Chapter I: Introduction: iii

I.--A NIGHT COURT 3

II.--THE CIVIL COURT 21

III.--THE JUDGE 39

IV.--THE ANXIOUS JURY 57

V.--THE STRENUOUS LAWYER 75

VI.--THE WORRIED CLIENT 93

VII.--PROGRAMS AND PLEADINGS 111

VIII.--PICKING THE JURY 129

IX.--OPENING THE CASE 149

X.--THE CONFUSED WITNESS 165

XI.--THOSE TECHNICAL OBJECTIONS 183

XII.--THE MOVEMENTS IN COURT 201

XIII.--ELOCUTION 219

XIV.--THE HEAVY CHARGE 235

XV.--THE TRUE VERDICT 251

XVI.--LOOKING BACKWARD 265