before the world as a champion and protector of the courts!
He attempted to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, though there was not even the shadow of danger threatening the public safety; vide the case of Victor Poole!
He denied citizens the right to keep arms, prohibited freedom of speech, and placed a censor over the press, in the name of Law and Order!
He declared martial law in San Miguel County for no other purpose than to g^ve sanction to mob law, and to prevent an honorable District Court from rendering justice to one hundred men deported from their homes in Telluride by a mob of mine magnates and sypmathizers! The governor sealed his infamy in this case by appointing Manager Bulkley Wells, the leader of the mob, as commander of the military forces!
George the Third affected