The story comes about in the mid-19th century in Philadelphia, USA. A wretched old man who his fate is begging, after long wanderings in streets and alleys, finally stays for four months on a street sidewalk, just in the opposed of a house and closely in front of a window, only for this cause that he fell in love with a married woman in there. The old beggar is actually in love with this woman who is the wife of one of the wealthiest and most powerful businessmen in Philadelphia. The one whom everyone talks about his glory. The old beggar, who used to beg in front of this woman’s house, gradually found out that this woman was lewd, who was a master in her work. With the exclusion of her handmaid and servants, nobody was aware of the dirty character of this woman. Nevertheless, not only did the feelings of the old beggar about her changed, but also his enthusiasm for that woman was increasing every day and every moment, until one day he lost his patience and decided to go to his beloved and kill her. Thus, he secretly pene-trates into the woman's house. However, at the last moment, he changed his mind, but the wheel of for-tune made him scandalized and he got caught by the people in the street. The old beggar faced with a misfortune, because the Pennsylvania Public Prosecutor and the old priest of the Old Church of the city were passing from the same street right at that moment and they became notice the subject and engaged themselves. A street court was held for the old beggar. A trial that its judgment was a state prosecutor and its jury were people who he have already seen their goodness and evilness. There are three people in the structure of this tribunal, a prosecutor, a priest, and a doctor, who based on their personal goals and interests, are launching a trial in which people are unaware of the evil goals and behind the scenes. In this trial, people are easily deceived and these three aspects of the street court get the most out of it. From the beginning to the end of the trial and the issuance of the sentence, there are a lot of unexpected issues of great concern.

Seyyed Ghaffar Varesiyan (1990 – Yasuj) Seyyed Ghaffar Varesiyan is an Iranian novelist and poet graduated from Architectural Engineering. In the field of penning novels, the book "The Trial," which is the first volume of the "Punishment" triple, is his first book on fiction literature. Varesiyan has a fluent and popularized style and tries to expose social anomalies of the world by narrating in the form of novels and to let his audience be informed in this way. His other works are being edited and ready for publication. Currently, Ghaffar Varesiyan lives with his family in Yasuj.