“What was the cow worth?” asked Justice Biggs, who was wielding the gavel at the session.
“About fifty dollars,” said Grant.
“Must have been a Jersey,” said the judge.
“It was, judge,” said the detective, “and a young heifer, at that.”
“Arthur.”
“Yessah, jedge.”
“Ever been up here before on a charge of this kind?” asked the judge.
“Nossah, jedge, I sho nevah wah heah befo’ in mah life.”
“What do you do for a living?”
“I wucks, jedge, wucks all de time.[{66}]”