<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>10,000 answer court summons - for fun
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Some of those who went to the Supreme Court's open house - its first at its current premises - got to attend a mock criminal trial at which the defendant was the Big Bad Wolf. -- PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->See you in court.
And more than 10,000 people responded to the 'order' and turned up at the Supreme Court yesterday.
In the end, they were all found guilty - of having fun in activities such as posing as criminals and lawyers for photos.
They had come for the court's open house, the first since it moved to its current premises at 1 Supreme Court Lane in 2005.
The two-day event, which ends today, features activities such as enactments of trials, legal talks and clinics.
Long queues of families and senior citizens formed half an hour before the event started at 10am yesterday.
Most wanted to attend a mock criminal trial entitled Who pushed Humpty?, in which the Big Bad Wolf was accused of the act.
The Wolf and Humpty Dumpty are characters in famous nursery rhymes and fairy tales.
Audience members were tickled by the humorous testimonies from witnesses Little Red Riding Hood and one of the Three Blind Mice.
'The enactment blended a bit of fun and educational content, and appealed to the audience of all ages,' said Mr Tan Teck Ming, 39, a lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic, who was there with his five-year-old son.
The event called The Living Courthouse ends today at 6pm. Admission is free.
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Huang Huifen
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Some of those who went to the Supreme Court's open house - its first at its current premises - got to attend a mock criminal trial at which the defendant was the Big Bad Wolf. -- PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->See you in court.
And more than 10,000 people responded to the 'order' and turned up at the Supreme Court yesterday.
In the end, they were all found guilty - of having fun in activities such as posing as criminals and lawyers for photos.
They had come for the court's open house, the first since it moved to its current premises at 1 Supreme Court Lane in 2005.
The two-day event, which ends today, features activities such as enactments of trials, legal talks and clinics.
Long queues of families and senior citizens formed half an hour before the event started at 10am yesterday.
Most wanted to attend a mock criminal trial entitled Who pushed Humpty?, in which the Big Bad Wolf was accused of the act.
The Wolf and Humpty Dumpty are characters in famous nursery rhymes and fairy tales.
Audience members were tickled by the humorous testimonies from witnesses Little Red Riding Hood and one of the Three Blind Mice.
'The enactment blended a bit of fun and educational content, and appealed to the audience of all ages,' said Mr Tan Teck Ming, 39, a lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic, who was there with his five-year-old son.
The event called The Living Courthouse ends today at 6pm. Admission is free.
