wendell grover was known to be a fair judge , but a stickler for details.the judge was a bench veteran.he had sat on this very bench for the past thirty years.this was his courtroom and no one ever questioned his authority.at seventy-two years old , he was a trim and muscular six foot two inches.his steel blue eyes were clear and focused.the gray at his temples was mirrored by the gray streaks in his thick brown hair.he was as spry as his forty year old tennis partners , and no one ever tried to put one over on the old man .