"We always worry about this sort of stuff, the courthouse necessarily attracts lowlifes and crazies."
You find four types in a Courthouse:
Lawyers
Cops
People who work there
People who smell bad
Some people fill more than one of the above.
Some people fill more than one of the above.
Hey! Now just a damminute! I distinctly remember taking a shower and brushing my teeth before I had to appear!
Perhaps that's why they found me innocent, huh? (Guy assaulted my wife, therefore I assaulted him, in her defense. The perp then had the chutzpah to make charges against me... but the system actually worked in my case.)