Jury Selection Foes

"Jury Selection Foes"

During the jury-selection process, the judge asked
a prospective juror some questions.

"Have you formed any opinion about the guilt or
innocence of the man on trial, Mr. Ferguson?"

"None whatsoever," Ferguson answered.

"Are you opposed to capital punishment?" the judge asked.

"Certainly not in this case."

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"The Judge's Gold Watch"

A judge was instructing the jury that a witness was
not necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because
he changed his statement after he gave it to the police.

"For example," he said, "when I entered my chambers
today, I was positive that I had my gold watch in my
pocket. But then I remembered that I left in on my
nightstand in my bedroom."

When the judge returned home that evening, his
wife asked him "Why so much urgency for your
watch? Isn't sending three men to pick it up for you a bit extreme?"

"What?" said the judge, "I didn't send anyone for
my watch, let alone three people. What did you do?"

"Well, I gave it to the first one," said the wife, "he
knew exactly where it was."
Received on Thu Dec 6 07:31:43 2007