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Show DARROW IS ON STAND Speaks as Own Counsel in Trial For Jury Bribery Brib-ery at Los Angeles Los Angeles. Feb 13. To twelve men sitting in judgment upon bis acts Clarence 8 Da.rroi . lawyer and author, au-thor, told today the story of bis hopes and ambitions ;is they ha o Mim-d him to action through 36 years of le gal practice He spoke as bis own counsel in the trial of second Jury bribery charge against him growing out of the McNamara trial It was the opening of the defense Darrow delivered de-livered and before he pluuged into the detail of tbe vujf already presented present-ed by the state he told briefly of his early life and of his years us a lawyer. law-yer. Fully a third of nil his practice, he said, had brought him no fees. He had become Interested in the labor problem years ago, he said, and much of his time had been devoted to it The Importunities of his friends, the lawyer said, had drawn him Into the McNamara case. He had viewed the request that he assume the direction of the defense with hesitnncy but had been persuaded to undertake It. Darrow then tooir up the charges against him. outlining what he expected expect-ed to prove by witnesses to be called hy the defense |