A lawyer defending a man in New York accused of burglary tried this creative defense:
“My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles Your Honour. His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offence committed by his limb?”
“Well put,” the judge replied. “Using your logic, I sentence the defendant’s arm to 5 year’s imprisonment! He can accompany it or not, as he chooses.”
The defendant smiled.
With his lawyer’s assistance… he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, and walked out.
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