ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN THE FAR WEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2560, 30 March 1887, Page 2

ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN THE FAR WEST.

j • A,; special .correspondent' .Morningiiiaa apticlfion ."Lift ; 'to® B fat West," deals Jfdit tfbClocal !: administration.of; th'fe ilaT,;.)}^,.gives f.: W* fipliant tho ,-. surroundings ofjtfstice.;-^Jedgeji- ■: as he is'called,' chanced ' decided to hear the pause," as. there wis ; no court-room in the place, in tho ban ; of the town hotel. 'Thither ;went : -'tha two litigants, and there a'court was constituted, the neighboring settlers 1 beingcalled in to actasa'jnry, 2t.was, sotoe time before the process of law' could be got under weigh, for no legal I books were available, and thn only authority on knotty points—a,man .who had once been a journalist, arid !who had gained his legal knowledge' whiit serving in the State' prison .for attempted murder—was a little the worse for liquor But at 1 last all was declared in order, and' the trial proceeded. Both parties argued their- cases; all their friendß joined in," and tho case was assuming unexpected proportions when suddeuly :'a bright idea struck the judge, yyhat do youBay, hoys fhe asked; '.why not settle this question by finding one of 'om guilty and making ljli set up the drink J' The suggestion wai hailed

with applause ;jhe jury, without further ado, fbumTone of the parties to be in tho ; wrong at opce, and, the barkeeper being summoned. the loser was ottlerod: to pay to" oid rye" all . round. hw; example being followed 'by Jiis oppofrefit, who Was likewise in' turn imitated by some of the jury, the result iQijigthat the Court, when it adjourned next; morning in.the small hours,'had bad what is known in the district as 9 I'eal good time.' A more'tragic evpq) occurred- about this time, about* .six'tnilos-lower dotfri .place called spotis named after ft realiyiestima/jlb known .as ' > Jad^T-kW ,^ e | starting an eating house hear'tlfcaiul J way, snrmounted; it With yii.tmfJOßingl board Waring the style ahd'titl&j wit hi the words, Good, you' tot,' Mar#o| lexers below; A dispule h'nd' jongH raged, between a settler liaiwy. jiooreJ .and - various other ,.ar><l§ rightly or-wrongly, he was regarded a pt to" the neighborhood,pheii-pn'i I day, as luck , wo.uld'. neighbor' BafoesMit. ch#tada quarreled Thfc 'Corojler Los An|S!o| w/is Butpii)6ued,and; comiug. a' Court, which sat upon .-the body. was hoard, and ..the , ju{twere aboufc'to confer 55hen:■ spbke up, 'Look youhere. Mr' por'rior,'. he said, ' as wetVej aeard the evidence, that wejbring* .iij' shift this ia a case of side, and give £ the man nonths.' ' What, said why give him four months * if/it.ia. : a' !.aje. of jdtifioable . homicide! 1' Because ho didn't shoot'him .years n igo,' retuFtied the Jedge/ ' The case I roded in the 'setting -op of l drinksj'-flj he burial of jtfoore,. and of 8 iitchell, of