A Case Before Judge Gill T. Vardick

When you are retired and generally healthy sometimes you have to look around for things to do. Every now and then I go down to the county court house and listen in on some of the cases. Last week I was there when this lawyer from New York came down to defend her brother who was being charged with breaking and entering, pickpocketing, and battery. There were other things but I'm not sure they were all presented in this hearing. I hate to say it but the defendant was one of those people who just look guilty. When his sister stood before the judge she kept mentioning New York, her northern education, and even went so far as to say she was very uncomfortable in front of a judge who had the bad judgement to use the name of Gill T. Vardick when he could just as well used his full name and it wouldn't sound so intimidating. She spoke with all the northern accent she could muster. Judge Vardick looked her up and down and said, "Your papers say you're from New York, you talk like you're from New York, and you even dress like you're from New York. But, lady, you got Mississippi written all over you. That kinda calmed everything down.