The trial of Tom Robinson turns out to be a whole county affair. There seems to be what one might call a parade as people from all over Maycomb arrive to watch the proceedings. Jem gives Dill a brief summary of everyone he knows who might be worth mentioning as they all pass by on horses and in wagons. Scout explains Jem's chronicles in the following passage:
"As the county went by us, Jem gave Dill the histories and general attitudes of the more prominent figures: Mr. Tensaw Jones voted the straight Prohibition ticket; Miss Emily Davis dipped snuff in private; Mr. Byron Waller could play the violin; Mr. Jake Slade was cutting his third set of teeth" (159).
Before the afore-mentioned exposition, Jem also mentions Mr. Dolphus Raymond who is the father of mixed race children and X Billups who are also headed to the courthouse. But of the neighbors who live closer to the Finches, and those the reader might be more familiar, the children discover Miss Stephanie Crawford going to watch the trial, along with the Cunninghams (some of whom are on the jury), and the Ewells, of course, who are the Plaintiffs. Mr. Avery, Mr. Nathan Radley, Miss Maudie, Calpurnia, and Aunt Alexandra do not go to the trial.
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