Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery of San Antonio recently tried a robbery case to a jury in which "a related issue was whether a gun found several weeks after the robbery and after a creek bed had drained from recent rains was the gun which had been in the possession of the defendant.?

Fred writes that ?the defense lawyer, doing the best he could with very little to work with, was cross-examining the law enforcement officer about the issue of when the rain occurred relative to the robbery and the alleged throwing away of the gun,? when this exchange earn interest.

Q. Now, if the records that are compiled by Texas A&M University say that the rain was actually on the 5th, you wouldn?t disagree with that, would you?

A. Yes, I would.

Q. You would. You think it was the 4th and the Aggies? weather records are wrong?

A. We?re talking about Aggies, sir.

The Court: I knew that was coming.

Full post as published by Say What! on June 03, 2008 (boomark / email).