The jury listened perfunctorily; the audience, usually so favorable to prisoners, were convinced of their guilt.

In a court of justice the sentiments of the crowd do unquestionably weigh upon the judges and the jury, and _vice versa_.

Seeing this condition of the minds about him, which could be felt if not defined, the counsel uttered his last words in a tone of passionate excitement caused by his conviction:-- "In the name of the accused," he cried, "I forgive you for the fatal error you are about to commit, and which nothing can repair! We are the victims of some mysterious and Machiavellian power.

Marthe Michu was inveigled by vile perfidy.

You will discover this too late, when the evil you now do will be irreparable." Bordin simply claimed the acquittal of the prisoners on the testimony of the senator himself.
The president summed up the case with all the more impartiality because it was evident that the minds of the jurors were already made up.