Part Two, the setting

    Though the courtroom was old and worn, it was well kept, the floors were scrubbed, the wood was polished, even the hardest to reach light bulbs were kept fresh. There were no cobwebs in the corners of the twenty foot ceiling, and all of the windows were clean. The dais for the judge was nearly seven feet high, not even the tallest of lawyers could see over the top when they approached. The witness stand was attached to the right of the judges perch. It was raised so that a seated person could look directly into the eyes of a lawyer, it had a comfortable chair on casters. The jury box was separated from the rest of the room by a railing with turned styles, it had a private door that exited into the deliberation room. The galley was also separated by a thick oak rail. The furniture was solid and well worn, honey oak that glowed in the sun streaming through the windows. There were ten windows, five on each side of the room, that went form shoulder height nearly to the ceiling. They had one foot by one and a half foot frosted panes of glass. The tops of the windows tilted in to let a breeze pass though on hot summer days. The lights hung on slender rods, at night they cast a web of shadows. The floors were natural terrazzo that shone like glass. Court room #1 looked like a chapel of the state, in a long standing tradition it was where the senior most judge sat.