Chapter XLII

           Thetrialmovedon.OnewitnessfortheprosecutionafteranotherfolloweduntiltheStatehadbuiltupanarraignmentthatsatisfiedShannonthathehadestablishedCowperwood’sguilt,whereuponheannouncedthatherested.Stegeratoncearoseandbeganalongargumentforthedismissalofthecaseonthegroundthattherewasnoevidencetoshowthis,thatandtheother,butJudgePaydersonwouldhavenoneofit.Heknewhowimportantthematterwasinthelocalpoliticalworld.

           "Idon’tthinkyouhadbettergointoallthatnow,Mr.Steger,"hesaid,wearily,afterallowinghimtoproceedareasonabledistance."Iamfamiliarwiththecustomofthecity,andtheindictmentasheremadedoesnotconcernthecustomofthecity.Yourargumentiswiththejury,notwithme.Icouldn’tenterintothatnow.Youmayrenewyourmotionatthecloseofthedefendants’case.Motiondenied."

           District–AttorneyShannon,whohadbeenlisteningattentively,satdown.Steger,seeingtherewasnochancetosoftenthejudge’smindbyanysubtletyofargument,returnedtoCowperwood,whosmiledattheresult.

           "We’lljusthavetotakeourchanceswiththejury,"heannounced.

           "Iwassureofit,"repliedCowperwood.

           Stegerthenapproachedthejury,and,havingoutlinedthecasebrieflyfromhisangleofobservation,continuedbytellingthemwhathewassuretheevidencewouldshowfromhispointofview.

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