Third, get it.

The merest duffer can usually succeed in following out the first two of these precepts, but to accomplish the third requires often a master's art.

The ability actually to get one's hands on the coin is what differentiates the really great criminal lawyer from his inconspicuous brethren.
The criminal attorney, therefore, whether he be called to see his client at the Tombs or in the police station, or is consulted in his own office, at once informs the latter that he is indeed in a parlous state.

He demonstrates to him conclusively that there exist but a few steps between him and the gallows, or at least the State's prison, and that his only hope lies in his procuring at once sufficient money to--first, get out on bail; second, buy off the witnesses; third, "fix" the police; fourth, "square" the judge; and lastly, pay the lawyer.

Even where the prisoner has no money himself, his family are usually ready to do what they can to get him off, in order to save themselves from the disgrace of being related to a convict.