Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

Emmett Colvin of Dallas (Of Counsel to Bruner, McColl) admists that "the late Jim Bowie ? of Dallas, not the Alamo ? and I told this story so many times with embellishments, that the truth may been lost in the process." Nevertheless, "the complaining witness in an attempted murder case came to the D.A.'s office for questioning," and this took place:

Q. O.K. Henry, tell us what happened.

A. Well, I was in this bar and this other dude and I got into a tussle and he said that he was going home to get his gun and shoot me!

Q. What happened then?

A. Well, that's exactly what happened. He came back in with his gun and I was standing in front of the bar. He shot me in the stomach and I fell back, flat on my back. Then he looked down at me and said, "You ain't dead yet ? I'm gonna shoot you again!"

Q. What did you do, Henry?

A. Well, I didn't do nothing. I just looked at him and said, "Wait a minute man ? gimme time ? I'm dying as fast as I can."

Full post as published by Say What! on March 19, 2009 (boomark / email).