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this.

THE COURT: We appreciate you coming

forward. It’s important that we know this. Does anybody
want to ask more?

MR. DENIS DE VLAMING: Just one question,
Judge. Do you feel as if you could keep an open mind and
listen to the evidence of the case and bring back a
verdict that --

MR. X: That’s where I am unsure
about it because there was evidence supposedly against
me, but nothing came up in court, but yet I still had to
prove myself, when there was no evidence. So evidence
isn’t as strong as you would think.

MR. DENIS DE VLAMING: Let me ask you this,
could you provide what was not provided to you to Mr.
Minton, that is that he is presumed to be innocent, and
if you were a juror could you make sure that that precept
is followed?

MR. X: Possibly.

THE COURT: Thank you, sir.

(Whereupon, the jury panel was excused.)

THE COURT: Counsel, what I would like to
do is give you the time that you need to sort out your
notes. Let me know when you are ready. It’s ten after
one, getting people to lunch is my objective at this