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The White Lilly

Chapter 11 Trial Days

Judge Jack Hardaway aged 63, was 6 foot tall, weighed 200 pounds, had black hair, brown eyes, spoke with a deep voice that sounded like educated speech, used big words, complicated sentences, was a proud, sophisticated man, kinda snobby, was sharp talker, a serious ood joke even dirty ones, wore clean pressed conservative suits, white shirts, a bowtie, black leather lace up shoes, and lived in large brick house in Myers Park Jack Hardaway had a wife, two daughters and a son This judge was the power behind the law As a youngfroh to study the law His father, John Hardaway, had been a police captain in the city police force This judge, Jack Hardaas a rity and respect

The trial date for Howard Skinner’s cae upstairs court roorey and black striped prison uniform He sat down in a booth The pair of policemen sat on each side of him

The court appointed a public defender attorney, Benjamin Wade to defend Howard The two of them had met in the jail cell several times, discussed what to do Howard knehat to say when called upon