I smiled at the pretended generosity of these legal cronies, and said to myself, "Thank you for nothing." Mr.Thomas Jackson's exit made no practical difference.

I felt, I will not say that the jury was packed, but that it was admirably adapted to the end in view.

Ours being the only case for trial that day, it was not difficult to accomplish this result.

A friend of mine said to one of the officers of the court before I entered the dock, "Well, how is the case going to-day ?" "Oh," was the prompt reply, "they are sure to convict." He knew the character of the jury.
Some of the "twelve men and true" had not even the decency to attend to the proceedings.

One was timed by a friend in court--dead asleep for sixty minutes.