“Gentlemen of the Jury.”

A man who was in court because he had knocked down and injured a pedestrian with his car said in his defence that he was only driving at four miles an hour at the time of the accident.

Whereupon the counsel for the victim countered with:

“Gentlemen of the jury, the driver of the car has just stated that he was travelling at only four miles an hour at the time of impact. Think of it! The long agony of my poor unfortunate client, the victim, as the car drove slowly over her body!”

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