The clerk of the court sits below the platform at a table covered with the papers of the case.

Before the imperial changes in the administration of justice were instituted, a commissary of the government and the director of the jury each had a seat and a table, one to the right, the other to the left of the baize-covered desk.

Two sheriffs hovered about in the space left in front of the desk for the station of witnesses.

Facing the judges and against the wall above the entrance, there is always a shabby gallery reserved for officials and for women, to which admittance is granted only by the president of the court, to whom the proper management of the courtroom belongs.

The non-privileged public are compelled to stand in the empty space between the door of the hall and the bar.