Autos of my history:
At 16, I
was in a courtroom for loud mufflers, I don’t remember pleading guilty or not.
I just remember the officer talking to the judge and him saying, Guilty as
charged. Pay the clerk $35. I smile now, I hear BOOM boxes in cars louder than
my mufflers were.
Anyway I
was in a courtroom earlier this week. A case in which I am interested was to be
heard, I wanted to be there. I know nothing about court except what I have seen
on TV. HA! My eyes were opened.
I guess
it is none of my business nor anyone’s’ seated in the courtroom. The judge
could hardly be seen. I could hear her
voice, but seldom understood a word. There was a computer monitor in front of
her, which blocked my view. She was not
facing the seating, but the wall to our left.
Inconsiderate
attorneys (10-15 of them) were standing with their backs to us, behind the
fence separating us from the Holy of Holies.
They
were between us and the judge awaiting their case which never came up for the
ones in front of us.. We sat thru about 10 cases, most less than 10 minutes and
we could not hear the defendant, judge or prosecutor, only the defendant’s
attorney on the mike and VERY LITTLE of that. Most were guilty, many went back
to jail.
Anyway
there was no decision in the case I was interested in. Just another date set for the trial.
BUT lemme
tell you I got an education. Court TV programs lie. Real life ain’t nothing
like I thought. If it wasn’t so serious with people’s lives, it would be a
joke.
HOWEVER
before court Sherry embarrassed the life out of me. You would have been shocked. There was a
young couple standing ten feet from us, smooching. I was beginning to think we would witness
some porn, so I turned away. Then Sherry started laughing OUT LOUD. I looked over
at the couple. The girl had been using a tissue between kisses. When I looked
she had the tissue hanging from one of her nostrils, both hands busy on the
boy, still talking. Her breath blowing the tissue. I tried to shush my girl
HONESTLY to no effect. She could not stop.
Then
she said to me, “YOU are the only one I have seen stick a tissue up your nose
and leave it, but not publicly, in a courthouse no less. Then she laughed
again. (NO respect!) LOL
Nite
Shipslog
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4 comments:
I served on the jury years ago. They brought in two vagrants in Court. The judge seemed to recognise one of them and asked, "Have you ever been up before me?" The vagrant replied, "I don't know your Honour. What time do you wake up?"
The Court official asked the man, "What's your address?" He replied, "No fixed abode!"
Then he asked the second vagrant, "What's your address?" He replied, "In the apartment above him!"
God bless.
Thankfully the only time I had to go to court was to do jury duty. It was eye opening for sure. I don't feel like I could ever judge another person, but this case had me wanting to convict this person. Thankfully, I was excused and didn't have to serve after all but I did catch a bad case of the flue while I was there. Hope I never have to go back again.
I've not been in a courtroom in years but was surprised by the seeming lack of ceremony. For sure, I wouldn't want to be standing in front of Judge Judy.
My father used to do that Kleenex up-the-nose thing, too, but I can't imagine a young person doing that in public. Too funny!
When I was on a jury, I was surprised at how small the courtroom actually was. It always seemed so much bigger when shown on TV.
betty
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