. . SILENCE in an Irish Court
The judge says to a double-homicide defendant, "You're charged with
beating your wife to death with a hammer."
A voice at the back of the courtroom yells out, "You bastard!"
The judge says, "You're also charged with beating your mother-in-law to
death with a hammer."
The voice in the back of the courtroom yells out, "You rotten bastard!"
The judge stops and says to Paddy in the back of the courtroom. "Sir,
I can understand your anger and frustration at these crimes, but no
more outbursts from you, or I'll charge you with contempt. Is that
understood?"
Paddy stands up and says, "I'm sorry, Your Honour, but for fifteen
years I've lived next door to that ass hole, and every time I asked to
borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one."
The judge says to a double-homicide defendant, "You're charged with
beating your wife to death with a hammer."
A voice at the back of the courtroom yells out, "You bastard!"
The judge says, "You're also charged with beating your mother-in-law to
death with a hammer."
The voice in the back of the courtroom yells out, "You rotten bastard!"
The judge stops and says to Paddy in the back of the courtroom. "Sir,
I can understand your anger and frustration at these crimes, but no
more outbursts from you, or I'll charge you with contempt. Is that
understood?"
Paddy stands up and says, "I'm sorry, Your Honour, but for fifteen
years I've lived next door to that ass hole, and every time I asked to
borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one."