21.   Frankel immediately flummoxed the presiding judge by refusing to plead guilty or issue any statement in his defense.

22.   Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, the presiding judge, invited Gow to sort out some tangles of history.

23.   Had he been arrested, the case would have gone to the court where he is to become presiding judge.

24.   Had it gone with the recent trend toward courtroom shows, complete with Mr. Ed as the presiding judge, it might have a stableful of Emmys by now.

25.   Harry Truman, then Jackson County presiding judge, served as general chairman.

26.   He had been the presiding judge of the criminal part of the court in Monmouth County.

27.   He promised to work full time in Austin if elected presiding judge.

28.   In the Mississippi case, there was no jury, and tobacco reportedly perceived the presiding judge as pro-plaintiff.

29.   In Washington Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts by the cigarette makers to replace the presiding judge, Robert Kaye.

30.   It has elaborate procedures in place for holding a full-fledged trial with Chief Justice William Rehnquist as presiding judge.