Show EY EAB KANSAS X KiAS JUDGES Amusing Stories Stores of at Their Innocence Inn nce of at the Law Lw LwIn LawIn In the early edy days says s S the Kansas Kanas City Journal Joural two Topeka Top attorneys went over into Jefferson Jeterson county to try to a a civil case before a a Justice of the peace One of or the lawyers Ja went ent equipped with I a it lot Jot of law Jaw books bok n while the other er t took k nothing along K bottle botte I and his hi wits witS The Te roan man an with save se the a books clearly arly had hat the law on wih his side and when the te evidence was wa in he com corn to read rd from the books to the book court to show fact fa t Your honor shouted the other attorney oter springing to his feet 61 I ask you to find my col league leage guilty gly of contempt of court curt He comes here with wih the cunningly formed ore purpose purse of prejudicing this court by reading from books bok about cases which are Jire re not before this tribunal ces It Is an insult In to the bench benc and I ask ak I L your honor to take judicial cognizance of ot the e matter And thereupon the virtuous justice of the te peace fined the te hook book bok lawyer for contempt of court cur and gave e judgment for the other attorney However this Instance is I no more mor amusing than t another which took place In Harper county not so SD many mar years ago A A man had been arrested on the charge of or catte cattle stealing arte anti and and I LP P Campbell now of or Wichita WIchita had been engaged to defend him him When the e pre pie examination came on before SqUIre SquI Spencer a local justice of ot the I peace the county count attorney with wIt his hi assistant was teas wan x nn n hand to prosecute At the first word wor said sId by the county attorney Campbell challenged his hi right to appear in the te case ce and cited cUe the t e statute which says sS that tat in Ia a prelim mary inary hearing hear the te accused shall shan be b en titled tied to counsel Your honor said Campbell solemnly that tat statute pro provides pr provides vides Ides that the accused shall have haie the right to counsel at the th preliminary I hearing but nothing noting Is said sId in It I about abut the state having the te same se right And Squire Spencer being a Daniel come to judgment said sad the te point pint was wa taken and that the wel ten ad tat te county cut attorney must mut be b ruled out the be lag ing that the cattle thief ef went free |