. The thirteenth juror : a tale out of court . -parently gave him a new lease of life, and heinvariably welcomed the returning Bench and Barwith all the vigor and heartiness of a man in theprime of life. Certainly there was no keener observer in FraserCounty than Peter Reeve as he sat on his impro-vised rostrum, pipe in hand, beaming a bene-diction on his assembled guests. He knew everyman in the place and just what had brought himthere; he could name every juror who had sat onany case of importance during the past thirtyyears, and give the inside history of his verdict;he was generally famili
. The thirteenth juror : a tale out of court . -parently gave him a new lease of life, and heinvariably welcomed the returning Bench and Barwith all the vigor and heartiness of a man in theprime of life. Certainly there was no keener observer in FraserCounty than Peter Reeve as he sat on his impro-vised rostrum, pipe in hand, beaming a bene-diction on his assembled guests. He knew everyman in the place and just what had brought himthere; he could name every juror who had sat onany case of importance during the past thirtyyears, and give the inside history of his verdict;he was generally familiar with the claims of thelitigants long before they reached the court-room;and there were not many lawyers who could tellhim anything he did not already know concerningthe private affairs of their clients. For instance, as he peered through the gather-ing haze of tobacco smoke, he knew exactly whatwas troubling the frail little man who, note-bookin hand, was hovering on the outskirts of the widecircle surrounding the stove. David Gedney and 6. Gedney implored other litigants to concede him the right of wayon the jury calendar AN APPEARANCE he had been friends since the day when the firmof Gedney & Son first started in business justacross the State line, and he had seen that businessexpand and prosper until it began to threaten thegigantic Farm Supply Company with a competi-tion as unwelcome as it was unprecedented. Itwas not surprising, therefore, that he was familiarwith every detail of the bitter trade war that hadfollowed, the upshot of which was a litigationwhich had crippled his friends resources and wasnow menacing the very existence of his firm. Forfive terms—more than a year—he had applaudedGedneys dauntless struggle to bring his enemies tobay in the court-room, but thus far the SupplyCompany had managed to postpone the day ofreckoning by the various shifts and evasionsfamiliar to all the Bar, but particularly wellknown to its attorney, Mr. Artemus Peck, one ofFrase
Size: 1371px × 1823px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidcu3192406959, bookyear1913
