A man was in court for a double murder and
the judge said, "You are charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer."
A voice at the back of the courtroom yelled
out, "You bastard!"
The judge continued, "You are also
charged with beating your daughter to death with a hammer."
Again, the voice at the back of the
courtroom yelled out, "You damn bastard!"
The judge stopped, looked at the man in the
back of the courtroom, and said, "Sir, I can understand your anger and frustration at
this crime, but I will not have any more of these outbursts from you, or I shall charge
you with contempt! Now is that a problem?"
The man at the back of the court stood up
and responded, "For fifteen years I lived next door to that bastard and every time I
asked to borrow a hammer, he said he never had one!"
