Eloquent lawyer makes obviously guilty client doubt his own guilt.
Humor. · Humor of social classes. · Humor dealing with professions. · Jokes on lawyers. · view the constellation · filed as X319.1
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference
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- general Canada, U.S.: *Baughman.
Within the index
Filed under Miscellaneous jokes about lawyers.
Carried in tale types
- Doubts his own Guilt · ATU 1860C1 recorded variant