Bigotry, your honor. He’s been married to three women.
Why, officer, that’s not bigotry, said the judge, that’s trigonometry.
There was an old man who was charged with illicit distilling and was brought up before the court. The Judge, who was a witty fellow, asked the prisoner what was his Christian name. The prisoner replied, Joshua, and the Judge answered, Are you the man that made the sun shine? and the prisoner replied, No, sir, your honor; I’m the one that made the moonshine.
A jury recently met to inquire into a case of suicide. After sitting through the evidence the twelve men retired, and, after deliberating, returned with the following verdict—
The jury are all of one mind—temporarily insane!
In a lawsuit in Pennsylvania not long ago the question was put to a miner on the witness stand.