Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

The contribution from District Judge Buddie J. Hahn of Orange (260th Judicial District) that was printed in the May 1999 et cetera - where the defendant being sentenced said, "I would like to just bow in prayer before I start" - caused Rodney Price of Vidor to send me the following story:

The account of Judge Buddie Hahn and the prayerful defendant brought to mind the Judge's own praying incident of several years ago. Judge Hahn was called upon to give the opening prayer in a men's Sunday School class at First Baptist Church of Vidor. Those present bowed their heads expecting to hear the customary "Dear Lord" or "Dear Father," but instead Judge Hahn began to pray by addressing the Deity as "Your Honor ..."

Full post as published by Say What! on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).