Pat O'Flaherty, very palpably not a prohibitionist, was arrested in
Arizona recently, charged with selling liquor in violation of the
Prohibition law. But Pat had an impregnable defense. His counsel, in
addressing the jury, said:
Your Honor, gentlemen of the jury, look at the defendant.
A dramatic pause, then:
Now, gentlemen of the jury, do you honestly think that if the defendant had a quart of whiskey he would sell it?
The verdict, reached in one minute, was "Not guilty."