“Dunno sah!”
“Didn’t you deliver it?”
“Dunno sah!”
“Did you go to the house?”
“Dunno sah!”
“Where did this happen?”
“At de gate, sah, dey wuz layin’ fer me—De Judge mus’ er tole ’em ter kill me.”
“Who did it?”
“Ole Isaac and Julie Ann jump on me fust, but tow’d de last dey wuz er dozen. Six un ’em wuz er beatin’ me on de head at de same time, three er four wuz er settin’ on top er me, two had me by the throat an’ de res’ un ’em wuz er steady kickin’ me in de stummick. Dey’d er had me sho’ by dis time ef I hadn’t kotch my breaf an’ holler’d.”
“And who helped you?”