Among the litigants on the docket for Town of Fort Edward Justice Joseph Malvuccio on a recent day was Karen Segrell, who had been ticketed for driving a car with a busted muffler and without a license.  

“You get the muffler fixed?” Malvuccio asked Segrell as she approached the judge, who presided over a small courtroom with wood paneling and a maximum occupancy of 80.