Legal humour?

antiskeptic

I'm sure there's a few funny stories to told out there. This one from a visit to the district court on motoring offences.




With some difficulty in pronouncing it, the clerk calls out a defendent's name: the guy's a foreign national. A man of about 50 stands up from his seat and shuffles forward a few steps - then stops in the aisle. Judge peers up, tells the man to step forward to the defendents box - but the man just kind of shrugs his shoulders and says.. "No EEnglessh??"

After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing it's established that the man is from Poland. So the Judge addresses the public: "Is there anyone in the court who can speak Polish" - which sees a young, well-dressed man step up. "Yes, your h-onour, I can speak good Englush"



Judge to Young Man: Could you address the defendent and ask him why it was he was driving without motor insurance?

Young Man to Defendent: Sędzia pyta Dlaczego byłeś jazdy bez ubezpieczenia ?

The defendent furrows his brow, shuffles around a bit and ponders this..



Defendent to Young Man: Powiedz mu, że nie wiedziałem, że potrzebuję ubezpieczenia. To w Polska nie jest obowiązkowy ubezpieczenie samochodu.


Young Man to Judge: Your h-onour. He says that he didn't know he needed motor insurance. He says that in Poland it's not compulsory to have it.

The defendent has relaxed a bit now and is looking genially at the Judge...


Judge to the Young Man: You're from Poland yourself I take it? Is it compulsory to have motor insurance??

Young man to Judge. Yes your h-onour. I am and it is...


Smilingly, partaking in the laughter than has broken out in court, the defendent looks quizically to the young man for a translation...