Judge — February 18, 1928 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Two Cartoons on Judicial Satire **Top cartoon ("Foreman"):** A jury foreman announces a "not guilty" verdict to the judge, with the phrase "Whaddy ya know 'bout that?"—suggesting casual, almost flippant dismissal of serious proceedings. The satire mocks juries who reach verdicts without properly considering evidence, treating justice as a matter of opinion rather than careful deliberation. **Bottom cartoon ("Passerby"):** A man witnesses a bully and expresses outrage ("give that bully a piece of my mind"), but then undermines his own courage by wondering if the bully "has a telephone?"—implying he's too afraid to confront him directly and would need to call instead. This ridicules people who talk tough but lack actual courage to act. Both cartoons satirize American social behavior: judicial incompetence in the first, and hollow bluster masked as principle in the second.