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  Notes&mdash;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.