Magistrate: Common assault?
Policeman: It’s common enough.
Magistrate: Agrarian crime, no doubt?
Policeman: That is so.
Magistrate: Boycotting? Maiming of cattle? Firing into houses?
Policeman: There was one time, and there might be again.
Magistrate: That is bad. Does it go any farther than that?
Policeman: Far enough, indeed.
Magistrate: Homicide, then! This district has been shamefully neglected! I will change all that. When I was in the Andaman Islands, my system never failed. Yes, yes, I will change all that. What has that woman on her stall?
Policeman: Apples mostly—and sweets.