The friendship between Defendant Number One," Grace bowed to Arline, "and Defendant Number Two," she made a second bow to Ruth, "received a blow on the head which rendered it unconscious for some time.

It had no intention of dying, but both prisoners treated it with extreme cruelty, not allowing it to hold up its poor crippled head.

I ask you, Gentlemen of the jury, to consider well what shall be the penalty for assaulting and battering friendship with intent to kill.

Gentlemen of the jury, are you ready for the question ?" "We are," Grace answered for the jury in a deep voice that elicited little shrieks of laughter from her companions.
"What shall be the fate of these malefactors ?" demanded Grace in her prosecuting attorney voice, after the jury had rendered a verdict of guilty.

"Be deliberate in your decision, but don't be all night about it." "They shall be made to shake hands across the table or suffer the full penalty of the law," stated the judge.
"What is the full penalty of the law ?" "No dinner," was the prompt answer.
"Counsel for the defense, have you anything to say?
I should have asked you before sentence was pronounced, but it doesn't matter.