[3491] in Humor
HUMOR: Lawyer Joke
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Tue Jul 10 04:50:07 2001
From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
To: <humor@mit.edu>, "Immer@Mit.Edu" <immer@mit.edu>,
"Cjwells@Fas.Harvard.Edu" <cjwells@fas.harvard.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 04:44:32 -0400
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A judge in a semi-small city was hearing a drunk-driving case and the
defendant, who had both a record and a reputation for driving under the
influence, demanded a jury trial.
It was nearly 4 P. M. And getting a jury would take time, so the judge
called a recess and went out in the hall looking to impanel anyone available
for jury duty. He found a dozen lawyers in the main lobby and told them that
they were a jury. The lawyers thought this would be a novel experience and
so followed the judge back to the courtroom.
The trial was over in about 10 minutes and it was very clear that the
defendant was guilty. The jury went into the jury room, the judge started
getting ready to go home, and everyone waited.
After nearly three hours, the judge was totally out of patience and sent the
bailiff into the jury-room to see what was holding up the verdict.
When the bailiff returned, the judge said, "Well have they got a verdict
yet?"
The bailiff shook his head and said, "Verdict? Hell, they're still doing
nominating speeches for the foreman's position!"
