Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From Judge Ralph H. Walton, Jr., of Granbury, 355th Judicial District), this excerpt ?from the direct examination by the prosecutor in a recent driving-while-intoxicated case in [his] court in which the elderly, hard-of-hearing ?Uncle Billy? was called to testify.?

Q. Do you know Mr. Rinard?

A. Rinard?

Q. Rinard. He?s your neighbor.

A. Oh, yes.

Q. You might know him as Elias.

A. No, sir, he seems like a real respectable man.

Q. Not a liar, but Elias. Do you know his first name?

A. No, I don?t.

Q. You just know him as Mr. Rinard?

A. Actually, I know him as Mr. Bradshaw?s brother-in-law.

Q. Fair enough.

Full post as published by Say What! on May 21, 2009 (boomark / email).