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Show WAS GOOD ENOUGH REASON Accused Man's Lawyer Asserted Hla Client's Innocence, So What Waa There for Jury to Do? "The following atory either shows aXtreUM Ignorance on the part of a Juror, or It shows what a wonderful l charm some lawyers exercise on n Jury," said n former marshal of a southern Indiana city. "A murder was committed and It was not long before we had the man who we were sure bad committed the I deed. But he had money ami he retained re-tained the best lawyers. The two law- j yers we will call White and Black, be-can-e White and Hindi' ore not their ' real mimes. The Jury was made up 1 largely of men who tilled the soil. They were of the honest sort. White and Hluck. especially White, so pre- i sented their client's case, telling how I he could not do such a horrible deed, using their handkerchiefs occasionally I in the telling, that the Jurors wore car- I rled away and voted for acquittal. "Later I met one of the Jurors and I said to him : 'Jones, why did you J vote to acquit the prisoner The evl- dance showed clearly that he was gulli.v "'No, sir, that man was not guilty,' said Jones. 'What makes you think hoV I countered, 'Why, because Mr. White said he wasn't!' concluded Jones." |