She said she asked him to come chop the chifarobe for her and after he was done she went to go give him a nickel and after that she sees him behind her and he took advantage of her and she tried to...
The person spoke to someone in the court office before the court date & their words were typed and printed out so a hard copy of their testimony has already been given by them.
By nature of selecting a jury a jury trial can take longer, but when it comes to the actual trial from opening arguments to closing arguments they take about the same amount of time.