JUDGE TAYLOR in Classic Quotes

1  Judge Taylor had one interesting habit.

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2  Judge Taylor permitted the court to laugh.

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3  All the spectators were as relaxed as Judge Taylor, except Jem.

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4  All right, let's see," said Judge Taylor, "but make sure we see, Atticus.

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5  In possession of his court once more, Judge Taylor leaned back in his chair.

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6  Only once was Judge Taylor ever seen at a dead standstill in open court, and the Cunninghams stopped him.

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7  As Judge Taylor banged his gavel, Mr. Ewell was sitting smugly in the witness chair, surveying his handiwork.

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8  The witness stand was to the right of Judge Taylor, and when we got to our seats Mr. Heck Tate was already on it.

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9  So serene was Judge Taylor's court, that he had few occasions to use his gavel, but he hammered fully five minutes.

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10  Judge Taylor was on the bench, looking like a sleepy old shark, his pilot fish writing rapidly below in front of him.

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11  After nine hours of listening to the eccentricities of Old Sarum's inhabitants, Judge Taylor threw the case out of court.

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12  Judge Taylor, who had been concentrating on his fingernails, looked up as if he were expecting an objection, but Atticus was quiet.

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13  Here Judge Taylor glanced sharply at the witness and must have decided his speculations devoid of evil intent, for he subsided sleepily.

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14  Bit by bit the dead cigar would disappear, to reappear some hours later as a flat slick mess, its essence extracted and mingling with Judge Taylor's digestive juices.

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15  When asked upon what grounds, Judge Taylor said, "Champertous connivance," and declared he hoped to God the litigants were satisfied by each having had their public say.

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16  There has been a request," Judge Taylor said, "that this courtroom be cleared of spectators, or at least of women and children, a request that will be denied for the time being.

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17  Smugness faded from it, replaced by a dogged earnestness that fooled Judge Taylor not at all: as long as Mr. Ewell was on the stand, the judge kept his eyes on him, as if daring him to make a false move.

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Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17