Do you think I care what this jury does?
Not one mite.

I got a nice little error into the case the very first day--and I've set back ever since.

S'pose we are convicted?
I'll get Jim here [the prisoner] out on a certificate and it'll be two years before the Court of Appeals will get around to the case.

Meantime Jim'll be out makin' money to pay me my fee--won't you, Jim?
Then your witnesses, will be gone, and nobody'll remember what on earth it's all about.

You'll be down in Wall Street practicing real law yourself, and the indictment will kick around the office for a year or so, all covered with dust, and then some day I'll get a friend of mine to come in quietly and move to dismiss.