Mystery: Shadow of Order

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, discuss your verdict."

Judge Harvey Brook leaned back in his chair and raised his glass again.

After a brief discussion among the jury members, a young man in a black woolen coat stood up from his seat, looked around, and shouted:

"Not guilty!"

……

Outside the Magistrates' Court on West Vilas Street, Wood Johnson, who was wearing a thick brown jacket on his upper body and sagging bloomer breeches on his lower body, rubbed his right hand on the breeches with gratitude, and then stretched out, saying:

"Thank you, Mr. Adrian, I really don't know how to thank you."

Rawls stretched out his hand, shook his hand, and replied with a smile, "This is what I should do, and you've paid for it, haven't you?"

"No, no, I know that for a big man like you, the 10 soules are far from enough. It's only because you are soft-hearted and kind that you accepted the commission of my lawyer. I thought that the money could only come from my lawyer. To defend me in court, I never thought I could hire a barrister, a top barrister like you."

In the Loen Kingdom, lawyers are divided into barristers and solicitors. The latter is responsible for matters that do not need to go to court, such as collecting evidence, talking with clients, helping people draw up wills, supervising property distribution and providing legal counseling services. Of course, , they can also represent their clients in the most elementary magistrates' courts to defend simple cases.

The barrister is the lawyer who studies the evidence and defends the client in court. According to the laws of the Ruen Kingdom, they must maintain an objective attitude, so they cannot directly contact the client. Collect, everyone is a real legal expert, with outstanding eloquence and a high level of debate.

Since the two types of lawyers have their own division of labor, the litigation costs of the parties will inevitably increase. In general cases, the parties must hire two lawyers at the same time; if the case involves royal interests or the case is particularly complicated, another royal barrister must be hired, so that the parties may have to bear the costs of three lawyers at the same time.

However, a junior solicitor can defend a case like Wood Johnson that involves an amount not exceeding one pound. However, due to the different division of labor between the two types of lawyers, the lawyers' defense in court is somewhat uneven.

Once Johnson loses, asking for the return of the gilded harness and compensation is only the most basic requirement. The judge's sentence ranges from branding or whipping, to exile in the southern continent or an island, even decades ago. Sentenced to hang. Rawls clearly remembers the relevant sentences he read, the most serious being a 13-year-old boy named Andrew Browning who was hanged for stealing a spoon.

……

Hillston District, 47 Wutong Road, Adrian Law Firm.

Rawls had already changed into a purple dressing gown with gold trimmings. Although the lawyer's robe was wide, the hard-turned fake collar made him very uncomfortable for the past two weeks.

Leaning on the sofa, Rawls gently moved his neck and looked at the young man who was helping him sort out the precedents:

"Locke, tell me what you think about Mr. Johnson's case today."

"Mr. Johnson is really pitiful. He just wants his son to go to grammar school, but..."

"Mr. Grant!" Rawls stopped moving his neck and looked at the young man in front of him, "Which law school did you graduate from?"

Wearing a double-breasted woolen coat, the young man with blond hair froze in place, staring blankly at Rawls: "Uh, it's the Middle Temple lawyer..."

Rawls interrupted Grant again, "Please tell me the difference between a barrister and a solicitor?"

Although he was overwhelmed by Rawls's sudden tantrum, Locke Grant knew that as a trainee lawyer, he had to fully accept the difficulties he had instructing lawyers, otherwise it would be difficult to continue his career as a lawyer. What's more, Rawls is not only his own guiding lawyer, but also his own boss.

"Barristers are mainly responsible for defense..."

"Yes! Defense! Remember, our job is only defense, nothing else! You don't need to care whether the client is poor, poor or rich, righteous or evil!" Rawls simply wanted the villain to do it to the end, and did not intend to let Locke at all. Finish talking.

Locke has froze. In his mind, Rawls, as the owner of a law firm, defends many poor people who can't afford legal fees for almost free. He is definitely a kind and sympathetic person. But now Rawls told him that he didn't care whether the customer was poor, or even whether the customer was good or evil.

Rawls looked at the stunned Locke and slowed down: "This is not to teach you to be a lawyer without rules, but this is the most basic principle of being a good barrister."

"How is that possible?" Locke Grant was completely confused, he didn't understand what Rawls was saying.

"How do you think you can become a good barrister?"

"Familiar with the law, excellent eloquence?" Locke tried hard to turn his brain, but when he heard what Rawls just said, it was as if someone had been hit with a sap. com brain is still stumbled.

"Familiarity with the law can make you a legal expert, and excellent eloquence can make you an orator. But these are only prerequisites for becoming a barrister."

"Premise?"

"Yes, the premise! To become a good barrister, the ability to find loopholes is essential. Whether it is a loophole in the law, a loophole in the opponent's language, or more importantly, a loophole in the mind! "

Rawls stood up and poked his heart with his index finger.

Locke touched his heart and murmured, "A loophole in the mind?"

"The work of barristers and solicitors is different. This is because of Ruen's tradition. Although many legal people support the merger of the two, I don't think so. Once the barrister and the client get too close, they know too much. If you go too deep, it's easy to be emotional, and your opponent will find the loopholes in your heart. Losing and winning is a matter of an instant."

Looking at Locke, who was still a little confused, Rawls frowned and said, "How did I win this defense?"

"You are... er... sorry sir." Locke felt like a curly-haired baboon.

"I first got the jury to sympathize with Mr. Johnson, then I used the pressure of the jury to get Hendler to say the deal with Mr. Johnson, and finally I mentioned the huge amount Hendler owed because of the repeal of the Corn Act. The debt left him completely speechless."

"That's how Hendler lost the case when I caught the loophole in his mind!"

Rawls patted Locke on the shoulder, "Go back to rest first. I plan to rest for a week. During this time, you can look at my previous case collection, and then go to the police or the criminal court to observe a few sessions."