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Show page 137 "We find the defendant Storey Porter not guilty." Judge Moore ordered Storey released from custody, then adjourned court for the day. Storey, looking around for Anne Sharpe, saw through the open doors of the courtroom her tan jacket in the corridor. He hurried up the aisle and caught her before she reached the outside of the building. He pulled her back against the wall, where they stood and watched folks go by. Flam Farrell claimed that in this instance our town xvas guileless, that folks reasoned that justice was done. But there is always in the final analysis of Flam Farrell's logic some residue, some scar tissue, remaining from a public trial. Flam thinks our town has too many scars. For one thing, Storey Porter doesn't teach young boys marksmanship anymore - doesn't even have an improvised range on his farm. |