50wordstories.ca » courtroom https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Surprise Witness https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=214 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=214#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:20:40 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=214 “How does the defendant plead?”

Just then, the defendant got up and announced:

“Not guilty, your honor, on account of my wife not being dead after all!”

Before anyone could object, the doors to the courtroom flew open, and an obviously zombified woman walked in.

“My love!” said the defendant.

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