Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 25, DeMotte, Jasper County, 12 January 1933 — ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH [ARTICLE]

ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH

The case was just finished, and the man in the dock had been sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. The following day the prisoner’s lawyer called on his client in prison to arrange an appeal. “You’re a fine lawyer, you are,” said the prisoner contemptuously. “Why, all through ,the case you kept saying, ‘Your honor, 1 object.’ ” “I know I didL” returned the lawyer. “You ‘had tlie benefit of my best legal efforts.” “Then, when the judge sentenced me to ten years, why didnVyou object to that?”