One of the three people who testify against Popeye at his trial for a murder he did not commit is "a telephone girl" (311). We learn nothing about her testimony, or whether she is sincerely mistaken.
One of the three people who testify against Popeye at his trial for a murder he did not commit is "a cigar-clerk" (311). We learn nothing about his testimony, or whether he is sincerely mistaken.
One of the three people who testify against Popeye at his trial for a murder he did not commit is "a fellow policeman" of the murdered officer (311). We learn nothing about his testimony, or whether he is sincerely mistaken.
Popeye's lawyer at his trial for murder 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).
After Popeye is convicted, this "turnkey" shows considerable solicitude for him, buying cigarettes for him with the money Popeye gives him, but also sharing information about the murdered man and even, on the day of his execution, trying to give Popeye his change (312). ("Turnkey" is a fairly archaic term for "jailor.")
"Somewhere down the corridor" of the Alabama jail where Popeye awaits trial for murder "a negro was singing" (310) - not unlike the "negro murderer" who is awaiting his execution in the Jefferson jail where Lee awaits his trial much earlier.
