In a preliminary vote, all jurors vote "guilty" except Juror 8, who believes there is reasonable doubt and wants discussion before any verdict. When his first few arguments - including proving that the switchblade, believed to be unique, is in fact not - fail to convince the other jurors, he suggests a secret ballot. This reveals one other "not guilty" vote; Juror 9 reveals that he, too, now agrees there should be more discussion.

Juror 8 argues that the noise of the passing train would have obscured everything the second witness claimed