[North Wilts: Devizes.]
_Counsel._ What do you know about this case?
_Witness._ What do 'ee zaay? I be zo hard o' hirin', I caan't hire
nothen, wi'out I comes handier to 'ee.
_Counsel._ What did you see the prisoner do?
_Witness._ Aw! I tell'd 'ee avore as I zeed it aal. I wurden no
furder awaay vrom un then I be vrom thuck owld gent thur [the Judge].
Bill Stevens he come out an' a zaays, zaays he, 'I'll breäk thee
mazzard vor the'!' an' a offer'd to hit un wi' a graft as he wur a
carr'n. An' Jim he up wi' he's showl an' hut un auver th' yead wi't.
An' if _he_ hadden a hut he, he'd a hut _he_, an' if he'd a hut _he_
as _he_ hut he, he'd a killed _he_, 'sted o' _he_ killin' he! That's
aal as I knaws on't!