text:  The leading counsel for the crown then lays the _facts_ of the case before the jury in a plain unvarnished statement; no appeal is made to the passions or prejudices of the twelve men who are to pronounce upon the guilt or innocence of the accused; but every topic every observation which might warp their judgment or direct their attention from the simple facts which are about to be proved before them is anxiously deprecated and avoided by the counsel for the prosecution