There is a later case than MUGGINS vs.

MUGGINS." "I'll fetch the ax," agreed the Colonel.
"Can you be at the house in half an hour ?" asked the attorney.
The Colonel could.
"You're right sure there ain't goin' to be no charges to this ?" he asked anxiously, and when the attorney had once more assured him there would be none, he picked his hat from the floor and shuffled into the hall and down the stairs..