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Show ANECDOTES OF THE BAR. 239 it, until Judge Hallett, with whom I had taken up temporary quarters, kindly furnished me a small bag in which to carry my wealth. Gold-dust was then the only circulating medium in use here except revolvers. " To return for a moment, this same Judge was soon afterwards indicted by the Grand Jury of his own court for malfeasance in office, and the indictment returned while he presided. He was in a quandary, and immediately consulted J. Bright Smith, Amos Steck, Judge Perkins and myself as to the proper course to be pursued by him in the premises. "We very promptly convinced him that B. F. H. as Judge, dispensing justice, and B. F. H. a private citizen, the subject of an indictment, were so distinct and separate that the Judge might, as well as a Court, quash the indictment against the individual. Accordingly we filed and argued the motion to quash, which he, after the most grave and careful consideration sustained. " This was my first victory in the Courts of Colorado on a motion to quash. " Soon afterward a Court was to be held in Canon City, to which a number of attorneys, including Steck, Smith, Perkins, Gorsline and myself went to try our luck. On leaving Colorado City we took the short line through Red canon, and reached the southern end of the canon at nightfall, in a terrible snow storm. It was impossible to proceed, as we could not see the road, and were wholly ignorant of the country. So we were compelled to remain at a deserted ranch without food or shelter. Perkins discovered a bed of onions under the snow. Gorsline said he was fond of onions, doted on onions, in fact. Smith said while he didn't crave them as a steady dish, as a rel- |