Judge — November 24, 1928 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Explanation for Modern Readers This page contains two Judge magazine cartoons satirizing law enforcement and authority. **Top cartoon ("She was not easily led"):** Shows a woman resisting arrest or control by multiple men, including what appears to be a judge or official figure. The satire likely mocks judicial or law enforcement overreach, or comments on resistance to male authority. **Bottom cartoon ("New Cop"):** A newly appointed police officer observes suspicious activity near a gate marked "SATE" (possibly "STATE"). His naive comment—wondering if he should report fellow officers to police—is self-satirizing. The joke appears to mock either police incompetence, corruption among officers, or the absurdity of institutional accountability when police investigate police. Both cartoons suggest skepticism toward legal and law enforcement institutions, characteristic of early-20th-century Judge satire.