M. Demange.—“I have examined only the question of right.”
The Judge.—“That is sufficient.”
M. Demange.—“I have read only a part.”
M. Brisset.—“It is the principal part.”
M. Demange.—“How do you know, since I have not read the whole? My motion is filed. Now I have a right to speak in support of it. I offer two observations.”
And M. Demange proceeds to maintain that, if it is true that the court of appeals has decided that a decree is not nullified by the simple fact that the accused was not consulted concerning the question of closing the doors, it is no less true that the accused must be heard when, either in person or through his counsel, he asks to offer observations or motions. M. Demange quotes three decrees in support of this view.
“You are,” he adds, “the sole judges of the question of closing the doors. You decide according to your conscience, from an examination of the facts and documents.”
The Judge.—“You must not speak of the documents.”
M. Demange.—“A decree has declared that the court must consider the circumstances of the case.”
The Judge.—“That is what I deny, for then your argument begins.”