Above is all I got of the trial judge, a lower face sketch, and a sombre full face.
In his opening remarks to the jury, the judge forecast fairly accurately what the trial would be like,
including an approximate schedule, and as it progressed, he kept the it to the schedule he had initially outlined. Both before we began, and again when he charged the jury, the judge explaned how trials worked and the juror's task. During the trial, when he thought it necessary, he would summon the attorneys to the front for a whispered conferences (inset), and at other times, when either attorney seemed to think it necessary, he would welcome them for a similar conference at the bench. Occasionally he guided a witness by rephrasing a question, clarifying either what had been asked or what aspect of the question it was appropriate for them to comment upon. While the trial was in progress, he recessed it for all of one day, Thursday, 26 June, while he attended to pressing judicial responsibilities related to other cases he was responsible for trying. In the end, when we found the defendant guilty of the two serious chages against her, the judge declared the trial over and dismissed us.
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