THE MAN WHO STOLE 40,000 COAT HANGERS. This excerpt from a trial transcript is wonderful (link via Instapundit). In fact, it seems too good to be true, It reminds me of the wonderful fictional legal opinions of the law reformer A.P. Herbert. Fardell v. Potts, which examines the contention that “legally at least there IS no reasonable woman”, concludes, “I find that at Common Law, a reasonable woman does not exist.” Rex v. Haddock contains memorable dicta, such as “It cannot be too clearly understood that this is NOT a free country, and it will be an evil day for the legal profession when it is. The citizens of London must realize that there is almost nothing they are allowed to do” and “People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.”
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I think it it too good to be true. One of the comments to the original post notes that the author, Miles Kingston, was a humorist, the defendant talks a bit like Mr. Haddock, and the judge sounds like some of A. P. Herbert’s judges. I’ve seen one of Herbert’s fictional cases cited as though it were real, in Martin Mayer’s book about lawyers.