A lawyer defending a man in New York accused of burglary tried this creative defense: 

"My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles Your Honour.

His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offence committed by  his limb?"

                "Well put," the judge replied.

"Using your logic, I sentence the defendant's arm to 5 year's imprisonment!

               He can accompany it or not, as he chooses."