The judge said to the double homicide defendant, " You are charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer. How do you plead?" A voice shouted from the back of the courtroom, "YOU BASTARD!"
The judge says, "You are also charged with beating your mother-in-law to death with a hammer. What is your plea?"
The voice from the back of the courtroom shouts again, "YOU DIRTY ROTTEN BASTARD!"
The judge stops and says to the guy in the back of the courtroom, "Sir,I can understand your anger and frustration at these crimes, but, if I hear one more outburst from you, I will charge you with contempt of court. Do you understand?"
The guy at the back stands up. "I'm sorry, Your Honor, but I have lived next door to that %@#$&* for fifteen years, and everytime I asked to borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one."
The judge says, "You are also charged with beating your mother-in-law to death with a hammer. What is your plea?"
The voice from the back of the courtroom shouts again, "YOU DIRTY ROTTEN BASTARD!"
The judge stops and says to the guy in the back of the courtroom, "Sir,I can understand your anger and frustration at these crimes, but, if I hear one more outburst from you, I will charge you with contempt of court. Do you understand?"
The guy at the back stands up. "I'm sorry, Your Honor, but I have lived next door to that %@#$&* for fifteen years, and everytime I asked to borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one."