pcl_0534_086_06_14

Puddleby Court Log: 86 Winter, year 534 of The Ascendancy. 06:14

In the matter of Syd v Chum, accused of “Ill dressing.”

Before the jurors: Cid, Lilit, Manticore, MikeyD'z, Otter, Pinguis, Tserr'tsee, Victor

With Bellafae serving as Bailiff.
To all who read these precepts, the following transcript of this trial is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.
Clera, reporting.

[Haengemie] <standard pre-trial court briefing>
[Syd] Greetings members of the jurey! I am hear today to sue Chum for Dressing horribly. His clothes hurt my eyes.
[Syd] Look at him, members of the jurey.
[Syd] Only sick men can dress so ill as thus.
[Syd] He should be locked away.
[Syd] His clothes are waaay out of fashion.
[Syd] I think we should lock him up and throw away the key.
[Syd] witness: tenrec
[Haengemie] Thank you, Syd
[Haengemie] Tenrec, please approach the witness railing, to the Northeast of the jury box. You have 15 seconds.
[Haengemie] Chum, you have 90 seconds to speak.
[Chum] I'm getting fashio ncharges from a guy who looks like a relic from 4 decades ago?
[Chum] white t-shirt and blue jeans? C'mon!
[Chum] Plus, I'm not sure it's a crime to dress how you like.
[Chum] I think Syd's just wasting the court's resources, again.
[Chum] which sort-of ticks me off, a little.
[Chum] witness:elenis
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Chum] hello?
[Chum] sorry.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Chum
[Haengemie] Tenrec, please approach the witness railing, to the Northeast of the jury box. You have 15 seconds.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Tenrec. You have been calledto testify in this matter, please state the pertinant facts to the jury.
[Haengemie] Tenrec, you have 90 seconds to speak.
[Tenrec] Chum is a disgrace to the well-dressed citizens of puddelby. Look at his dirty clothes... he must have got them from a dumpster
[Tenrec] them from a dumpster
[Tenrec] I am blind in one eye from Chum's ill dressing.
[Tenrec] I was so shocked when I first saw him that I had to run to the blacksmith's to poke out my eye
[Tenrec] Frankly, I am apalled at his ill dressing and smelliness. he is a lousy drunk.
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Tenrec] You all saw him take a drink and shamble around in here
[Tenrec] Thats all I have to say
[Haengemie] Thank you, Tenrec
[Haengemie] Syd, you have 120 seconds to speak.
[Syd] First off, there is nothing wrong with drinking!@
[Syd] Drinking rules, just ask us dwarves.
[Bellafae] He's arguing with his own witness???
[Syd] Bellafae, stop thinking out loud.
[Syd] Well, just look at him.
[Syd] His clothing is so horrid.
[Syd] I am sure, Chums clothing has dampered your vision as mine.
[Syd] I am sorry if this is a "waste of time" but i would just like to see such a disgrace locked up.
[Syd] Thank you memebers of the jury.
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Syd] witness: atomical
[Haengemie] Thank you, Syd
[Haengemie] Atomical, please approach the witness railing, to the Northeast of the jury box. You have 15 seconds.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Atomical. You have been calledto testify in this matter, please state the pertinant facts to the jury.
[Haengemie] Atomical, you have 120 seconds to speak.
[Atomical] hello
[Atomical] hello
[Atomical] hiya Jury
[Atomical] Well first off I just have to say that
[Atomical] Well first off I just have to say that...
[Atomical] tum woves me.....he is my favorite PMs......I rewly rewly wike him...
[Atomical] I just love that nice clean shirt he wares
[Atomical] pretty sharp, for a shabby old man
[Atomical] CHUM KICKS ASS
[Atomical] chum is just my fav
[Atomical] he is so so so funwe
[Atomical] If chum is guilty of anything it is woving me
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Atomical] So tum stop woving so much
[Atomical] I am innocent
[Atomical] I tell you
[Atomical] I didn't do it
[Haengemie] Thank you, Atomical
[Atomical] ahhhh
[Atomical] leave me alone
[Haengemie] Chum, you have 120 seconds to speak.
[Chum] ROFL! Atomical standing up for me. I don't know what to say...
[Chum] Ok, look, here's the deal...
[Chum] Syd's basically wasting everyone's time, because he thinks it's funny to bring Chum to court.
[Chum] He's wasting your time, he's wasting my time. And frankly, I don't appreciate it.
[Chum] I was going to call a witness, but that would just waste more time.
[Chum] I urge yout to put an end to this BS and vote FRIVOLOUS, with max jail time.
[Chum] Frivolous.
[Chum] Max jail time.
[Chum] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Chum
[Haengemie] <standard jury verdict briefing>
[Bellafae] Bellafae hands Haengemie the jury's verdict.


  Votes innocent: 0
  Votes guilty: 1
  Votes frivolous: 7
  Abstaining: 0

[Haengemie] Syd this court has found your case frivolous.
[Haengemie] <standard jury sentence briefing>
[Haengemie] Jury, please note: one prior conviction in the past year.
[Haengemie] And, because I find the friviolity of this case to be contemptuous,...
[Haengemie] I'm going to double the maximum penalty (120 min/1000 c) , and suggest that the jury recommend a stiff sentence.
[Haengemie] Jurors, you should take Syd's record into account when deciding what sentence to recommend.
[Bellafae] Bellafae hands Haengemie the jury's sentencing recommendation.


  Total recommended jail time: 980 min
  Total recommended fine: 3520c
  Total jurors: 8
  Avg recommended jail/fine: 122 min/440c

[Haengemie] Syd, you are hereby sentenced to spend 122 minutes in the Puddleby jail,
[Haengemie] and fined 440 coins.

Court adjourned at 7:45 on 86 Winter, 534