|tell of the character of a number of men |
|the Government had placed upon the |
|witness stand.--_New York Times._ |

The name of the judge himself may be used in the first line:

| Judge Mulqueen of General Sessions |
|explained today why he had sentenced two |
|prisoners to "go home and serve time with |
|the families." This punishment was |
|imposed yesterday when both men pleaded |
|drunkenness as their excuse for trivial |
|offenses.--_New York Evening Post._ |

=2. Continued Case Beginning.=--Many court reports begin with the name
of the case when the case has been running for some time and is well
known. Each individual story on such a case is just a continuation of a
sort of serial story that has been running for some time and in the lead
each day the reporter tries to summarize the progress that has been
made in the case during the day's hearing. However each story, like a
follow-up story, is written in such a way that a knowledge of previous
stories is not necessary to a clear understanding:

| The hearing yesterday in the |
|Government's suit to dissolve the |
|Standard Oil Company ended with a |
|dramatic incident. Mr. Kellogg sought to |
|show that the Standard compelled a widow, |
|Mrs. Jones, of Mobile, Ala., to sell out |
|her little oil business at a ruinous |
|sacrifice.--_New York World._ |

In some cases this sort of a lead begins with the mere mention of the
continuing of the trial:

| At the opening of the defence today in |
|the sugar trials before Judge Martin of |
|the United States Circuit Court, James F. |
|Bendernagal took the witness chair in his |
|own behalf, etc.--_New York Evening |
|Post._ |

=3. Summary Beginning.=--The lead of a court report often begins with a
brief summary of the result of the trial or of the day's hearing:

| What the Government has characterized |
|as "unfair competition and |
|discrimination" on the part of the |
|Standard Oil Company continued