Unnamed Alabama Lawyer

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Unnamed Alabama Lawyer
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Unnamed Alabama Lawyer
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Popeye's lawyer at his trial for murder in Sanctuary is "a young man just out of law school," with "an ugly, eager, earnest face" (311). He tries to defend his client, who is himself indifferent to the trial, with "a gaunt mixture of uncouth enthusiasm and earnest ill-judgment" (311-12).

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