jidges

Updated: July 4, 2025

"Ay," replied the stern voice, "but, in case we had the country to ourselves, do you think now, Buck darlin', that when we'd settle off the jidges, an' lawyers, an' sheriffs, an' bailiffs, that we'd allow the jails or the gibbets to stan', or the hangmen to live.

William Carleton - The Tithe-Proctor: The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two