A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes
   
Oliver Wendell Holmes   Name:
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
American
Birth:
August 29, 1809
Death:
October 8, 1894
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