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• Carlson was charged with stealing a Mercedes Benz, and after a long trial, the jury aquitted him.
  Later that day Carlson came back to the judge who had presided at the hearing....
• Syadov walks into the Moscow health clinic and asks to see an ear-and-eye doctor.
  The nurse explains to him that there isn't a specialist in those two areas at the clinic, but tells him that they have an eye-doctor AND an ear, nose, and throat man....
• You seem to have more than the average share of intelligence for a man of your background," sneered the lawyer at a witness on the stand.
  "If I wasn't under oath, I'd return the compliment," replied the witness....
• A judge in a semi-small city was hearing a drunk-driving case and the defendent, who had both a record and a reputation for driving under the influence, demanded a jury trial.
  It was nearly 4 p.m. and getting a jury would take time, so the judge called a recess and went out in the hall looking to impanel anyone available for jury duty....
• It had to happen sooner or later. Lawyer Dobbins was wheeled into the emergency room on a stretcher, rolling his head in agony.
  Doctor Green came over to see him. "Dobbins," he said, "What an honor....