# The Examining Judge — The Trial character guide

> The Examining Judge in The Trial by Franz Kafka.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-chapter-two-first-cross-examination

## Who they are

A judge who conducts the initial interrogation of Josef K.

## In the story

### [Chapter Two: First Cross-examination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trial_se/chapters/chapter-two-first-cross-examination)

Presides over the hearing, appears humiliated by K.'s accusations, and warns K. that he has forfeited the advantages of the hearing.

### [Chapter Three: In the empty Courtroom—The Student—The Offices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trial_se/chapters/chapter-three-in-the-empty-courtroom-the-student-the-offices)

Referenced as the one who sent the student for the usher's wife.

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