“- So even if I admit, between us, that I stole Father Jerome's watch, you won't drop my case? - My dear thief, you really don't understand my position... if there were no offenders there would hardly be any lawyers.... Now that I know you are guilty, I will work on your alibi...,” plate 28 from Les Gens De Justice 1846

This lithograph, plate 28 from Honoré Daumier's "Les Gens de Justice" (1846), depicts a humorous scene of a lawyer and his client. The lawyer, dressed in his robe, is assuring the client, who is holding a hat in his hand, that even if he admits to stealing Father Jerome's watch, his case will not be dropped. Daumier, a renowned caricaturist, used satire to highlight the absurdity of legal practices and the moral compromises often made in the pursuit of justice. The work is a powerful commentary on the French legal system of the time, capturing the essence of its contradictions and hypocrisies.