Related Clues:

• Responded to a charge
• Argued for
• Offered an excuse
• Entreated
• Was appealing
• Debated
• Addressed the court
• Answered a charge
• Appealed
• Said "Not guilty," e.g.
• Argued a claim
• Argued a case
• Appealed earnestly
• Went back and forth
• Argued for or against