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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 story either shows extreme ignorance on the part of a Juror, or it shows what a wonderful charm some lawyers exercise on a jury," said a 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 had committed the deed. But he had money and he retained re-tained the best lawyers. The two lawyers law-yers we will call White and Black, because be-cause White and Black are not their real names. The jury was made up largely of men who tilled the soil. They were of the honest sort. White and Black, especially White, so pre-, sented their client's case, telling how he could not do such a horrible deed, using their handkerchiefs occasionally in the telling, that the jurors were carried car-ried away and voted for acquittal. "Later I met one of tVe jurors and I said to him : 'Jones, why did you vote to acquit the prisoner The evidence evi-dence showed clearly that he was guilty.' "'Xo, sir, that man was not guilty.' said Jones. 'What makes you think so?' I countered. 'Whv, because Mr. White said he wasn't !' concluded Jones." |