Lawyers

A lawyer defending a man in New York accussed of burglary tried this creative defense...

Lawyer: My client merely inserted is arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself and I failed to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offence committed by his limb.

Judge: Well put. Using your logic, I sentence the defendant's arm to 5 years 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...

Moral:
Don't mess with the lawyers. Manipulation is their middle name!