The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-15
S SANDY BEND
JUS TICE
By NJ. QUAD
Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
By NJ. QUAD

This we're court bein' open" said
Judge Hoke of Sandy Bend as he felt
behind him 10 see If his guns were
handy-"this we're court beiu' open and
the goddess of jestice bein' ready for
Hung. who is charged with stealth
lpickax from the camp of Jim Robin
son. Thar amt any need of lawyers
or witnesses. fur saw the critter my
self as lie cum TO town with the tool
on his shoulder We are not goin' to
ak why he stole it, kase that amt our
bizness. Jim Robinson saw him when
he picked it up and fired three shots
AFTER him and never teched ha'r In
one way this court feels that she orter
let that heather 30 his way 10 pay off
Jim fur bcin' such Il poor shot, Its
jest possible that the critter mistook
that pickax fur mewl or bag of
flour, but that can't count in his favor.
Why he didn't hide the tool is nuthin
TO this court nor the statoots of this
state. What we hey got to look at
ar the fact that lie stole it and that
Jim Robinson had the gall to cum TO
me when | was busy in my Red Dog
saloon and holler for Il warrant
81 wanted to go accordin' to law
explained the plaintiff as he stood up.
WAL. We went that way. jim. and
III give yet plenty of ii. Lee Hung,
durn yer hide. I'm goin' to fine We $50.
That would be purity steep fur white
man. but It's my dooty to crush the
heather whenever / gifts show. jim,
you not only had three shots at the
Chinyman. but missed him every time
and then bothered me fur an hour.
You'll hev TO cum down with the costs.
we now hey afore us the case or
Joe Parker versus Hank Scott, and the
lawyers needn't crowd to the front to
do any talkin'. Joe had minin claim
on Paradise Hill. and ms he WAS lyin' i'll
his shanty the other night mighty nigh
dead with collie in walks Hank and seq
the claim jest suits him and he's Soin
To jump it, He picks up the sufIerin
Joe and carries him out and dumps
him down on the rocks and then takes
hull possession and begins to sing reli-
gious HYMNS. Joe is tied up with collie,
but he has two guns TO use. Does he
use en-: Does he ak Providence TO
relieve him of that collie fur ten sec
onds while he kin ill Hank Scott full
of lead. Not bit of IT, He iests shuts
his eyes and cries like Il baby rs Hank
Tugs him out. An hour later his collie
is gone But does he shoot Does he
make an effort to recover his OWN
He don't He walks three miles on
mighty dark night to rout me out and
demand jestice. He shall hey it lie
ar fined $50 and costs Hank Scott
stand up. Nobody but duffer would
take advantage of man bent double
with miners collie. and shall fine We
SO. What was We achin' 10 say. Pete
Holdeni"
~ wanted to say, your honor began
the lawyer-''I wanted TO say that my
client
"Ye hain't got no client, interrupted
the judge.
THE next case on the docket pre-
sents pecoolier circumstances. This
we're court, who is IA court when he is
out OF court and all the time. was
a-ridin' out to Big Bar the other day
on his cayuse when lie meets up with
a Chinyman who had found twenty
ounce nugget When this court had
hefted that nugget and was sure all
was sold stuff he suggested to the
hcithen his Willingness TO exchange
his cayuse fur it, don't go fur to say
that he boss was hardly wuth 1t, but
he was n legal boss, so to speak, ana
that heather could hev flung on heap
of style In the saddle Did 1t strike
him that way Not any He jest
drawed his head down between his
shoulders and suddenly lost speech,
As this we're court feels that he knows
what's good fur Chinymen, he got OH
his cayuse and laid hands on that hea-
then TO git the nugget away. Wlll IL
be believed we're III this nineteenth cen
fury that the wall eyed son of gun
kicked this court on the nose and Kick
cd him on the shin? Such was the
case. and while this court was tempo
rarily disabled the heather got away
It's Il case of contempt of court and
mighty bad one. 1t has taken MS four
days to find the Chinyman, and, what's
w,lss. he's hid the nugget If court
can't maintain its dignity then It's no
court at all. The vardict is guilty, and
the Chinyman must pay fine or sou
and So costs. The constable Will tie
him to the stovepipc and keep MN
thar till he Squar's up.
The last case shows that what they
calls civilization is knockin' the spots
off this kentry Tom Wharton. he goes
over 10 Dead Mems valley and steals
"A boss. He gifts halfway back when
he is overtaken by a crowd ana huhS
to n limb After the crowd has gone
the rope breaks and Tom Gums to me
and craws away. Two days later he
Gums to me and whines fur jestice. lie
wants the leader of the gang arrested.
What fur? Fur not providin' stouter
rope Tom was regularly hung. Bill
,hoate. who lei the gang and furnish
ed the rope. is Tere. but this court reels
that he did the best he could under the
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