Jury - A group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

Judge - A law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Lawyer - One who protects us against robbers by taking away the temptation.

The theory seems to be that so long as a man is a failure he is one of God's chillun, but that as soon as he has any luck he owes it to the Devil.