"Where do you live?"
"Sho, Jedge, you've knowed me all my life!"
"That ain't the question. You answer accordin' to the custom of the court."
"I want you to state what you know about this case."
"Directly, or indirectly, Jedge?"
"Where was you when this difficulty started?"
"Well, sir, I was not in any one certain spot, directly, but indirectly, I was jest beginnin' to—"
"State where you was at!" thundered Budlong.
"Well, sir, jest at the time of this difficulty, I was jest beginning to take a nap—"
"Do you mean to say that you was asleep?"