His sobs and groans were truly heart-rending.

This, as might be expected, rendered him peculiarly telling in his appeals to the jury, and he could frequently set the entire panel snivelling and wiping their eyes as he pictured the deserted home, the grief-stricken wife, and the starving children of the man whom they were asked to convict.

These unfortunate wives and children were an important scenic feature in our defence, and if the prisoner was unmarried Gottlieb had little difficulty in supplying the omission due to such improvidence.

Some buxom young woman with a child at the breast and another toddling by her side could generally be induced to come to court for a few hours for as many dollars.

They were always seated beside the prisoner, but Gottlieb was scrupulous to avoid any statement that they _belonged_ to the client.