Mr. Link Deas rose from the audience and announced: “I just want the whole lot of you to know one thing right now. That boy’s worked for me eight years an’ I ain’t had a speck o’trouble outa him. Not a speck.”
“Shut your mouth, sir!” Judge Taylor was wide awake and roaring…”Link Deas,” he yelled, “if you have anything you want to say you can say it under oath and at the proper time, but until then you get out of this room, you hear me?…I’ll be damned if I’ll listen to this case again!”
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 19. Link Deas courageously stands up in the public gallery during the trial of Tom Robinson and yells out in support of Tom. He earns a rebuke from the judge for his outburst and is sent out of the courtroom.