"Thank you, sir," Purdy would continue: "In that event you
are entirely acceptable!"
Not long ago two shrewd Irish attorneys were engaged in
defending a client charged with an atrocious murder. The
defendant had the most Hebraic cast of countenance imaginable,
and a beard that reached to his waist. Practically the only
question which these lawyers put to the different talesmen
during the selection of the jury was, "Have you any prejudice
against the defendant on account of his race?" In due course
they succeeded in getting several Hebrews upon the jury who
managed in the jury-room to argue the verdict down from murder
to manslaughter in the second degree. As the defendant was
being taken across the bridge to the Tombs he fell on his
knees and offered up a heartfelt prayer such as could only
have emanated from the lips of a devout Roman Catholic.
Lawyers frequently secure the good-will of jurors (which may
last throughout the trial and show itself in the verdict) by
some happy remark during the early stages of the case.
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