Explain the victory in Old Sarum and why it almost caused an acquittal during the jury deliberations in To Kill A Mockingbird.

suspects that the Old Sarum gang will try to harm Tom Robinson before the trial, and he plants
himself outside Tom's cell before the racist lynch mob shows up.smells whiskey on the men as one
of them grabs , and she kicks him for doing so. The scene is growing increasingly tense when
Scout is able to connect with Mr. Walter Cunningham on a very personal level. Scout reminds him
in her innocent, childlike way that Atticus has helped out the Cunningham family in their times
of need and that she and his son go to school together. These efforts give Mr. Cunningham reason
for reconsideration, and he instructs the group to leave.

In the next
chapter, Scout assesses the jury and notes, "One or two of the jury looked vaguely like
dressed-up Cunninghams." The chance to have a fair jury for Tom in Maycomb is a fairly
impossible feat, but Atticus has realized in his jury selections the innate sense of fairness in
the Cunningham family.

After the verdict, Atticus tries to explain
the...