MARTIN V. HAYNES.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 69, 3 August 1865, Page 10

MARTIN V. HAYNES.

J; J J(oiti'£<tt&rtytife l ßruce Herald.) L-Smj^lnjiiel interests oj ■ common sepse—of i6mmomxjlistioesrrr9llp.w-ipe ; to.pro^esjkVag^ins^ the diecisiori of ;j,hs_ magistrate in the.^ca?e of Martiao.YicHa^oes,_ tried taa the Court "last xFirLdayaiiiMartin, as brie, of , the Wardensu'.of uihe _Sbut,h, Tqkomairiro Hundred, sued efdr sJiopting", .cattle on- the Vjin without the con-.eht .of. the Wardens, .and", contrary :itq:uthe..byeT.laws,. proved^ that permWisibnJiad. not^ been; given., Rj^an proved tfiatihe sawjHayneg jc^turningvhonie with a -rjflej-:acenriipaiiied by_ ; Levehi who^ carried a ; iiewly'talc r eh-*ofl& uhide, and^Paskq r , wjho had a -bundle 1 : of somethiiig on the horse before hi™ J&j-an jveirtt/.where; they; seemed ,■> to have copie ■frbnj,- andjftjund tthe remains oia .newly-killed bea t Le ven was .p dt; in. to the box, J'afl ejr r so'me -prevarication,: induced .bya.prqinjser.of 'tomuoityrhe ;adoiitted jthat ; he, and;iHaynes 'aiid'Raskw had gone out ito shoot ajbieasjt rbetq^Haynes, brvto.get, ip cL in i; ,>^hichjdid %bt 'seem' very clear. They met a>cqw belonging^ as- the I witness i stated; to th.c wild mob, and- he' (Ueven)^shot her. 'They ihen skinned and cleaned^ herp and Haynes. too;k hatf- the beef, Leven the other hall. Pasko^ gave similar evidence Mr. Dewe said he was not sidelined itoastretcK the] l^,w;,; Eeyeji was not -ictingi^as eaiipfaidi tsetvan.t, .■.ofj_.Hay.-nejs's ? j%nd therefore he dismissed the. .case. j,Sir t after such a parody on the administration°of justice as is this decisiotf,-n )- man's property is safe. Clearer evidence could not have been "brought, arid- yet his Worship refused to convict. Pracr tically, the result is that anyone may go on the run and shoot, or assist in shooting, any cattle that he likes, and use the beef. The . 'bye-ilawslare usjel^ss ; - If A. and B are walking along a road and meet C, A saj's to B, * I'il rob C ;' and, B quietly standing by, A knocks C-down, kills him and takes his purse, sharing it with, B. j'ithejaw w.quld -hold/IB equally guilty of the murder with A. ' He would he an ac-.-Cjessqry before and rafter the fact, and his, guilt •'s? l?^^^' if possible^ by kTio win gl y \ fru ts of the' crime. Yet 1 Mr^^Bewe^saylsjno;- ; Av man:^ may knowingly :ieceivfi;,the; fruits of *a; crime.-minay . knowingly ; L deriye; benefit;fr4m u the unlawful; act in which . hh r has. acted "as accessory and after its Qonsumma/tion— and yet be freed from pu-r ~ nisn'ment 'or* 'blame. Such' a r doctrine, is mdn- < fitrouslrt I^can only.say;! Ldo; notct.hipksHch' . LAfiQisirtns-as. have Recently ibeen^ given in the . .Cqort here .will ..much . longer be tolerated' by tlie pub'ljc. 4 The so-called j itstice administered "' is a 'farce; but sbmeiihies ; a serious oriefor the adtoxs.- Better have no court at all than such : a one as wenqwhav;e. £ , , > ; : ; FIAT JTUSTITIA;