Subject: A Legal Point
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Tue Mar 27 2001 - 19:20:52 EST
"Willing It"
A man went to his lawyer and stated, "I would
like to make a will but I don't know exactly how
to go about it."
The lawyer said, "No problem, leave it all to me."
The man looked somewhat upset as he said,
"Well, I knew you were going to take the biggest
slice, but I'd like to leave a little to my children, too!"
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"A Legal Point"
A judge in a semi-small city was hearing a
drunk-driving case and the defendent, 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?
They're still doing nominating speeches for the
foreman's position!"
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