A small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand in a trial, a grandmotherly,
elderly woman. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”
She responded, “Why, yes I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a
young boy. And frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your
wife, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think, you’re a
rising big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you never will amount to anything
more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”
The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked,
“Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?”
She again replied, “Why, yes I do. I’ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster,
too. I used to baby-sit him. And he, too, has been a real disappointment to me. He’s lazy,
and bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. The man can’t build a normal relationship with
anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he
cheated on his wife with three different women. Yes, I know him.”
The defense attorney was also surprised and shocked. At this point, the judge brought the
courtroom to silence, called both counselors to the bench, and in a very quiet voice said,
“If either of you asks her if she knows me, you’ll be jailed for contempt of
court.”
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