English Original
A judge was instructing the jury that a witness should not be automatically considered untruthful simply because he changed his statement after giving it to the police.
"For example," he said, "when I entered my chambers today, I was certain my gold watch was in my pocket. But then I remembered I had left it on my nightstand."
That evening, the judge's wife asked him, "Why the urgency for your watch? Wasn't sending three men to fetch it a bit extreme?"
"What?" replied the judge. "I didn't send anyone, let alone three men. What did you do?"
"I gave it to the first man," said his wife. "He knew exactly where it was."
中文翻译
一位法官正在指导陪审团，不能仅仅因为证人在向警方提供证词后改变了说法，就自动认为他不诚实。
"举个例子，"他说，"今天当我走进办公室时，我确信我的金表在口袋里。但后来我想起来，我把它落在卧室的床头柜上了。"
那天晚上，法官的妻子问他："为什么这么急着要你的表？派三个人去取是不是有点太夸张了？"
"什么？"法官回答，"我没派任何人去，更别说三个人了。你做了什么？"
"我把表给了第一个人，"他的妻子说，"他清楚地知道表在哪里。"