, and the livery stable man,
who was represented to the English
man as a lawyer, was engaged by him
as his counsel. A Jury" of villagers
was hastily impaneIed and the trial
began.
The bogus game Wardens were first
put on the stand and swore that the
Englishman had wantonly violated the
game ordinances of the state. Then the
Englishma., vas called. He solemnly
took the oath on a copy of a Guide
to Bartenders and Favorite Recipes for
Favorite Drinks and then began his
testimony
"Aw,' he said, please your ludship
and gentlemen, I weally meant no
harm. Quite ignorant of your laws,
you know-qiute sorry il all occurred. "