The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
G in the Contemporary Life of California


he was still there
Fine" he said. That's very nice. but I ride.
Just whenever you are ready"
For instant there a tenseness in the at
mosphere, but only for instant With bored
look his face, the conductor reached up and
pulled the bell rope twice The car
Obviously here is the influence Of the affidavit
mill in the San Francisco graft cases hltering
slowly down through the layers of social strata
until the whole population will naturally come to
converse in terms of legal verbiage. The comedy
would have been fulfilled had the man who was
threatened with election filed his demurrer and
obtaining his stay OF proceedings, stopped the car
in transit until he could attack the legitimacy of
the conductor
A FORM OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
find the same sort OF thing happening in this
neighborhood 1t happened last week that Jerry
O'Shea cooked up a dog race not so much in the
interest of sport as to lay the foundation for a
lawsuit This is the report OF the affair in morn
ing paper
Let them go, cried the judge to the slipper, and
both hounds bounded gladly forward. Bunny still
lay stretched all tours.
The dogs neck and neck and when within
five yards of the placid rabbit Best Turkey
reproachful glance at the judge and cried in dog
first degree Not any for me; thank you,' where
he coureously stepped aside and allowed Miss
Myrtle take the rabbit by the scruff OF neck
and shake the life of it.
Judge OShca walked the pool sellers box
"Red Flag wins he cried, and Young O'Shea paid
the g to- McKeon, who held the red ticket on
Then Corporal McEntee said: Frank o'Shea.
John Mckeon and Joseph Jones, you under
rest for violating a state law.
Observe the legal nicely of the language used
by the police and the apparent conception of police
duty that it is their business not so much to stop
law breaking to lay the foundation for lawsuit
The man who not acquire lawsuit in Cali
fornia must be poor indeed.
DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK
These episodes present examples of what the
lawyers call proceeding in an orderly fashion,
but the process does not seem to work with irwin
chile certainty. A few days ago in the Santa Clara
superior court Jim Rea, being party to a lawsuit,
produced gun on the witness stand with the
remark 4 know whom I am dealing with 1
won't use gun unless | have to-" There was
question OF veracity between him and Captain Nor
rel and the report in the Mercury proceeds:
jim REA AND THE CONSTABLE
Captain Morrell nodded his head and Rea half
rising from his chair, exclaimed You're damned
liar; | wouldn't believe you under oath"
Judge Wallace ordered Rea to sit down, but Rca
was excited ana SAID
Il won't sit down.
The constable. Jack Shannon, rushed the
witness stand and took hold of Rea Attorney
Oneal, attempting to pacify Rea, said:
Give me that book and sit down
The constable attempted to get the book from
Rea when in some unexpected the pistol
into view. BY this time strug-
Cling with Rea get the pistol and book The
a turmoil. The judge standing,
vainiy attempting subdue the disturbance
Let protect my honor and my rights
shouted Rea excitedly.
Il won't give up this book those thieves. 1
going to give it to the who gave it to me-
Mr.. Foley, who had given the book to Mr.. Rea,
stepped up and took 1t. and Rea, turning to the
Judge dropped the pistol on his desk
'.That man (polntng Captain MorreD has
made put their hands to the wall, but he can't
do me-" said Rea
sit down." commanded the Judge
This court can't protect me- Rea retOrted.
This protect anybody, the firm
command from the Judge.
SHOULD ACT ON LEGAL ADVICE
1t was an unfortunate reversion of type Mr.
Rea should cultivate the spirit and language of the
Pasadena conductor and never shoot anybody ex-
cept by advice OF counsel. 1t is of course an OBJ
served fact that in every process of evolution there
are throwbacks to the primitive type. Even Jerry
O'Shea is not yet the perfect mold OF legal form,
for he thought fit to post up this telltale notice in
his grounds: