The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-11-25
ODD WAYS OF LAW
Record OF Strange Punishments
and Stranger Crimes.
Review Of New and Old World Codes
German "ouckins STOOL" Among
Stransest-Not for Witches
and Scoids.

A little while ago a juvenile offender
was sentenced by the presiding judge
In an American court OF law to six
Saturday afternoons In bed lie was
thus deprived OF his weekly holiday.
and several of the newspapers that
~Chrontclcd the incident gravely IN.
CURED whittier our modern IDEAS Of
justice were leading rs. Those who
are inclined 10 agree with the news.
papers, however. and %denounce the
sentence as tending TO make a mock.
cry OF Justice. will DO well To bear III
mind that not only In America Is 81
becoming the fashion To make IN.
penalty 1T the crime. Original forms
OF punishment are no longer the ex.
ception. but the very curious rule
In n of the towns OF northern Ger.
many the ancient "ducking stool has
been revived, But whereas. our an.
ccstors employed the ducking stool TOR
witches aud sCOlding women. the pres.
en- revival is employed To cure ha.
bitual intoXication. 4 chair is fasten.
I'd to the end of a long pole balanced
over the edge OF the water tank. The
drunkard IL tied into the chair. the
pole Is tipped up and he receives a
complete sousing.
a a In one Of the gold producing
states OF America Was recently
charged with violent assault upon his
wife. and was obliged to pay the pen.
atty In n manner that must have
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species Of orcnse. The sentence o.
the court was that he should be- i'm.
prisoned for n month. during which
period he was 10 be taken from his
cell every morning and tied 10 a post
In the leading i~horoughfare. Here he
was to stand for two hours exposed to
the public gaze. hearing around his
neck "a large placard inscribed In bold
letters with the words. wife Beaten
Every morning the wretched culprli
stood In the public street surrounded
BY u GROVE al ON and children
who appeared 10 take peculiar pleas
ure In discussing the unfortunate
mans home life and his character.
and expressing sympathy with his
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Ing n Of the old British institution.
the stocks.
In another American city "a man.
who WAS arrested for street fighting.
was offered the choice OF "a month IN
Jail or "a logging. lie chose the latter.
and was logged by the court official
from the prison gates 10 his home,
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ness OF a mob Of onlookers,
Strange as such lunishmcnts appear.
there are countries which can boast
Of stranger crimes. In certain 81.
lcsian towns IA lady wearing II train Is
liable 10 arrest. the penalties being
graded according to length al the
train and the obstinacy of the offend.
or, The law has been passed In the
interests Of health. the danger that
infectious diseases may be communi.
Gated through the medium Of trailing
skirts being well known,
4 trades mar In IA small German
town who. at a public meeting. recent.
~ disturbed the audience by incos.
SAINT sneezing was arrested. and Il
was only with dificuity that ne proved
to the magistrate he had not purposely
committed this breach Of the peace"
a sudden sneeze Is liable, II Is true.
10 startle nervous people In the I'm.
mediate vicinity Of the e But
Il has been reserved 10 the German
intellect TO discover anything criminal
In II. Just as II has been reserved TO
Great Britain To prosecute men u
women for sleeping out o. nights.
II you call n hi liar In certain
American states you are liable TO pros.
ecu,ion. II IL merely a misdemeanor
In some districts. punishable by II fine
OF 25 cents. but In Texas the offensive
use Of the word IL followed by q fine
OF s25, and Georgia YOU are likely to
be punished by n tine OF 81 900 or I'm.
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