Browse:BRIBERY OF JUDGE BY ROOT DOCTOR (Volume 4, entries 8994)
BRIBERY OF JUDGE BY ROOT DOCTOR
Volume 4, entries 8994. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → COURT CASES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 8994
If there is enough money involved, most all the root doctors, they goes to work and see the judge privately an' say, "I've got $100, " an' say, ''here's $50." Yo' understand? "Here's $50 I got $100 for the job." Well, de judge will dismiss him. Well, this fellow, weak-minded fellow, he thinks that this man [root doctor] did it. See, he's a root doctor but he's faking his way through the world. I've seen that happen 'cause I worked for a judge an' seen 'em come up dere - the root doctors. [For another example of a doctor influencing a judge, see my experience with Doctor Washington of Charleston, S. Car., No.9024.j