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NAMES OF JUDGE AND JURYMEN BOILED DURING TRIAL

Volume 4, entries 9106. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → COURT CASES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 9106

Volume 4 · printed page 3689 · New Orleans, La.

Get the judge's name and the jurymen's name, an' yo' take yo' - whilst de case goin' on - yo' gets dat an' yo' make a hot fire. An' yo' take yo' a hot pot of watah, an' yo' take dat name an' put it in dere. An' man, have it boilin'! An! just like dat, de co't goin' to keep upstirred all de time. Keep it upstirred an' dey can't do nuthin. Dey won't nevah come to no agreement. Gotta have dat watah boilin' wit de name in it. Yo' see! Drop a li'le sugah in dere, yo' see, an' just keep on boilin' up, an' dis court will just keep upstirred all de time. An' at a certain time yo' take de watah an' yo' throw it. An' when yo' throw dat watah out, de judge will throw dat case out.

Related subjects: Boil, Fire, Sugar, Hot water

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