jestice

Now dey is got to go to de courthouse and pay out good money for a license and den go git a preacher or somebody lak a jestice jedge to say de marriage words over

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

At last the "jestice" of the peace came, and I hope they live happy ever afterward.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart

At last the "jestice" of the peace came, and I hope they live happy ever afterward.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader 1847

They lived in caves (we were told) and would be 'smoked out' and 'brought to jestice'.

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You last seed me a-taking my fearsome way to the railroad; and what were the sinking of my heart when John left me thar on the cyar, words will never do jestice to; seemed like I were turnt a-loose in space, rushing I knowed not whither.

Sight to the Blind Lucy Furman

"If it hedn't been a new jestice she cudn't hev got it out," he said apologetically.

The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives Elizabeth Strong Worthington

"That's the jestice you'll get from your father!" the old woman said, with a cackle.

The Story of Julia Page Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

If thar ever wuz a time when friendship and jestice could jine hands to help Ben

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

"The coroner's sick abed, and he said you bein 'the nearest jestice of the peace you should serve."

The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights 1910

Dad gum 'em, that's my methods to a T, but it's kin 'o' rough jestice fer a parson, chuckled Maybee.

Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902