02-21-2021, 07:39 PM
"Yes sir." Joe muttered, still cowed by his surroundings
"Speak up!" The magistrate demanded forcefully.
"Yes sir." Joe repeated loudly
"That's better. Now, let's see why young Mister Blacke is in my courtroom today?" the judge asked rhetorically. "You stand accused of three offices contrary to Common Law: public drunkenness, breach of the peace, and insulting a police officer."
"How do you plead?"
"Guilty, sir"
"Insulting a police officer? Just what exactly did you say?" the elderly advocate asked curiously. Joe was curious too, he didn't remember himself.
The judge studied the paper in his hands, "The arresting officer, Constable Neil, reports that you called him 'the son of a whore and a haddock'."
The judge blinked and then snorted with laughter. The public gallery also tittered with laughter at the remark.
"Speak up!" The magistrate demanded forcefully.
"Yes sir." Joe repeated loudly
"That's better. Now, let's see why young Mister Blacke is in my courtroom today?" the judge asked rhetorically. "You stand accused of three offices contrary to Common Law: public drunkenness, breach of the peace, and insulting a police officer."
"How do you plead?"
"Guilty, sir"
"Insulting a police officer? Just what exactly did you say?" the elderly advocate asked curiously. Joe was curious too, he didn't remember himself.
The judge studied the paper in his hands, "The arresting officer, Constable Neil, reports that you called him 'the son of a whore and a haddock'."
The judge blinked and then snorted with laughter. The public gallery also tittered with laughter at the remark.
