IRISH COURT CASE

IRISH COURT CASE
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
arsehole, and every time I've asked to borrow a
hammer, he's said he didn't have one."