Judge — June 10, 1922 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Explanation of the Cartoon This **Judge** magazine cover from June 10, 1922 shows a satirical scene captioned: "Yer fined $10 fer shootin' a revenue officer—on Sunday." The cartoon depicts two men: one seated (appearing disheveled or rough), the other standing as an authority figure smoking a cigar, apparently a judge or official. The joke plays on **Prohibition-era enforcement** (1920-1933). The humor relies on the absurdity that shooting a federal revenue officer—a serious crime—merits only a minor $10 fine, but the *real* offense emphasized is committing this crime on Sunday, a sacred day. This satirizes both the era's Prohibition enforcement and the selective moral outrage about breaking religious observance versus actual violence. The caption's dialect suggests rural or working-class speech.