The key question, for me, would be: What size are the "cheap" pants? If they're the same size as the others, then the odds are that the judge tried to pull a fast one, bringing in cheap pants in place of expensive ones he'd lost or ruined, and hoping to get a free suit out of the deal (and hassle people he'd had trouble with before). If the pants are a different size, then it's likely that the shop owners really did lose his pants. I'd order them to buy him a brand new Hickey Freeman suit (could run them $1,600) and I'd order him to pay court costs.
Color me suspicious...
Date: 2007-06-13 03:42 pm (UTC)Case dismissed.