Category: Lawyer Jokes
 

      A man chosen for jury duty tried in vain to get out of serving.
      
      He pleaded sickness, prior commitments, pressure of work, the death of a distant cousin, but when all else had failed, he made one last desperate attempt just as the trial was about to begin.
      
      Having been granted permission to approach the bench, he told the judge: "Your honour, I must be excused from this trial because I am prejudiced against the defendant. I took one look at the man in the blue suit with those beady eyes and that dishonest face, and I said straight away: 'He's a crook. He's guilty.' So you see, your honour, there is no way that I can be on that jury and guarantee a fair trial."
      
      "Get back in the jury box," barked the judge impatiently. "That man is his lawyer!"