A police motorcycle officer stops a driver for shooting through a red light.
The driver is a real ?bar steward?, steps out of his car and comes striding
toward the officer, demanding to know why he is being harassed by the
Gestapo!So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation. The motorist
instantly goes on a tirade, questioning the officer's ancestry, sexual
orientation, etc., in rather explicit offensive terms.The tirade goes on
without the officer saying a dickybird.
When the officer finishes writing the ticket he puts an "AH" in the lower
right corner of the narrative portion of the ticket. He then hands it to the
'violator' for his signature.
The bloke signs the ticket angrily, and when presented with his copy
points to the "AH" and demands to know what it stands for.The officer says,
"That's so when we go to court, I'll remember that
you're an arsehole."
Two months later they're in court. The 'violator' has a bad driving record
and he has a heap of points and is in danger of losing his licence, so he
hired a barrister to represent him.
On the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run through the red
light.Under cross examination the barrister for the defence asks;
"Officer is this a reasonable facsimile of the ticket that you issued to my
client?"
The police officer replies: "Yes, sir, that is the defendant's copy, his
signature and mine, same number at the top."
Barrister: "Officer, is there any particular marking or notation on this
ticket you don't normally make?"
"Yes, sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative there is an "AH,"
underlined."
"What does the "AH" stand for, officer?"
"Aggressive and hostile, Sir."
"Aggressive and hostile?"
"Yes, Sir.?
"Officer, are you sure it doesn't stand for arsehole?"
?Well, sir, you know your client better than I do.?
How often can one get a lawyer to convict his own client ?
The driver is a real ?bar steward?, steps out of his car and comes striding
toward the officer, demanding to know why he is being harassed by the
Gestapo!So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation. The motorist
instantly goes on a tirade, questioning the officer's ancestry, sexual
orientation, etc., in rather explicit offensive terms.The tirade goes on
without the officer saying a dickybird.
When the officer finishes writing the ticket he puts an "AH" in the lower
right corner of the narrative portion of the ticket. He then hands it to the
'violator' for his signature.
The bloke signs the ticket angrily, and when presented with his copy
points to the "AH" and demands to know what it stands for.The officer says,
"That's so when we go to court, I'll remember that
you're an arsehole."
Two months later they're in court. The 'violator' has a bad driving record
and he has a heap of points and is in danger of losing his licence, so he
hired a barrister to represent him.
On the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run through the red
light.Under cross examination the barrister for the defence asks;
"Officer is this a reasonable facsimile of the ticket that you issued to my
client?"
The police officer replies: "Yes, sir, that is the defendant's copy, his
signature and mine, same number at the top."
Barrister: "Officer, is there any particular marking or notation on this
ticket you don't normally make?"
"Yes, sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative there is an "AH,"
underlined."
"What does the "AH" stand for, officer?"
"Aggressive and hostile, Sir."
"Aggressive and hostile?"
"Yes, Sir.?
"Officer, are you sure it doesn't stand for arsehole?"
?Well, sir, you know your client better than I do.?
How often can one get a lawyer to convict his own client ?