On Christmas Eve, a burglar broke into the home of a prominent local lawyer. The thief took all the lawyer's Christmas gifts from under the tree but left the packages for the wife and children alone. As the criminal was leaving the house, he was apprehended by a policeman. He confessed to what he had done but told the policeman that he couldn't be arrested.
The policeman asked why, and the thief responded, “Because the law states that I'm entitled to the presents of an attorney.”