Phrases to use

 He was the type of man who if he had decided to commit suicide would do it without leaving a note but not until after his affairs have been put neatly in order.

Most cons are a low sort no good to themselves or anyone else and their worst luck was at their mothers carried them to term.

If he had cried or yelled, he would not have gotten the life sentence he wound up with. But he told his story like a recording machine, seeming to say to the jury: this is it; take it or leave it. They left it.

That is the behaviour of a man who has been bitten hard by the bottle. Hard enough to draw blood.

Why would I want dish towels? He asked and one of the papers reported that three of the lady jurors shuddered.

If enough people want you to remember something that can be a pretty powerful persuader..

Lawyer: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"

Witness: "No."

Lawyer: "Did you check for blood pressure?"

Witness: "No."

Lawyer: "Did you check for breathing?"

Witness: "No."

Lawyer: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"

Witness: "No."

Lawyer: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"

Witness: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."

Lawyer: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"

Witness: "Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."

There was a slight tense titter in the court room at this, but it won him no points with the jury.