Court Shockingly Refuses To Accept Money From Defendants' Disgusting Underwear

What could have happened to necessitate these signs being posted?

— Signs found taped to a window near York County Magisterial District Court Judge Ronald J. Haskell’s courtroom in York, Pennsylvania.

(What could have happened to necessitate these signs being posted?)

Alas, no one actually knows why these signs were put up, as Judge Haskell was unavailable for comment when this story first hit the news, but “similar issues aren’t unheard of in York County courts.” According to other magisterial judges, litigants have come to court in York County dressed inappropriately from time to time. Here’s some additional coverage on the story from the from the York Daily Record:

As for the note at Haskell’s court advising visitors that money taken from undergarments will not be accepted, [Judge Thomas J. Reilly] said, “That’s certainly a dandy of a policy there, not that I ever thought I’d see the day when you’d have to have a policy like that.”

Reilly said that’s also not an issue his court has experienced, but if it were a problem he would say something about it.

District Judge Scott Laird said his court used to be located across the street from a swimming pool, and so his staff has dealt with people taking money from their bathing suit top or something similar to pay fines.

“The staff might not like to have to deal with things like that, but again, currency is currency,” Laird said. “The bottom line is if someone’s there to pay a fine, I don’t see how you can turn that away.”

Currency may be currency — and in fact, most people know it’s touched some nasty things in the past — but no one wants to handle money directly after it’s been fished out of someone’s undergarments. Eww.

Sign warns against pajamas in court [York Daily Record]
Judge: no pajamas, no money from underwear in court [Boing Boing]
Pajamas Are Not Appropriate Attire for District Court [Lawyerist]

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