Wendy, a 19-year-old college student, is appearing before Judge Holder in Circuit Court. She enters a plea of "not guilty" in a case where she’s charged with grand larceny by spending over $1,000 with a stolen credit card. Wendy says she found the credit card in a pocketbook left on a chair in a restaurant. The judge sets the bail at $1,000.

Weeks later, when Wendy again appears before Judge Holder, she stands with her sister, Wanda. The girls, dressed exactly alike and with the same hairdo, are identical twins.

The judge knows he isn’t seeing double, but he’s not sure which of the girls appeared before him during the original bond-setting.

"It was me, your honor," says Wendy, raising her hand, "I was the one who entered the 'not guilty' plea."

"Why did you bring your sister here today?" the judge asks.

"Because she’s the one who used the credit card, not me, it was Wanda," says Wendy.

The judge, looking irritated, raises the bond to $5,000. "And why were you unable to appear in my courtroom as required?" Judge Holder asks.

Flickering her eyelashes, Wanda says, "I had a final exam in economics that day and couldn’t make it, so my sister came for me."

With that comment, Judge Holder moves from irritated to furious. Meanwhile, Wendy covers her mouth while she giggles — loud enough for all to hear.

"Oh, you think this is funny, do you?" thunders the judge. "What you’ve both done here is commit a fraud against my court! Therefore, I’m further increasing your bond to $50,000."

Instantly, Wanda turns to her sister saying, "Now look what you’ve done, you low-down @#$%&, how am I ever going to raise that kind of money?"

At last report, the bond was raised to $250,000 and both girls were taken into custody for contempt of court. Looks like a dreary Christmas for Wendy and Wanda.