Original sentence: The presiding judge of the Moscow Trials, Vasili Ulrikh, also presided over large numbers of secret trials lasting only a few minutes, in which he would quickly speak his way through a pre-formulated charge and verdict
Edited sentence: The presiding judge of the Moscow Trials, Vasili Ulrikh, also presided over large numbers of secret trials lasting only a few minutes, in which he would mumble his way through a pre-formulated charge and verdict while the defendant was still catching his breath from being frog-marched up the stairs to the courtroom