Cat ordered to do jury service!

[biglin]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8264782/Cat-ordered-to-do-jury-service.html

Cat ordered to do jury service

A cat has been summoned to do jury service, even after his owners told the court he was "unable to speak and understand English".

5:44PM GMT 17 Jan 2011

Anna Esposito, wrote to Suffolk Superior Crown Court in Boston, US, to explain that a mistake had been made, but a jury commissioner replied saying the cat, named Tabby Sal, "must attend" on March 23.

Mrs Esposito had included a letter from her vet confirming that the cat was "a domestic short-haired neutered feline".

Tabby Sal had been entered by Mrs Esposito under the 'pets' section of the last census. "When they ask him guilty or not guilty? What's he supposed to say - miaow?" She said.

"Sal is a member of the family so I listed him on the last Census form under pets but there has clearly been a mix-up."

A website for the US judicial system states that jurors are "not expected to speak perfect English".

[sadie]

I think my Great Dane would make a better showing and would do more than just sit there and lick itself.

[beez0811]

I love my Jago, but we'd be screwed if he was selected for jury duty!

[Erasmus]

I worked for somebody once who made a sizeable income registering off-shore companies for £300 annually instead the £500 legal firms charged and regularly included CP (Crack-Pot) Duffet as one of the Beneficial Owners, that being their long-hair Golden Retriever that spent most of his time in the showroom/shop on his back with legs splayed for Suzi to stand on his very obvious and wriggle her foot...

[iamjumbo]

i really don't think that the cat will do any worse than some human jurors. the simpson jury would have been much better with twelve goats