The unfortunate defendant is given any opportunity he may desire to explain away the charge, but to no purpose.
The district attorney knows Robinson is guilty, and so does everybody else, including Robinson.

At last this presumably innocent man is brought to the bar for trial.

The jury scan his hang-dog countenance upon which guilt is plainly written.

They contrast his appearance with that of the honest Jones.

They know he has been accused, held by a magistrate, indicted by a grand jury, and that his case, after careful scrutiny, has been pressed for trial by the public prosecutor.