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This page contains a comedic jury-room scene titled "Good Men and True," depicting twelve jurors deliberating after a defendant's acquittal. The humor derives from jurors discussing why they voted "not guilty"—each offers absurd, contradictory, or irrelevant reasons (a relative who "might of been" involved, a wife who reminds them of someone, a fortune-teller's prediction, etc.) rather than actual evidence. The accompanying illustration shows a juror peering out a window at a cityscape, with the caption suggesting his distraction: "Maybe his window cleanin' ain't much of a profession, but it certainly gives you a idea of how the other half o' the world lives." The satire mocks jury incompetence and the arbitrary nature of legal verdicts, suggesting jurors' decisions reflect personal bias and distraction rather than rational judgment.

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