The Wife (looking contemptuously at her spouse)—Drunk? Yass, Jedge, drunk. Always drunk.
The Prisoner (meekly)—I ain't been drunk, Jedge.
The Judge—Yes, you have. I can see you've got your sign up this morning. (Looking toward cage at back of room): Make them niggers stop talkin' back there! (To the wife): What did he do, Mandy?
The Wife (angrily)—Jedge, he come bustin' in, and he come so fast he untook the do' off'n de hinges; den 'e begins—
THE JUDGE: What did he do, Mandy? THE WIFE: Jedge, he come bustin' in, an' he come so fas' he untook de do' off'n de hinges!
The Judge (to the prisoner, sarcastically)—You wasn't drunk, eh?
The Prisoner (weakly)—I might of had a drink oh two.
The Judge (severely)—Was—you—drunk?