A TALE OF A DISGRACED POLICE LIEUTENANT

A police officer was driving through an old part of town when he saw a former lieutenant on foot. The officer stopped and asked, “Hey, Pat, this isn’t your new beat, is it?”

 Pat said, “Unfortunately, it is – ever since I arrested a judge on the way to a costume ball.” “Why did you do that?” asked the officer.

Answered the former lieutenant, sadly, “How was I to know that his convict suit was only a costume?” The officer thought about it for a moment and said, “Well, I suppose it is best never to book a judge by his cover.”