ziero0
18th April 2023, 03:44 AM
Baseball has rules. I was informed quite forcefully in 1957 wandering around the playground talking with a classmate that we had wandered into a portion of the field upon which a particular rule applied (no non-players on the field).
Court has similar rules. Players are segregated. Observers are players who must rise when the judge/jury enters or departs or anytime the bailiff actor commands ALL RISE. Alternatively he might command THOSE STANDING MUST BE SEATED. I am told that by being seated you are now in the private chamber of the judge whereas you rise into the public.
No cell phones, cameras or recorders. There is only one official record. Reality just confuses people and replays that question one reality just confuse others.
Hats off. Toothpicks out. No chewing gum (I made the last one up but this could be a rule). If you are a player this is your official badge of authority.
Players get to play in their own box. The jury gets a box. The judge gets an elevated box. The court recorder gets a corner table. The defendant and his counsel get a table. So does the plaintiff/prosecutor. Observers get a box behind the bar. Bailiff in front. And the entire room is a container/box. Innocently wandering in makes you a participant. If you don't want to play don't appear. You have been warned. His Honor believes this. So must you.
If you are there as an observer just observe. No booing permitted. No cheering. A gasp may be permitted but I suspect if all observers sat there nodding consistently or perhaps shaking their heads or if one side nodded or the other side shaked a foul would be called.
Street clothing are permitted. Colored jerseys would not be tolerated. If those for the defendant wore yellow and those for the plaintiff wore black the opinion of the jury might be unduly influenced. Synchronized clothing is a foul.
Hand gestures? Forget it. You might be seen as communicating with the jury. This is a foul.
Other behavior not tolerated? Picking your nose? Wiping your eyes? Adjusting your underwear?Topless? No socks? No shoes? No vaping? Taking medications? Pantomime? These all may be prohibited.
Here is a good one. Can more than one court operate at a time? I think this is possible with proper notice. Possibly if a spectator wears a baseball cap and gets informed he has to remove it and doesn't. Or if told he must rise and doesn't. This type of behavior is only tolerated by an inferior court when a superior court is handy. The bailiff will most likely be instructed by the inferior court to escort those attempting this to a meditation area where his body will be confined but his spirit will be allowed to probe reality on a diet of weiners and beans. Gutt Appetite!
These are just some random observations but if you don't know the rules then don't play (hint ...no players are in shackles or handcuffs or colored jerseys).
Court has similar rules. Players are segregated. Observers are players who must rise when the judge/jury enters or departs or anytime the bailiff actor commands ALL RISE. Alternatively he might command THOSE STANDING MUST BE SEATED. I am told that by being seated you are now in the private chamber of the judge whereas you rise into the public.
No cell phones, cameras or recorders. There is only one official record. Reality just confuses people and replays that question one reality just confuse others.
Hats off. Toothpicks out. No chewing gum (I made the last one up but this could be a rule). If you are a player this is your official badge of authority.
Players get to play in their own box. The jury gets a box. The judge gets an elevated box. The court recorder gets a corner table. The defendant and his counsel get a table. So does the plaintiff/prosecutor. Observers get a box behind the bar. Bailiff in front. And the entire room is a container/box. Innocently wandering in makes you a participant. If you don't want to play don't appear. You have been warned. His Honor believes this. So must you.
If you are there as an observer just observe. No booing permitted. No cheering. A gasp may be permitted but I suspect if all observers sat there nodding consistently or perhaps shaking their heads or if one side nodded or the other side shaked a foul would be called.
Street clothing are permitted. Colored jerseys would not be tolerated. If those for the defendant wore yellow and those for the plaintiff wore black the opinion of the jury might be unduly influenced. Synchronized clothing is a foul.
Hand gestures? Forget it. You might be seen as communicating with the jury. This is a foul.
Other behavior not tolerated? Picking your nose? Wiping your eyes? Adjusting your underwear?Topless? No socks? No shoes? No vaping? Taking medications? Pantomime? These all may be prohibited.
Here is a good one. Can more than one court operate at a time? I think this is possible with proper notice. Possibly if a spectator wears a baseball cap and gets informed he has to remove it and doesn't. Or if told he must rise and doesn't. This type of behavior is only tolerated by an inferior court when a superior court is handy. The bailiff will most likely be instructed by the inferior court to escort those attempting this to a meditation area where his body will be confined but his spirit will be allowed to probe reality on a diet of weiners and beans. Gutt Appetite!
These are just some random observations but if you don't know the rules then don't play (hint ...no players are in shackles or handcuffs or colored jerseys).