The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

judge motioned tn coort polisnan to throw Dougherty out, an thin spoke as follows: This here case started Dougherty again Flannigan but it's now again congress, an give tn verdicS fir mesilf, an if had congress here I'd sind it 10 jail fir passin' law in favor iv this here poi throon I've half mind now to ordher me bailiff to pinch tn house iv reprisintatives tn shit, an tn prisidnt that signed tn law an put thim in tn bastee' Tn constitution says they had right to- says Dougherty's lawyer. Eighty days fr contimpt iv coort,' says his honor If tn constitution says SO it niver meant it. What, did the constitution say? l don't know, but undher tn decision iv Lord Justice Poke in tn Eighth Elizabeth, man in Doughertys job was tn same as horse an he can't've changed. Who iver heerd v horse collictin' damages? It wud be conthry to all tn rules iv law aR property,' says he. Dye mean to say I'm tn same as horseP says Dougherty. That is ye'er status says the coort. Thin says Dougherty if I've got broken leg Flannigan has right to shoot me an I'd betther be goin',' an he broke another leg on tn stairs, but he sued tn county an recov- cred damages. !
 Don't l think poor man has chanst in coort? Iv coorse he has. He has tn same chanst there that he has outside. He has a splendid poor mans chanst. Annyhow, he ought to stay out iv coort onless he's done somethn pleasant to get himsf there. It's no place fir him or fir amy man, rich or poor, to go fortune huntin'
 An do think tn judges'll iver be recalled? Faith, do not. Wud ye lave amy wan recall ye if ye a judge' 1 see meslf don' it. Whin tn popylace thried to whistle me back to, practice law on tn third 1ure I'd call tn bailiff over an say: James, get out tn handcuffs.' Ye can bet that tn first law recallin' tn judges will be pronounced unconstitutional be tn entire joodcyary iv tn country be risin' vote anf with three hearty cheers. If was judge wud know that law throwin' me out iv job was unconstitutional at wanst, ex post facto, ex pro- pria vigore, an de juribus ron dispytandum, as Hogan says. An wudden't have to get tn con stitution ont iv tn safe to iecide 1t ayether I'd decide it accordin' to me grocery bill
 No, sir, yell live long time befure ye iver sec judges recalled. But it don't do amy harm to scare thin. It don't do anybody amy harm to scare thin wanst in while They've frgotten we're outside We'll make noise, an whn they. say, Ar-re they goin to haul me out ? we'll yell, Judge, put yc'er head out iv tn window. There ar-re people out here. That's it-people, not law yers. We don't objick to ye'er makin laws, but don't make thim on'y fir lawyers. Cut out few pattherns that will fit us, too. We don't want nanny but we'd like few simple vans that we can wear to keep off tn cold. An if ye haven't time fr annything excipt harness that we ar-re not iddycated enough to put on fr hivens sake let us make some laws fir oursilves that plazes our low tastes We don't want laws to wear in coort. We want thim to wear outside.'
 What is this English common law I read about r asked MT. Hennessy.
 It's tn law l left Ireland to get away firm" said MT. Dooley. If it's pursooed me over here I'll go to Chiny."
 scopyright. 1919: py Finsg Peter Dunns)