Pardon my French

This one's too good to pass up. It's from yesterday's Chicago Tribune:

Beach stabbing suspect's French throws judge

Tribune staff reports
Published July 29, 2005, 3:12 PM CDT

A bond hearing today for a man charged with stabbing a woman at Oak Street Beach was delayed after the suspect walked into a Chicago courtroom and spoke to a judge in French, CLTV reported.

Taken aback, Criminal Court Judge Colleen Ann Hyland rescheduled the hearing for Monday and ordered Herbert Haraburd, 45, to undergo a mental health evaluation this weekend at Cermak Health Services at Cook County Jail.

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Really, now. French. Sheesh.