I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there
and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes.
I told him if he had stolen a railroad
he would be a United States Senator.
-Mother Jones

Hellraisers Journal, Sunday September 10, 1916
From The Masses: Irrelevant Evidence by Art Young

Attorney for the Defendant: “Your honor, the defendant was out of work. He has a sick wife and three small children.”

Prosecuting Attorney: “Your honor, I object. The evidence is irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial.”

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