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Kaffis Mark V
PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:03 pm 
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BOSTON -- Duty calls for an East Boston resident.

Someone is getting called for jury duty...but it's no human.

A family is trying to figure out how their pet cat was summonsed for jury duty.

“I said, Sal, what’s this? You know, I don’t believe it I was shocked,” said Guy Esposito, Sal’s owner.

Sal’s owners, Guy and Anna Esposito, think they may know the source of the mix up: Sal really is a member of the family, so on the last Census form, Anna Esposito listed him under “pets”.

“I just wrote ‘Sal Esposito’, scratched out the ‘dog,’ and wrote, ‘cat,’” said Anna.

Anna filed for Sal’s disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.

Sal’s service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23, 2010. Anna said that if the issue isn’t cleared up by then, she will simply have to bring the cat to court.

Bold mine.

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LOL

I wouldn't try to clear it up anymore than that. I'd bring the letter and the cat in, and have some fun.
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Sal’s service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23, 2010.

Would be interesting to see the follow-up on this - did they actually bring the cat to court? Did hilarity ensue?
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The cat won't be allowed into the building, because it's not a service animal. Sal will be fined for not appearing, and may even be found in contempt of court.

This is my prediction.

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What type of pussy wouldn't show up for jury duty when called?

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Don't you have to be at least 18 to serve on a jury? How old is the cat?

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In cat years?

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Heh. Bring in the vet records, and then complain that not only did they summon a cat, but it's an underage one. ;)

But I was up all night coughing. I'm at the point of tiredness where that thought is WAY too amusing.

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On the gubbamint side of things, the Jury Commissioners get so many excuses every working day that any excuse requires some form of paperwork to be considered valid.

Do bring in the paperwork, the cat, and ask for an interpreter that understands cat fluently. Explain that the cat has not chosen to learn English and may have problems understanding the case. The cat may also be easily swayed by whichever side provides the best cat food.

I was thanked and excused (for a few months) from jury duty last week because I knew the defendant's lawyer. I laughed when the lawyers walked in.

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Micheal wrote:
and ask for an interpreter that understands cat fluently


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