The Law of the Bolo
ecedents, decisions, and interpretations, their hair-splitting subtleties and refinements of phrase, their hidden dangers for the unwary and unfortunate, the Law of the Bolo, of the
nd final. Judge, jury, counsel, the Bolo takes the place of
o-day, under the American successors of the Spaniards; and probably it will still be in force when, not only this generation, but half a doze
e department of Constabulary and Trade in Manila, regarded it as scandalous, as did also Mr Dwight P. Sharler, the Chief Collector of Customs, and Mr Joseph Gobbitt, of the British firm of Gobbitt & Dunk, Eastern merchant