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Show I'liotogrnpliy In the Court ICoom. The adaptation of photography to legal urn's in tho newL'St tiling in tho trade. A (Inn of Droadway camera experts are doing do-ing a thriving business photographing letters and documents for lawyers to uso in their cases, of doing up views of buildings, interiors of rooms, objects of furniture and tho lilio, to help tho learned counselors make their cases plain to tho gentlemen of the jury. Asthoaverago lawyer's powers of graphic description aro not very great, this latter branch of tho business should bo of decided advantage. advan-tage. Tho sceno of a murder or a suicide, sui-cide, tho window by which a burglar forced an entrance, or tho louk lio burHt to get into a bank, aro very important parts of a criminal trial. Heretofore description de-scription has been tho jury's only reliance reli-ance in tho matter. Now the unerring eye of tho photographic lens will servo them as a silent witness. New York News. |