How Maudie Gufferston Skipped Jury Duty

I believe when we are call upon to serve our country we should step forward and accept the duty. Maudie Gufferston don't think that way. She runs a little notion shop and can be found sitting in her rocking chair watching over her merchandise twelve hours each day except Sunday. She hasn't missed work--according to her statement--in over thirty years. When she was called for jury duty in a murder case she read up on ways to evade duty and tried several things to escape being selected. She took books by very liberal and very conservative and displayed them to the lawyers asking questions of the jury pool. She winked at one of the attorneys for the defense so that the DA could see her. Nothing seemed to be taking affect because she was still sitting there after about half the people had been dismissed. What sealed the deal was when the defense attorney asked her if she believed in capital punishment and she said, "Only if they promise to use a guillotine." She was back sitting in her little shop within the hour.