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The more effort you put into making the room like a courtroom the more the young people will get into the role as the jury.
Although this take some time to pull off it is well worth the effort.
To add to the build up send the young people a letter stating that they are required for jury service and must attend at the given time, failure to attend is a contempt of court.

The Trial of Adamski and Evesy.
Written by Beef.

Caller: All Stand
Judge comes in and takes his seat.
Judge: The jury may sit.
Jury have you nominated a spokesperson?
Members of the jury I would like to warn you before the trial begins not to be swayed in your thinking by any media fabrications you may have read or seen.
If anyone should ask you about the case you must not tell them, indeed until it is over. Do you understand?
Judge: Will the first defendant take the stand.
Caller: Your name please: (wait for response)
Your occupation
Your age
Mr Adamski repeat the words on the card please.
Adamski: I swear on this book to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Judge: The trial of Adamski and Evesy can begin.
Prosec: Mr Adamski you stand accused of the gravest of sins, the most dishonourable of crimes……How do you plead?
Adamski: Not Guilty.
Prosec: Could you tell the jury exactly what your job involves?
Adamski: Er well I’m in charge of the gardens, you know to look after them, bit of weeding here and there. You could call me a foreman really I suppose.
Prosec: And your Govenor by whom you and your lady friend stand accused did he give you any guidelines or areas that were out of bounds?
Adamski: Well no not really, we could go where we wanted eat what we wanted. He was a good governor.
Prosec: Are you sure Mr Adamski that you are not choosing to overlook one small rule, prefering not to answer, keeping quiet about one rule that you found impossible to keep?
Adamski: No
Prosec: Why are you lying Mr Adamski.
Defence: Objection. My client your honour has answered all the questions so far, and is being accused before being found guilty.
Judge: Objection accepted, try and stick to questions that will help the jury ascertain the truth, not assumptions.
Prosec: Yes your Honour.
Mr Adamski was there or was there not one tree in the garden that you were forbidden to eat from?
Adamski: (Silence looks at shoes)
Judge: Answer the question please.
Adamski: Yes just one.
Prosec: And was that the only rule?
Adamski: Yes
Prosec: Did you then break the only rule by taking fruit from that tree and eating it?
Adamski: I didn’t take anything.
Prosec: But you did eat its fruit?
Adamski: Well yes but I didn’t know it was from that tree, I was tricked by her…..(points at woman)
Prosec: I would like the Jury to see exhibit No.1, the fruit containing two bites, forensic has proven that two different teeth marks are on it. Thankyou Mr Adamski…. No further Questions your Honour.
Judge: Does the defence wish to speak?
Defence: Yes your Honour!
Mr Adamski you have told the court that you ate the fruit from the only tree you were forbidden to eat from and that you were tricked from Evesy your partner, who also stands accused.
How did she trick you?
Adamski: Well she just gave me it and said it was lovely she didn’t really tell me where it was from.
Defence: And you had no reason to doubt her, she wasn’t acting different to normal.
Adamski: Well not much, a little on edge I suppose.
Defence: But you trusted her fully?
Adamski: Yes I had no reason not to, she’d never tricked me before.
Defence: Thankyou that will be all.
Caller: Would Ms Evesy please take the stand.
Name
Occupation
Age
Repeat the words on the card please.
Evesy: I swear on this book to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Prosec: Ms Evesy is it true you gave Mr Adamski fruit from the tree you were forbidden to eat from?
Evesy: Yes I did but it wasn’t my fault, Mr Serpent conned me, I’m not guilty I’m innocent.
Prosec: That’s for the Jury to decide. You say you were conned, did you know where the fruit came from?
Evesy: Yes
Prosec: So you willingly ate what you knew you shouldn’t and then in your guilt persuaded Mr Adamski to share in the proceeds of your crime. Is that right Ms Evesy?
Evesy: Yes well no. I was conned. (gets all emotional)
Judge: OK calm down. Try and control yourself, we’re just trying to establish the facts here.
Prosec: So you knew when you gave Mr Adamski the fruit where it came from is that correct?
Evesy: Yes
Prosec: And you willingly decieved him?
Evesy: No! He knew exactly where it came from, he made his own choices, it was only an apple.
Prosec: That’s all your honour.
Judge: Defence any questions.
Defence: No your Honour.
Prosec: I would like to call the witness, Mr Serpent.
Caller: Would Mr Serpent please take the stand.
Prosec: Mr Serpent you were present when the crime was committed can you recall the events as you saw them.
Serpent: Certainly, well I was walking through the garden taking in all the loverly scenery when I came across Evesy looking at the tree in Question. So being the polite sort of chap I am and the sociable type I decided to strike up a conversation with her, you know talking about the weather and all that.
Judge: Just get to the point Mr Serpent.
Serpent: Well I simply asked why they could not eat from that one tree as the fruit looked so good….So good, I just pointed out the facts and the next thing I know she has nabbed some fruit and taken a bite, then she gave some to her husband who also took a bite. No arguing she just said how nice it was.
Prosec: Thankyou that is all.
Defence: Mr Serpent you say you just asked Evesy in a casual conversation why she couldn’t eat the fruit, are you sure that you didn’t go out of your way to persuade her to eat it.
Prosec: Objection. This has no bearing on the case.
Judge: Objection overruled.
Serpent: Of course not! Why would I do that?
Prosec: For the sheer delight of getting them to disobey their governor, you have a previous record do you not.
Serpent: Rubbish you have no proof just hear-say.
Defence: So you deny that you encouraged Evesy in this act.
Serpent: Yes I was just making conversation.
Defence: No further questions your Honour.
Judge: Thankyou you may leave the stand.
Prosec: I would like to call to the stand my final witness, my client the Governor, Mr G.
Prosec: Mr G. You knew that the accussed had eaten from the only tree they were not allowed to touch! How did you know?
Mr G: Well everyday I would go for a walk in the Garden and talk with Adamski and Evesy, and on the day in question I could not find them and when I asked them where they were they would not come out because they said they were naked and ashamed. It had never bothered them before so why should it on this day unless they had ignored me.
Prosec: Did they tell you what they had done.
Mr G: Not in so many words, Adamski blamed Evesy and Evesy blamed Mr serpent. It is very sad really.
Prosec: Thank you no more questions.
Defence: Mr G. Why was it so important that they left this one tree alone, is it really worth coming to court over.
Mr G: Considering I had given them everything, a good job, nice hours, a lovely purpose built home, each other and all the usual bonuses. I personally think asking them to leave one tree alone for their own good wasn’t too much to ask really do you.
Defence: But we are told that this tree had the best fruit on it, isn’t that just a bit selfish?
Mr G: All the food they could eat was in the garden the best a-la-carte their was no reason to go out of their way to eat from that one.
Defence: So why did you plant it there?
Mr G: Well I think I’m entitled to plant what I like in my own garden! Don’t you.
Defence: No further Questions your honour.
Judge: You may leave the stand Mr G. Can both parties get ready to give their summaries.
Defence: Members of the Jury, you have heard the charges brought against my clients Mr Adamski and Mrs Evesy.
You have heard the evidence brought by their Governor Mr G. and I ask you the question, can you live with your conscience if you give a guilty verdict?
Can you honestly find it within yourselves to not prove these two innocent, and is the eating of this fruit such a big deal anyway?
I charge you to think carefully that if anyone is guilty it is Mr Serpent who has cleverly tempted my clients with his smooth talking and subtle words, so much so as to convince them they were doing nothing wrong.
Members of the jury Adamski and Evesy are innocent.
Prosec: Members of the jury you have heard the defence try and shift the blame from the accused but the fact remains they still committed this act.
The fact that they hid from Mr G and were ashamed shows their guilt.
The fact that they blamed everyone else but themselves is admitting their wrong.
Was it wrong for Mr G to have this one rule, no it was not apart from that they had complete freedom and everything they could ever want or need. But it seems that still wasn’t enough.
Members of the jury if you do not find this pair guilty today then a grave injustice has been done in this court room.
Judge: Members of the jury the time has come to adjourn and make your decision, you need toi consider all the evidence carefully and come to a majority verdict of whether Mr Adamski and Mrs Evesy are guilty of breaking the law and disobeying their Governor Mr G.
You need to decide a verdict of guilty or not guilty for both parties involved.
Court Adjourn.
Caller: All stand ( lead jury out to a room with a large table with chairs around it and give them 5 minutes or so depending what the conversation is like).

When verdict is agreed bring them back into the court room and have both defendants behind the box.

Judge: Have the jury reached a majority verdict.
Will the speaker for the jury stand.
How do you find the defendant Mr Adamski. Guilty or not Guilty?
How do you find the defendant Mrs Evesy. Guilty or not Guilty?

Judge: If they are found guilty pronounce judgement of a life of hard labour on death row.

If the jury find one or both not guilty then the judge must say.

Judge: I am saddened by the juries decission and have decided to overrule with the punishment of hard labour on death row.
Case ended.

Defendants led away complaining.

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