New Bailiff Tired Of Hearing How Old Bailiff Did Things

FLAGSTAFF, AZ—Deputy Benjamin H. Weaver, court bailiff of the Flagstaff Municipal Courthouse, has grown weary of the constant comparisons to recently retired bailiff Leo Cessna. “I don’t care if Deputy Leo always let you use the bathroom during opening arguments—I’m not Leo,” the 34-year-old Weaver told jurors Tuesday. “I’m not Leo, I’ve never been Leo, and I can never be Leo, okay?” After the session, court stenographer Judy Rayburn tried to comfort Weaver, telling the shaken bailiff that it took years for the judges to accept her way of using semicolons.