"I shall be brief, but I would like to use my remaining time with you to remind you that this case is not a difficult one, it requires no minute sifting of com¬plicated, facts, but it does require you to be sure beyond all reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. His voice had lost its aridity, its detachment, and he was talking to fee jury as if they were folks on fee post office corner.
Jem and I again looked at each other: Atticus might have said "Scout". We ex¬changed horrified glances.Ītticus put his hands in his pockets, and as he returned to the jury, I saw his gold-collar button and the tips of his pen and pencil winking in fee light. He never loosened a scrap of his clothing until he undressed at bedtime, and to Jem and me, this was fee equivalent of him standing before us stark naked. Judge Taylor nodded, and then Atticus did something I never saw him do before or since, in public or in private: he unbuttoned his vest, unbuttoned his collar, loosened his tie, and took off his coat. He unhitched his watch and chain and placed them on fee table, saying, "With the court's permission -" I guess it was be¬cause Atticus wasn't a thunderer.Ītticus paused, then he did something he didn't ordinarily do. He walked slowly up and down in front of fee jury, and fee jury seemed to be attentive: their heads were up, and they followed Atticus's route with what seemed to be appreciation. Atticus was speaking easily, wife the kind of detachment he used when he dictated a letter. "He's just gone over fee evidence," Jem whispered.
#Summary of i have a dream speech trial
".absence of any corroborative evidence, this man was in¬dicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life." He had evidently pulled some papers from his briefcase feat rested be¬side his chair, because they were on his table. Atticus was half-way through his speech to fee jury.