Doc argies 'at "The Red-eyed Law,"
as he says, "ort to learn
To lay a mighty leenient paw
on deeds o' sich concern
As only the Good Bein' knows
the wherefore of, and spreads
His hands above accused and sows
His mercies on their heads."
LXXV
Doc even holds 'at murder hain't
no crime we got a right
To hang a man fer—claims it's taint
o' lunacy, er quite.—
"Hold sich a man responsibul
fer murder," Doc says,—"then,
When he's hung, where's the rope to pull
them sound-mind jurymen?
LXXVI
"It's in a nutshell—all kin see,"
says Doc,—"it's cle'r the Law's
As ap' to err as you er me,
and kill without a cause:
The man most innocent o' sin
I've saw, er 'spect to see,
Wuz servin' a life-sentence in
the penitentchury."