A Witty Young Trial Lawyer

A young trial lawyer was defending a man accused of burglary, known for being witty (and the judge knows this) tried yet another one of his creative defenses. The judge, while not known for having a sense of humor, decided to here the young lawyer out.

"While my client admits he did, in fact, reach his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. However his arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offense committed by just his limb."

"Well put," the judge replied. "Using your logic, I sentence the defendant's arm to one year's imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he so chooses."

The defendant smiled. With his lawyer's assistance he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, and walked out.


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A Witty Young Trial Lawyer was written by F&J Staff on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 11:17 amin Jokes, Lawyer Jokes. You can follow comments through the Comments RSS feed. Similar jokes and stuff include , The Ambitious Young Judge’s Clerk , More Lawyer Q and A , Honest Lawyer , Witty College Professor , Short Lawyer Jokes .


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