# Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/Notes—Judicial
## Lesson XXXI. Notes—Judicial.
### 老爹坐堂或未

    Lãu-tia tsõ-tn̂g a-būe?
       Has the mandarin sat on the bench?

### 坐好久了

    Tsõ-hoh-kú--lō
       He has sat a long time.

### 要退堂了

    Àiⁿ-thò-tn̂g--lō
       He is going to retire now.

### 伊在審何案

    I tõ sím sĩ-mih uàⁿ?
       What case is he trying?

### 伊在審壹條刣人案

    I tõ sím chék-tiôu thâi-nâng uàⁿ
       He is trying a murder case.

### 老爹呾要去看屍

    Lãu-tia tàⁿ-àiⁿ-khṳ̀ thóiⁿ si
       The mandarin says he is going to see the corpse.

### 被告之人有認否

    Pĩ-kò--kâi-nâng khah-ũ jīn-mē?
       Does the person accused admit it?

### 無。伊呾不是伊刣

    Bô, i tàⁿ m̄-sĩ i thâi
       No, he said the man was not killed by him.

### 伊與老爹呾。老爺亞。我無罪

    I kah lãu-tia tàⁿ, lãu-iâ--a, uá bô-tsũe
       He said to the mandarin, "Your Worship, I am innocent."

### 我是被人枉屈

    Uá sĩ khoih--nâng uáng-khut
       "I am falsely accused by the people.

### 人要害我

    Nâng-àiⁿ-hāi úa
       "People wish to do me harm.

### 求老爺代我伸寃。可憐我

    Khiû lãu-iâ thòi-úa sin-uan, khó-liên uá
       "I beg Your Worship to investigate the case on my behalf, and to have mercy on me."

### 老爹呌伊訴

    Lãu-tia kiè i sù
       The mandarin asked him to make his statement.

### 伊呾甚多話

    I tàⁿ hiàⁿ-chiàⁿ-tsōi ūe
       He made a long statement.

### 老爹聽了就㸃頭

    Lãu-tia thiaⁿ-lióu chiũ tak-thâu
       The mandarin after hearing him, nodded his head.

### 伊個案要限到明天

    I kâi uàⁿ àiⁿ-àn-kàu màⁿ-khí
       His case will be postponed till to-morrow.

### 不可做賊

    M̄-móⁿ tsǒ-tshát
       Don't be a thief. ​

### 不可盜取人個物

    M̄-móⁿ thau-khiéh nâng kâi muéh
       Mustn't steal other peoples things.

### 此個賊是危險

    Chí-kâi tshát sĩ lî-keng
       This thief is dangerous.

### 昨夜伊剌死壹人

    Tsa-mêⁿ i tshǹg-sí nâng
       Last night he stabbed a man to deat.h

### 伊被我掠着

    I khoih uá liáh--tiéh
       He was caught by me.

### 我就掠伊去衙門處

    Uá chiũ liáh i khṳ̀ gê-mn̂g--kō
       And I took him to the yamên.

### 交伊與差役個手

    Kau i pun chhe-hiáh kái chhiú
       And handed him over to the police.

### 着打伊到重重

    Tiéh-phah i kàu lok-lok
       Must beat him very severely;

### 下日伊正不敢

    Ẽ-jít i chiàⁿ-m̄-káⁿ
       So that he may not dare to do it again.

### 此個官府公道

    Chí-kâi kuaⁿ-hú kong-tãu
       This mandarin is just.

### 無枉屈人

    Bô-uáng-khut nâng,
       He does not deal with people unjustly.

### 亦無食人個錢

    Iā bô chiáh nâng kâi chîⁿ
       Nor does he take bribes.

### 人忠直

    Nâng tong-tít
       He is a straight-forward man.

### 百姓稱誦此個官府

    Peh-sèⁿ o-ló chí-kâi kuaⁿ-hú
       The people praise this mandarin.

### 伊要高陞了

    I àiⁿ-kau-seng--lō
       He is going to be promoted.

### 雖然律是嚴。還了恁着順

    Sui-jiên lút sĩ ngiâm, huân-lióu nín tiéh sũn
       Though the law is strict, yet you must obey it.

### 犯律個人着受罰

    Huãm-lút--kâi-nâng tiéh siũ-huát
       Those who break the law should be punished.

### 在澄海縣有壹個秀才。有犯着律

    Tõ Thêng-hái-kūiⁿ ũ chék-kâi siù-tsâi, ũ huãm-tiéh-lút
       There was a graduate in the district of Theng-hai, who had broken the law.

### 伊就去被官府審

    I chiũ khṳ̀-pun kuaⁿ-hú sím
       And he went to be tried by the mandarin. ​

### 老爺戴頂就出來在堂

    Lãu-tia tì-téng chiũ tshut--lâi tsõ-tn̂g
       The mandarin put on his button, and came out and sat on the bench.

### 秀才就跪落去

    Sìu-tsâi chiũ kũi--lóh-khṳ̀
       The graduate knelt down.

### 老爺審到甚久了。人𤍠在

    Lãu-tia sím kàu hoh-kú--lō, nâng zuáh-tsãi
       The mandarin after a long trial found it rather warm.

### 粒頂就脫丢放在床頂

    Liáp-téng chiũ thut-tiòu pàng tõ tshn̂g-téng
       And he took off his hat to which the button was attached and put it on the table.

### 秀才在跪隨時就起來

    Siù-tsâi tõ-kũi sûi-sî chiû khí--lâi
       The graduate who was kneeling down at once got up.

### 老爺問伊呾。爾爲何起來也

    Lãu-tia mn̄g i tàⁿ, "lṳ́ tsò-nîⁿ khí--lâi nē?"
       The mandarin asked him and said, "Why do you get up"?

### 秀才就呾。曰。我是跪皇帝。非是跪爾

    Siù-tsâi chiũ tàⁿ-tàⁿ, "uá sĩ kũi Huâng-tì, m̄-sĩ kũi-lṳ́"
       The graduate said, "I kneel down to the Emperor, not to you."

### 秀才就出去

    Siû-tsâi chiũ tshut--khṳ̀
       And the graduate walked out.

### 明天伊個案再審

    Màⁿ-khí i kâi uàⁿ tsài-sím
       The next day his case was tried again.