It was the usual scene in the City's Night
Court, the police had rounded up the usual collection of street walkers and brought them
before the judge; three stood before him, all arrested on the same corner. He asked the
first lady what she had to say for herself.
The woman was irate, "I don't know
what all this is about your honor. I'm a college student doing research for a term
paper."
The judge sighed and said, "Well,
Miss, I would have thought you'd done enough research by now. My computer says you have
two prior convictions. Thirty days and $250 fine."
He then turned to the second lady and
requested her to testify. The woman began crying softly and said, "Judge, I am just a
housewife out getting a pack of cigarettes for my husband. I have no idea why I was
arrested."
This time, the Judge shook his head and
said, "Well, young lady, the officer tells me that he saw you hand a stack of bills
along with the cigarettes to your 'husband' in his new Cadillac. Thirty days and $250
fine."
He turned to the last of the trio and asked
her occupation.
The woman said simply, "I'm a
hooker."
Refreshed at her honesty, the judge laughed
and said, "How's business?"
She sneered and replied, "Terrible
judge, with all these students and housewives around, I can't turn a single trick."
