five to ten, or gimme the body

I have absolutely no idea what this means.

oh, sure, let Ron~"I know seven thousand words that hardly exist outside of my website"~Obvious stomp all over me too, Judge! ;)

Well, as mah delightful friend said it was all to do with sentencing, asking (evidentally too) elliptically whether you were going to release the prisoner on a writ of Habeas Corpus or lock him up for a 5 to 10 stretch for contempt of court. I'm glad you find him not guilty - it suggests the book may be worthy of our grey cells. Pedantry should be no bar.