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 Sr.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.: "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."

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Aggravated	Blow	Cause	Character
Commonly	Death	Ensued	Facts
Given	Homicide	Judges	Jury
Justifiable	Justify	Latter	Might
Return	Such	Verdict

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