Clever interpretation of judge's statement

Motif

Clever interpretation of judge's statement.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness in the lawcourt – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1193

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Filed under Cleverness in the lawcourt – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Killing the fly on the judge's nose. The judge has told the boy that he should kill a fly wherever he sees one The value of a blow. A judge awards damages of a penny against a friend of his for giving a blow. The defendant goes to get the money and is gone long. Meanwhile the plaintiff gives the judge a blow and tells him to use the penny as damages

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Reductio ad absurdum of judgment The bribed judge Judge frightened into awarding decision Judge finds offense is not great when it is his own son who is guilty. [Inadvertant duplication of U21.5.] Pardon in return for confession

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