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Show WAS GOOD ENOUGH REASON Accused Man's Lawyer Asserted His Client's Innocence, So What Was There for Jury to Do? "The following Klory cither chows extreme Ignomin'i on the purl of ?i Juror, or It sIiowh wliut n wonderful rtiiirin smile lawyers exercise on n Jury," wild u former marshal of n southern Indiana city. "A murder was committed and II was not Ioiik before wo had the' mail who we were sure had committed the deed. Hut he had money anil lie retained re-tained the best lawyers. The two lawyers law-yers we will call White arid Black, because be-cause While and Black are not their rial names. The Jury was made up largely of men who tilled the soil. Tiny were of the honest sort. White and Black, especially White, so re-j -entcd their client's case, telling how ho could not do such a horrible deed, nsinu their handkerchiefs occasionally in the t 1 1 1 1 1 lt. that the Jurors were carried car-ried away anil voted for ricrpiittal. "Later I met one of the Jurors and I said to him: 'Jones, why did you vole to acquit the prisoner The evidence evi-dence showed clearly that lie was CUllty.' "'No. sir, that man was not guilty.' said Jones. 'What makes you think i:' I countered. 'W'hv. because Mi'. White said he wasn't!' concluded Jones." |