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to Try Himself in Court

Lum and Abner · January 23, 1942 · 11 min · 1,899 words

The transcript of “to Try Himself in Court”, an episode of Lum and Abner first broadcast January 23, 1942. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Lum and Abner plays Lum and Abner free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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I don't know. I believe that's our ring. I know this lumb. I'll believe you're right. Oh, see. Hello, John. I'm down, Storm. This is love and after. Let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge.

Well, Lumb's hopes for a quick release from Jay over shattered when town marshal Henry Lumsford refused to listen to Abner's plea that he didn't want to bring charges against Lumb. Uncle Henry insists that Lumb made an attempt to break into the John of Down's door and therefore he must stand trial.

As we're looking on the little community today, we find Lom still in the town jail. Uncle Henry is in the cell with him carrying out another one of his prison regulations. Don't go here to Ermarsh, shall I tell you, I don't need no haircut.

You be quiet number 6-7-02. Sit still. I'm running this jail. Well, man, your giant gonna do no slip. You got job of it, neither. And I ricked with act when I was late to Marshall.

I told him I'm a woman. I said, now that they got this job, I'm gonna do it right. I say, I'm gonna do it right. Now, it's funny they got me a prisoner. Set steel, huh?

I'm trying to, but damn sheep shears are using pulling something awful. Ain't you cut enough off, banana? Nope, you're showing right down to the scalp. That's the way they do it in the book. a book. I sure. I thought I got some wonderful ideas in it and she is called psychological aspects of prison practices

some such a name that come it long said still you're cutting all my hair off any of all catch a cold can't help it pretty regularly wait a minute wait a minute get away from our ma state now I'll let you cut that off too. It's got to go long. Just a second. Let me check with the book. Yeah check

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