Editing Defence of (Trial)

{{Storylet
|ID = 327312
|Icon = alarmingscholar.png
|Description summary = This storylet's title varies depending on the {{IL|Trial Being Fought}}, while the description varies based on your level of {{IL|Barrister of the Evenlode}} and the current {{IL|Progress of a Trial}}.
{{Variant table|Condition = Trial Being Fought|Condition alias = Trial|Effect = Trial|Compact = yes
|Value 1 = '''Latest Criminal Case'''
|Value 2 = '''Venge-Rat v Straggle-Toothed Urchin'''
|Value 3 = '''The Ancient and Honourable Guild of Gondoliers v Society Matron'''
|Value 4 = '''Tomb-Colonies Honey Importation v Hell'''
}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Barrister of the Evenlode|Condition alias = Barrister|Effect = First Paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value 0 - 4 = As a new practitioner, you have been relegated to one of the colder and less interesting chambers of the Magistracy. The courtroom is empty except for the officers of the court.
|Value 5 - 9 = The courtroom is empty except for a few family members of those involved.
|Value 10 - 24 = Word about your legal style has spread, and the trial has attracted a few onlookers, along with those involved in the trial.
|Value 25 - 49 = The courtroom is full of off-duty officers, junior lawyers, and even a few farmers and monster-hunters on their day off, eager to see the action.
|Value 50 - 74 = These days, the courtroom is always full during one of your trials. The spectators are talking and jostling well before the judge arrives, and someone is selling packets of mint humbugs.
|Value 75 - 99 = Your courtroom is fuller than ever. Mushroom-farmers are doing a good business in snacks, and there's a growing commercial concern of urchins arriving early, taking a seat, and then selling their place on to better-heeled spectators.
|Value 100 - 149 = The courtroom is full of onlookers: the Magistracy sells tickets to attend your trials, since there is no way to seat every curious would-be viewer.
|Value 150 - 199 = The courtroom is full, and several reporters sit in the front row, sketching and recording the proceedings.
|Value 200 - 249 = You now command the largest courtroom in the building, and an auditor's gallery above allows people to look on in greater numbers.
|Value 250 - 299 = The courtroom is full, and several reporters sit in the front row, sketching and recording the proceedings. Doubt Street has spared you several of its finest.
|Value 300 - 399 = You now command the largest courtroom in the building, and an auditor's gallery above allows people to look on in greater numbers. Spectators come from London merely to observe your methods.
|Value 400 - 499 = You now command the largest courtroom in the building, and an auditor's gallery above allows people to look on in greater numbers. Spectators come from London and even from farther afield: is that Khanate armour you see in the auditor's gallery?
|Value 500 - ??? = You now command the largest courtroom in the building […]. Spectators come from London merely to observe your methods, and today a law professsor from Benthic has brought his students to watch you work.
}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Progress of a Trial|Condition alias = Progress|Effect = Second Paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value 0 = You have limited time to look over your papers before proceedings begin.
|Value 1 = If there are any motions that can usefully be made to change the shape of this case, now is the moment to bring them.
|Value 2 = As the defending counsel, you must, of course, sit through the prosecution's opening arguments, together with their presentation of evidence.
|Value 3 = The case has now been laid out, and it is up to you to offer a closing argument.
|Value 4 = Each side has presented its case. It is time see where the balance of the decision will come to rest.
}}
|Game Instructions = As you progress through the trial, you will have opportunities to raise or lower the difficulty of the case. The greater the difficulty, the harder it will be to win the case, but the greater the rewards you will receive for doing so.
|Unlocked with = various redirects from [[Choose a case]]
|location = Evenlode Courts
|Option1 = Withdraw in favour of another lawyer
}}
=={{IL|Progress of a Trial}} 0==
{{Options|Craft a water-tight case}}
{{Options|Form a working understanding of the particulars}}
=={{IL|Progress of a Trial}} 1==
{{Options|Work with the judge you have}}
{{Options|Contrive an exchange of judges}}
{{Options|Bring on the most rigorous judge}}
{{Options|Draw on the insight of a professional colleague}}
{{Options|Engage in a spot of witness intimidation}}
=={{IL|Progress of a Trial}} 2==
{{Options|Explore the full legal complexity of the case}}
{{Options|Be rigorously honest}}
{{Options|Show the (defendant) in the most sympathetic possible light}}
=={{IL|Progress of a Trial}} 3==
{{Options|Grandstand! (Defence){{!}}Grandstand!}}
{{Options|Dismantle the arguments of the opposing counsel}}
{{Options|Run out the clock (Defence){{!}}Run out the clock}}
{{Options|Destroy evidence against the (defendant)}}
=={{IL|Progress of a Trial}} 4==
{{Options|Await a verdict on the matter of (crime)}}
{{Options|Plead that your client has already repented}}
{{Options|Introduce the possibility of a 'Not Proven' verdict for the (defendant)}}
{{Options|Smuggle the (defendant) out}}
{{Options|Await a verdict on Venge-Rats v Urchin (Defence){{!}}Await a verdict on Venge-Rats v Urchin}}
{{Options|Bribe the Venge-rats with a little of their own favourite tipple}}
{{Options|Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Defence){{!}}Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron}}
{{Options|Bribe the enraged Gondoliers with the sweet taste of retribution}}
{{Options|Await a verdict on Tomb-Colonists v Hell (Defence){{!}}Await a verdict on Tomb-Colonists v Hell}}
{{Options|Bribe the furious Tomb-Colonist with the sweet taste of revenge}}