(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 (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_?
THE PRISONER--No, suh, Jedge.

Ah wasn't drunk.

Ah don't think no man's drunk s' long 's he can navigate, Jedge.

I don't-- THE JUDGE--Oh, yes, he can be! He can navigate and navigate mighty mean!--Ten dollars.
(At this point an officer speaks in a low tone to the judge, evidently interceding for the prisoner.) THE JUDGE (loudly)--No.

That fine's very small.