Home For Sale Sign in Front of New House.

Compiled by london swaminathan

Date: 6 May 2016

Post No. 2786

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1).Evidence
Justice John M.Harlan once explained the intricacies of evidence to a young man. Usually in conflicting evidence one statement is far more probable than the other, so that we can easily decide easily which to believe. It is like the boy and the house hunter.

A house hunter getting off the train at a suburban station, said to a lad
“My boy, I am looking for Mr Smithson’s new block of semi-detached cottages. How far are they from here?”
“About twenty minutes’ walk from here”, the boy replied.
“Twenty minutes! Exclaimed the house hunter, nonsense, the advertisement says five.”
“Well”, said the boy, “you can believe me or the advertisement, but I am not trying to make a sale”.

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2).Eskimo pies (Chocolate coated Ice Cream)

In a case tried by the famous criminal lawyer, Samuel Leibowitz, the determining evidence was that of an alleged eye witness to the crime , one Brecht, who claimed to have been at the scene in the legitimate capacity of a seller of Eskimo pies.

Shortly after this testimony had been given, Leibowitz sent out and had brought into him some twenty Eskimo Pies, which he blandly distributed to the judge, the jury men, and others before the bar. The ice cream was eaten with appreciation and pleasure by all in the presence of the witness, who, still on the stand, was unaware of the significance of what was going on. By his failure to identify the objects being eaten, their wrappers, and his inability to explain how the pies had been kept from melting when he was selling them, Leibowitz proved the perjury and fraudulent pretensions of the witness and won the case.

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3).Witness Anecdotes
Two friendly enemies were involved in a lawsuit. The issue at stake was small, but each was determined to win. The day of the trial arrived. Mr Johnson, the party of the first part, came into the courtroom surrounded by a covey of witnesses for his side of the case.

A few minutes later, Logan, the other man involved, entered. Looking about, he spied Johnson with the witnesses.

Good Lord, Johnson, are these your witnesses?
They certainly are.
Well, in that case, I give up. You win! I have used these witnesses twice myself.

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4).Professional Pickpocket!

It is extraordinary to watch the occasional results of the fact that the prisoner before the bar is concerned only and strictly with the question of his guilt on the count charged and none other.

A peculiarly brazen piece of testimony was once given by a defendant under the charge of Samuel Leibowitz. The issue at stake was the question of a frame up. The great criminal lawyer was frank in his examination of the witness as Toni’s general character.

He questioned him thus:
What is your occupation?
Professional pickpocket
How long have you been a professional pickpocket?
Twenty four years.
If acquitted in this case, what will your occupation be in the future?
Professional pickpocket
He was acquitted.

Source for Anecdotes: Old Thesaurus of Anecdotes

–Subham–