It’s rarely a good sign for the defence if snores are heard
Every legal system occasionally lapses into dormancy, but there is judicial sympathy towards somnolence
US president Ronald Reagan once reassured Americans that “I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.”
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