1. Hi, Toybull.
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2. Hey, your pal just drove into town,
Mr McCarthy.
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3. I'll have one more, Toybull.
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4. I'm afraid I'll have to pay
my bar bill tomorrow.
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5. - You're good with me, Mr McCarthy.
- Thank you, Toybull.
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6. Good night, Toybull.
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7. Good night, Mr McCarthy.
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8. Operator.
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9. Operator, I want 489 Thunder Bay.
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10. I wanna speak to Mrs Manion.
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11. M-A-N-I-O-N.
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12. This is Paul Biegler speaking.
Iron City 700.
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13. - Well, they know when she'll be there?
- No, they don't.
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14. I see. Well, you just leave a message.
Tell her to call this number.
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15. Thank you.
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16. - What do you say there, counsellor?
- Save your money.
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17. What's in the brown paper bag?
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18. It might be a cabbage head.
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19. - Bet it wouldn't be.
- Well, you're a very suspicious man.
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20. True, I'm everlastingly suspicious of...
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21. and/or fascinated by the contents
of brown paper bags.
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22. - Shall I sneak a peek?
- You do that, counsellor.
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23. You do that.
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24. After you sneak a peek,
why, you uncork whatever you find.
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25. - Shall I pour?
- Be a privilege.
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26. My pleasure, sir.
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27. You fought this soldier by yourself.
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28. You've been drinking alone, Paulie.
I don't like that.
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29. Drop the stone, counsellor.
You live in a glass house.
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30. My windows have been busted
a long time ago, so I can say as I please.
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31. - Have an Italian cigar?
- No, thanks.
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32. Those stinkweeds are another sign
of your decadence.
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33. Paulie, it's a fact.
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34. Since Mitch Lodwick beat you
out of the office of public prosecutor...
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35. you haven't been worth salt
for peanuts.
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36. Not that I don't understand
how you feel.
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37. A man gets beat out of an office
he's held for a long time...
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38. he feels his community
has deserted him.
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39. The finger of scorn is pointed at him.
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40. None but the lonely hearts
shall know my anguish.
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41. Paulie, you're a good lawyer.
You ought to make like one.
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42. Be here ready for clients, not out fishing
and playing that rooty-tooty jazz.
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43. Oh, I'm making a living.
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44. I run a few abstracts...
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45. and divorce Jane Doe from John Doe
every once in a while.
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46. Threaten a few deadbeats.
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47. In the evening,
I sit around and drink bourbon whisky...
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48. and read law
with Parnell Emmett McCarthy...
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49. one of the world's great men.
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50. That was a kind word, Paulie.
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51. You know...
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52. I might have been.
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53. That's one of the reasons I hate to see
your talent pushed aside by lesser men.
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54. I look at you,
and I see myself years ago...
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55. with the same love for the smell
of the old brown books...
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56. and the dusty office.
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57. Here's the rose.
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58. A lily. A sweet lupine.
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59. The United States
Supreme Court Reports.
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60. Well, what shall we read this evening,
counsellor?
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61. How about a little
Chief Justice Holmes?
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62. Restrain Chief Justice Holmes a minute.
I might have a client.
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63. - Waiting for a call. Hello?
- Mr Biegler?
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64. - This is Paul Biegler.
- Here's your party.
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65. - Hello? Mrs Manion?
- What?
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66. Mr Biegler?
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67. I'm sorry I missed you.
Did you get my message?
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68. - Who is that? What is that name?
- Just a minute.
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69. We seem to have a bad connection.
Just hold on.
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70. It's a woman the name of Manion.
Maida took a message from her.
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71. In Thunder Bay?
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72. If she wants you
to represent her husband, say yes.
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73. - I don't know what it's all about.
- Pretend you do and say yes.
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74. - Hello?
- Mr Biegler?
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75. This is much better now.
Yes, I can hear you fine.
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76. I've waited for your call all afternoon.
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77. Yes, well, I just got in
a few moments ago.
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78. You've read about my husband?
Muffy, please.
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79. Yes.
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80. Mr Biegler, have you read
about my husband? Muffy, please.
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81. Well, yes, I have, a little.
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82. - Will you defend him?
- Well, I don't know.
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83. - I'd have to know more about it.
- Will you talk to him?
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84. He's in the county jail.
Will you see him in the morning?
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85. He's very anxious to see you.
You've been so highly recommended.
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86. I have?
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87. Yes, someone told him about you.
Will you see him?
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88. Well, I suppose I could.
I'll see him tomorrow morning.
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89. - Would you want me there too?
- I think that'd be fine.
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90. Let's make it about 10:00, huh?
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91. Thank you. Thank you so much.
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92. Yes, you're quite welcome. Bye.
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93. Now, what's this all about?
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94. A man named Barney Quill
raped Mrs Manion.
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95. Her husband,
he's a lieutenant in the Army.
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96. There's a base in Thunder Bay,
a gunnery or something.
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97. The lieutenant goes to Quill's place
and plugs Mr Quill about five times...
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98. which causes Mr Quill to die
of lead poisoning.
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99. - When did this happen?
- A couple nights ago.
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100. If you hadn't been out fishing
in some backwater...
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101. you'd have known about it.
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102. - Morning, Maida.
- Oh, there it is.
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103. - What?
- The newspaper.
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104. I thought maybe they didn't bring it.
We haven't paid the bill.
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105. - Did you get my note?
- We may be on the case.
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106. I'm just reading up on it now
before talking to Lieutenant Manion.
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107. Doesn't he ever go home?
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108. Oh, you mean Parnell?
We were up late last night.
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109. Is that a fact?
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110. I think maybe you'd better cancel
all my appointments for today.
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111. What appointments?
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112. People think you've migrated
into the woods.
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113. If this refrigerator gets any
more fish in it, it'll swim upstream...
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114. and spawn all by itself.
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115. May I have your attention
for a moment, please?
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116. - Yeah.
- I was going over your chequebook.
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117. I can't pay me my salary.
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118. What did you do with the fee
for the Walkers' divorce?
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119. Help salt a uranium mine
or something?
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120. - I bought a few bare necessities.
- Like a new outboard motor.
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121. I wish I could be classed
as a necessity.
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122. - Aren't you gonna have your toast?
- No, no, I'll—
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123. I'll call you,
let you know how things are going.
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124. Now, don't let him pay you off
in Purple Hearts.
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125. Those professional soldiers
never have a dime.
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126. I ought to know. I was married to one.
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127. Beg your pardon.
Are you Mrs Manion?
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128. - Hi.
- I'm Paul Biegler.
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129. - I'm Laura.
- How do you do?
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130. - This is Muff.
- Hello, Muff.
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131. The jail's right here.
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132. You're tall.
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133. - Hello, Paulie.
- Hi, Sulo.
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134. You wait here, Muffy.
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135. - Good to see you, Paulie.
- How you feeling?
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136. Fine. I guess you come
for the soldier boy.
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137. Think it'd be all right
if we talk in the sheriff's office?
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138. Oh, sure, Paulie, sure.
I'll bring him down.
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139. Would you mind taking your glasses off,
Mrs Manion?
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140. Gee whiz.
Did Barney Quill do that to you?
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141. More than that.
You should see. All over.
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142. Well, you can put them back on
if it's more comfortable for you.
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143. This is Paulie Biegler.
This is the bucko, Paulie.
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144. - Lieutenant Manion.
- Hello there.
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145. - Hi, Manny.
- Hello, Laura.
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146. Mrs Manion, I wonder if you could
meet me down in my office about 2:00?
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147. It's 305 West Barnham.
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148. - Of course.
- Fine.
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149. - Is there anything I can get you, hon?
- I'm all right, hon.
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150. Right in here.
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151. Wanted. The big 10.
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152. They got the 10 best-dressed dames...
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153. the 10 top teams, the 10 top tunes...
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154. and now the 10 most wanted.
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155. Well, don't knock it.
That's the American dream.
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156. Those boys made the grade.
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157. You were the...
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158. district attorney around here,
weren't you?
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159. Ten years.
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160. What's your experience
as a defence lawyer?
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161. - Not very much.
- How do I know you can handle my case?
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162. Well, I guess you don't know.
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163. Shall we talk about it?
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164. I suppose so.
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165. Well, now, come on, lieutenant,
don't be so bored.
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166. It might very well be
that no lawyer can handle your case...
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167. if you mean getting off scot-free.
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168. You seemed to be forgetting
Barney Quill raped my wife.
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169. I have the unwritten law on my side.
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170. The unwritten law's a myth, lieutenant.
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171. There is no such thing
as the unwritten law.
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172. Anyone who commits a murder
on the theory that it does exist...
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173. has just bought himself room and board
in the state penitentiary, maybe for life.
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174. Now, with that in mind...
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175. perhaps we can proceed
with a few questions and answers that—
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176. Can I borrow your lighter?
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177. We can proceed with a few questions
and answers...
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178. that might be of some help
to your defence.
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179. But it probably won't be.
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180. Yes. Nice lighter.
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181. - Okay.
- Well, how old are you?
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182. - Twenty-eight.
- How long you been in the service?
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183. Since '50.
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184. - You see any action?
- Korea.
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185. - Have any decorations?
- Plenty.
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186. - Is this your first marriage?
- No.
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187. You're not on the stand.
You don't have to answer yes or no.
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188. Just give me the matrimonial rundown.
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189. - Is this necessary?
- I'll be the judge of that.
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190. My first wife divorced me,
charged cruelty.
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191. Eating crackers in bed.
You know, the usual stuff.
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192. Truth was, she found another guy
when I was in Korea.
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193. I met Laura four years ago in Georgia.
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194. We were married
right after her divorce.
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195. Did you know the husband?
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196. - He was in my outfit down there.
- You mean you were buddies?
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197. I withdraw the question.
It's a little old-fashioned.
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198. Have there been any children
by or from any of these marriages?
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199. - No.
- Any present prospects?
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200. Not unless Barney Quill
started something.
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201. What kind of a gun
did you use on Quill?
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202. War souvenir. A Luger.
The police have it now.
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203. I suppose you've read the newspapers,
the stories about your case.
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204. - Some of them.
- Are they substantially correct?
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205. Yes.
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206. You didn't see Quill rape
and beat your wife?
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207. No. No.
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208. When she got back to the trailer,
she told me what had happened.
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209. How long was it
before you went to Quill's and killed him?
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210. - I don't know exactly. Maybe an hour.
- That long, huh?
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211. The newspapers say your wife
volunteered to take a lie-detector test.
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212. - Know anything about this?
- Only what I read and what she told me.
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213. - Do you know how the test turned out?
- They didn't tell her.
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214. - Yes, Sulo?
- Paulie, we got lunch served for the jail.
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215. - You wanna eat with us?
- Does your sister still cook for the jail?
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216. Oh, sure, she cooks.
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217. Well, you give her
my compliments, Sulo.
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218. I've got a luncheon date downtown.
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219. - Nice going.
- I'll be back after lunch.
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220. Look, I'm sorry if I offended you
a while ago.
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221. No, you're not.
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222. Come on, bucko.
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223. Thank you.
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224. Pass the salt, Paulie.
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225. Thank you.
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226. Did you give the lieutenant
the well-known lecture?
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227. If you mean did I coach him
into a phoney story, no.
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228. Maybe you're too pure, Paul.
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229. Too pure for the natural impurities
of the law.
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230. Could be that you owe the lieutenant
the chance to find a defence.
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231. Could also be you might guide him,
show him the way...
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232. and let him decide
if he wants to take it.
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233. - Want some salt?
- No, I'm not ready.
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234. Anyway, I'm not the right lawyer
for this fellow.
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235. He's insolent, hostile.
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236. You don't have to love him,
just defend him.
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237. What's the matter?
Don't you need a fee?
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238. You know something?
I think you might be a little bit afraid.
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239. - Afraid of what?
- That you might get licked.
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240. There's only one thing more devious
than a Philadelphia lawyer...
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241. and that's an Irish lawyer.
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242. Pass the salt.
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243. Put it down, put it down.
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244. - Hello there.
- I usually answer to the name Paul.
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245. - We gonna have some more jokes?
- Not unless you wanna be the comic.
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246. Oh, I brought you some cigarettes.
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247. - Oh, thanks.
- Peace?
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248. - Oh, sure.
- Fine, fine.
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249. Now, Lieutenant...
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250. there are four ways
I can defend murder.
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251. Number one, it wasn't murder.
It was suicide or accidental.
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252. Two, you didn't do it.
Three, you were legally justified...
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253. like protection of your home
or self-defence.
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254. Four, the killing was excusable.
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255. Where do I fit in to this rosy picture?
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256. I'll tell you where you don't fit.
You don't fit in any of the first three.
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257. Why? Why wouldn't I be legally justified
in killing the man who raped my wife?
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258. Time element.
If you'd caught him in the act...
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259. the shooting might have been justified,
but you didn't.
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260. You had time to bring in the police,
and you didn't.
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261. You're guilty of murder,
premeditated and with vengeance.
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262. - That's first-degree murder.
- Are you telling me to plead guilty?
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263. When I advise you to cop out,
you'll know.
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264. - Cop out?
- That's plead guilty and ask for mercy.
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265. If you're not telling me to cop out,
what are you telling me to do?
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266. I'm not telling you to do anything.
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267. I just want you to understand
the letter of the law.
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268. - Go on.
- Go on with what?
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269. Whatever it is you're getting at.
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270. You know, you're very bright,
lieutenant.
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271. Now let's see how really bright
you can be.
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272. Well, I'm working at it.
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273. Now, because your wife was raped...
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274. you'll have a favourable atmosphere
in the courtroom.
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275. The sympathy will be with you
if the facts are true.
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276. What you need is a legal peg so the jury
can hang their sympathy on your behalf.
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277. You follow me?
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278. What's your legal excuse, lieutenant?
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279. What's your legal excuse
for killing Barney Quill?
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280. Not justification, huh?
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281. Not justification.
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282. Excuse.
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283. Just excuse, huh?
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284. Well, what excuses are there?
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285. How should I know?
You're the one that plugged Quill.
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286. - Well, I must've been mad.
- How's that?
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287. I said, I must've been mad.
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288. No, bad temper's no excuse.
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289. Well, I mean I must've been crazy.
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290. Am I getting warmer?
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291. Okay. See you around.
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292. Am I getting warmer?
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293. Well, I'll tell you that
after I talk to your wife.
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294. In the meantime, see if you can
remember just how crazy you were.
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295. - Mrs Manion here yet?
- She's been waiting quite a while.
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296. She's been through all your albums,
from Dixieland to Brubeck.
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297. What do you think of her?
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298. Soft. Easy.
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299. The kind men like to take advantage of,
and do.
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300. Did you get any money?
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301. - Money.
- Oh, no.
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302. I haven't decided to take the case yet.
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303. You know, you surprise me sometimes.
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304. Why? I've been around.
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305. Yeah...
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306. Hi.
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307. Hi.
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308. I...
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309. I hope you don't mind.
I think we'd better talk.
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310. You're a funny kind of a lawyer.
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311. - The music, I mean.
- Aren't lawyers supposed to like music?
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312. Well, not that kind of music.
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313. Well, I guess that settles it.
I'm a funny kind of lawyer.
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314. Where's your home, Mrs Manion?
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315. Where'd you go to school?
Where'd you live growing up?
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316. Oh, no place in particular.
We sort of moved around.
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317. My father was a boomer,
construction boomer.
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318. Building dams, mostly.
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319. You can call me Laura.
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320. - Is your family still alive, Laura?
- No.
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321. I have some cigarettes around here.
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322. - You want a cigarette?
- I wanted to offer one.
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323. - You could light it for me.
- Oh, yes.
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324. Here.
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325. That's just like your husband's.
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326. He gave me this
because I liked the one he had.
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327. He's like that.
He gives me presents all the time.
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328. Do you have a happy marriage?
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329. Yes.
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330. What went wrong
with the first marriage?
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331. Well, what when wrong
is when I went for Manny.
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332. - Well, that's honest enough.
- It was more than just that.
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333. Like I told you, I grew up on the move,
and Jack—
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334. That was my first husband.
Jack didn't like to move.
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335. He wouldn't take a transfer
when he had the chance.
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336. I was really bored.
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337. Manny likes to go.
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338. We're always going
whenever we get the chance.
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339. We've been all over. I'm thirsty.
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340. Water, or would a beer do?
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341. I think a beer would do fine.
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342. Maida, bring me a bottle of beer,
will you?
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343. - Are you married?
- No.
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344. That's nice.
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345. What do you do alone in this house
if you aren't married?
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346. It's a family home,
and I'm the last of the family.
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347. - There you are.
- Thank you.
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348. - Aren't you having one?
- No, not right now.
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349. There you are.
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350. Oh, could Muff have a little
in that ashtray?
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351. - He loves beer.
- You want a beer for the dog?
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352. Well, here we are.
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353. He'll go to sleep now.
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354. - Isn't he cute?
- Yeah.
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355. Well, how about it? Are you ready?
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356. I mean,
are you ready to tell me the story?
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357. I know what you mean.
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358. Now, suppose you tell me everything
you told the state police...
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359. plus everything
you didn't tell the state police.
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360. - Where shall I begin?
- What time did you leave for Quill's bar?
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361. Right after dinner. About 8:30, I guess.
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362. Manny was late getting home
from the firing range...
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363. so we had dinner,
and he lay down and went to sleep.
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364. I hadn't been
out of the trailer all day...
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365. so I took Muff and a flashlight
and walked over to the bar.
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366. I bought a drink and played pinball.
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367. - Many people in the bar?
- Not many.
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368. Barney came over
and challenged me to a game.
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369. - For drinks, you know.
- How well did you know Barney?
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370. Well, he owned this bar where
Manny and I went sometimes, that's all.
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371. - Had he ever made a pass at you?
- No. Nothing like that at all.
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373. Didn't seem to be, at least
not when we were playing pinball.
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374. Were you with him the whole time
you were there?
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375. - No, there were other people playing too.
- And what time did you leave the bar?
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376. Oh, about 11, I guess.
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377. I left by the side door.
Muff was carrying the flashlight.
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378. He carries it in his mouth.
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379. He's so cute,
running ahead with the light.
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380. - Was he sober?
- Muff? Of course he was sober.
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381. Oh, you're joking now, aren't you?
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382. Yes, I'm joking. Go on.
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383. Well, Barney came from somewhere.
Not the door I left by.
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384. He said he was going my way
and he could drive me home.
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385. He said bears had been prowling around,
and I oughtn't to walk home.
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386. Bears come out of the woods
at night to scavenge.
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387. They're harmless enough, aren't they?
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388. Yeah, I wouldn't have been afraid
in daylight...
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389. but the dark isn't the same,
you know.
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390. Yes, I know. I know.
Now, you got into Barney's car...
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391. I got in,
and he drove to the trailer park.
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392. - He made overtures?
- No, nothing.
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393. When we got to the trailer park,
the auto gate was closed.
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394. Mr Lemon closes it about 11
or a little after.
Copy !req
395. So I thanked Barney
and started to get out of the car...
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396. but he said there wasn't any need
for me to walk.
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397. He could drive me into the park
on another road.
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398. I didn't know there was another road...
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399. but he drove on
before I could say yes or no.
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400. - Well, were you alarmed?
- No. I'm not usually afraid of men.
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401. And anyway, he hadn't touched me
or even said anything out of the way.
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402. Well, doesn't a woman
sort of instinctively know...
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403. when a fellow's on the make?
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404. Oh, sure, but that's only usual with me.
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405. With men, I mean.
Almost all men, ever since I was a kid.
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406. You, for instance.
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407. You're interested, but there isn't
any reason to be afraid of you.
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408. It was like that with Barney.
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409. Mrs Manion, believe me,
I'm not in the least—
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410. Call me Laura.
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411. Laura, I'm only interested
in helping your husband, nothing more.
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412. I don't mean you'd try anything.
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413. I just mean it's...
It's the way you look at me.
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414. It would be very difficult
not to look at you.
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415. Oh, the way I dress, you mean?
You don't like it?
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416. Oh, I love it. I just love it.
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417. Now, we'd better keep moving along
with this thing.
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418. Now, how were you dressed that night?
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419. Oh, in a sweater like this and a skirt.
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420. And the rest? What about the...?
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421. Underneath?
I had on a slip and panties and a bra.
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422. - No girdle?
- I don't need a girdle.
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423. Do you think I need a girdle?
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424. I don't know. I don't know.
How should I—?
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425. Look, I'm only concerned
with a few facts...
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426. that might help
in the defence of your husband.
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427. - That's all.
- Well, I don't wear one.
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428. Okay. No girdle. Okay.
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429. All right. Now, go on.
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430. Well, he turned off the highway
into a lane in the woods...
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431. and he stopped the car
and turned off the lights.
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432. And then he grabbed me, and he said,
"I'm going to rape you," just like that.
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433. - Did he use those words?
- Exactly those words.
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434. Muff began to bark,
so he threw him out the window.
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435. I could hear little Muffy whining
outside the car all through it.
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436. And Barney began to try to get at me...
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437. and I fought him off as best I could,
but he was terribly strong.
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438. Did you cry out? Did you scream?
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439. Didn't seem to be much use
out there in the woods.
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440. He began to shout names at me
like "Army slut" and some other names.
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441. And then he drew back
and hit me with his fist.
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442. He hit me again,
and I didn't fight anymore.
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443. I must have been only half conscious...
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444. but I know that he tore my panties off
and did what he wanted.
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445. The newspaper said
a doctor examined you...
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446. and said he didn't think
you'd been raped.
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447. I don't care.
A woman doesn't mistake these things.
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448. All right. All right. Now, go ahead.
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449. Well, I...
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450. I don't know exactly what happened then.
I must've fainted.
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451. The next thing I remember,
the car was moving.
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452. Barney was driving very fast,
and he was breathing hard...
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453. an ugly gasping sound.
Copy !req
454. We were on the main road
to the trailer park...
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455. and he swung in by the gate
and stopped.
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456. I opened the door to get out.
Muffy jumped out first with a flashlight.
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457. Well, now, wait a minute.
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458. You said he'd thrown Muff out of the car
in the woods.
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459. He did, but Muff was in the car
when we got back.
Copy !req
460. He must've let him back in.
Copy !req
461. All right. You opened the door,
and Muff got out first.
Copy !req
462. Before I could get out...
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463. Barney said he was gonna tear
all my clothes off and attack me again.
Copy !req
464. I got away and ran.
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465. I could see Muff
in an opening in the fence.
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466. He was scooting back and forth
with a flashlight.
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467. Barney caught me from behind,
and I fell to the ground.
Copy !req
468. He fell on top of me
and began to beat me with his fists.
Copy !req
469. I thought he was gonna kill me.
Copy !req
470. I screamed, and somehow or other,
I got to my feet again and ran.
Copy !req
471. I went through the opening
in the fence...
Copy !req
472. and followed Muffy,
who was running with the light.
Copy !req
473. I kept following the light
until he led me to our trailer.
Copy !req
474. And you didn't see Barney again?
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475. Never laid eyes on him again,
dead or alive.
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476. Well, I... I think that's enough for now.
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477. I've got lots of time. All you want.
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478. Where can I reach you?
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479. I'm still in Thunder Bay, but I can drive
down again in the morning.
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480. - Was there something else?
- No.
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481. - Thanks for letting me play the records.
- Oh, you're very welcome.
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482. Thanks a lot. Bye.
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483. - Who's that?
- The lady in the case.
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484. - You're not gonna take the case, huh?
- I don't know.
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485. That depends on what Manion has
to tell me tomorrow.
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486. - He's thinking things out.
- Oh, well, that's more like it.
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487. Now, if I take the case, I want you in it.
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488. Me, in a big murder case?
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489. The sight of this whisky-drinking man
at the counsellor table would ruin you.
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490. I need you.
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491. You mean that?
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492. Why else would he say it?
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493. I'd be glad to work with you
outside of the courtroom...
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494. but not in the courtroom.
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495. Suit yourself about that.
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496. Either way, I'm gonna have
to be able to depend on you.
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497. Will you lay off the booze?
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498. I don't know.
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499. - I don't know about that, Paulie.
- Why don't you know?
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500. Do you think I could lay off the booze?
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501. Ever tried it?
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502. Try it.
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503. I never been on a big murder case.
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504. Not once in all my life.
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505. Well, it's up to you, Parn.
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506. Will you be around tonight?
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507. Yeah. Yeah, I'll be around.
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508. You know, Maida, darling...
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509. I might manage it.
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510. I might manage
to be a real lawyer again.
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511. For a little while, anyway.
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512. I tried remembering.
Copy !req
513. There were still some pieces missing.
Copy !req
514. I remember...
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515. going to Quill's bar with a gun...
Copy !req
516. and I remember Quill's face
behind the bar...
Copy !req
517. but I don't remember anything else,
not even going home.
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518. Don't you remember firing the gun?
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519. Five shots,
that's a lot of noise to forget.
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520. Yeah, I remember hearing shots,
but they don't seem connected with me.
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521. They seemed far away...
Copy !req
522. like somebody else
was doing the shooting.
Copy !req
523. Lieutenant Manion, I'll take your case.
Copy !req
524. Oh, thanks. Thanks, Mr Biegler.
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525. All right.
Now there's the little matter of the fee.
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526. Three thousand dollars.
That's reasonable, isn't it?
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527. Oh, sure. More than reasonable.
I'll have to pay later. I'm broke.
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528. - You're what?
- I'm broke. I'm flat busted.
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529. I don't have $3, much less 3000.
Copy !req
530. - Well, can you raise it?
- Oh, yeah, as soon as I get out of jail.
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531. But next week's payday.
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532. I'll be able to give you $150...
Copy !req
533. and if you get me off,
I'll give you a note for the rest.
Copy !req
534. All right, now suppose I don't go along
with you unless you pay me half the fee?
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535. Well, I'll have to take a lawyer
the court appoints.
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536. - I got my defence now, right? Insanity.
- Yeah.
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537. I think I'll stick around,
make damn sure you get off.
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538. - Where do we start?
- We're gonna need a psychiatrist.
Copy !req
539. Now, since neither one of us
has any money...
Copy !req
540. do you think
the Army will stir one up for you?
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541. I know a colonel in the Pentagon.
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542. - I'll write a letter.
- Good. Do that. Sulo.
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543. Where are you going now?
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544. I'm going to see your wife,
for one thing.
Copy !req
545. - Why? Didn't you see her yesterday?
- That's right. I did.
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546. She's a very pretty woman, your wife.
Copy !req
547. A man gets used to the way
his wife looks.
Copy !req
548. I guess he does. I'll see you.
Copy !req
549. Come on in, Paulie. Come on in.
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550. You haven't been in here
since you vacated.
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551. - No.
- Hardly recognise the old place, huh?
Copy !req
552. Mary did it.
She just finished her decorators' course.
Copy !req
553. Smart girl. Very smart girl. Look at this.
Copy !req
554. - A real genuine Picasso print.
- That's very nice.
Copy !req
555. Here, try this chair.
It sort of does things for you.
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556. Yeah, sit right down.
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557. Great, isn't it?
Good for the nerves, they say.
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558. - How do you shut it off?
- Here.
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559. - Here we are. Feel better?
- I feel all shook up.
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560. Mitch, I dropped by to tell you
I've got both feet in the Manion case.
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561. - You're going to cop out, aren't you?
- No.
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562. That's a mistake. It's open-and-shut.
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563. - Maybe. We'll see.
- Judge Maitland's in the hospital.
Copy !req
564. Maybe you'd like to agree
to a continuance until he gets back.
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565. If we go with the case now, we'll have
to try before some grab-bag judge.
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566. - Me, I'd rather have Maitland.
- So would I.
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567. But that'd also mean my client
would lie around in jail...
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568. for another two, three months
before the trial.
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569. Now, if you'll drop the charge
down to manslaughter...
Copy !req
570. so I can get him out on bail,
we'll agree to a continuance.
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571. You wouldn't do that if you were still DA.
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572. Oh, I don't know. I might.
Copy !req
573. I might, since a big fat lie-detector test
on his wife...
Copy !req
574. is giving proof to the rape story.
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575. - He'd have the jury with him.
- How did you know what the lie—?
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576. - I bit, didn't I?
- You did.
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577. The result of a lie-detector test
isn't admissible evidence.
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578. - You can't use it.
- No, but it carries moral weight.
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579. Mitch, I wouldn't sit
in that chair too much.
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580. It could shake a fella's brains loose.
I'll see you later.
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581. - He remembers you, Paul. He likes you.
- He likes the beer in my icebox.
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582. What's the occasion today?
A buffalo hunt?
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583. I bought these in Arizona
when we were stationed there.
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584. - Aren't they smart? I think they're smart.
- Yeah. Here, we can sit in my car.
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585. Here you are.
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586. - Here you go, Muff.
- Several things have occurred to me.
Copy !req
587. The...
Copy !req
588. The undergarments
Barney Quill tore off.
Copy !req
589. Who has them now? The police?
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590. - You mean my panties?
- All right, your panties.
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591. I haven't seen them since.
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592. I gave the torn skirt and sweater
to the police.
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593. I went with them up that lane
to look for the panties...
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594. but we couldn't find anything
but my glasses.
Copy !req
595. Your glasses? You mean you were
wearing glasses through all that?
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596. No, I had them in a case in my hand.
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597. I wear them for reading,
playing pinball, things like that.
Copy !req
598. I must have tried to get out of the car
and dropped them.
Copy !req
599. You might be interested to know...
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600. that your lie-detector test
turned out in your favour.
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601. Of course it did.
I could've told you it would.
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602. - You weren't worried about it?
- No.
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603. Why should I be?
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604. Would you like to have something
to worry about?
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605. Silly.
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606. Like your husband watching us
from his cell window?
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607. All right.
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608. All right, let's have it.
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609. - Did he say something to you?
- Just enough.
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610. Are you afraid of him?
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611. Yes.
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612. Is that why you volunteered
for a lie-detector test?
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613. - For him?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
614. Does he have reason to be jealous?
Copy !req
615. He was jealous
even before we were married.
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616. I should've known how it would be.
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617. It's funny, though.
He likes to show me off.
Copy !req
618. He likes me to dress the way I do.
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619. And then he gets furious
if a man pays any attention to me.
Copy !req
620. I've tried to leave him, but I can't.
Copy !req
621. He begs, I give in.
Copy !req
622. Well, now, if you think
I've forgotten my question, I haven't.
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623. - I have.
- All right.
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624. All right, then I'll ask it again.
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625. Does your husband have any reason
to be jealous?
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626. No.
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627. Not once. Not ever.
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628. - Hi. Like the place all right?
- Oh, I was just looking at these pictures.
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629. - That was Barney Quill, wasn't it?
- That's right. Barney Quill.
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630. - I'm Paul Biegler. I'm—
- I know who you are.
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631. - I've seen you around Iron City.
- You didn't tell me your name.
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632. - Paquette. We don't open till 5.
- Oh, that's all right. I can wait.
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633. I don't have the shakes yet.
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634. You were on the job that night,
weren't you...
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635. the night Barney Quill was killed?
Copy !req
636. Like the newspaper said, I was present.
Copy !req
637. You were the fellow
that stopped Lieutenant Manion outside.
Copy !req
638. That's right.
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639. He pointed the gun at me and said,
"You want some too, buster?"
Copy !req
640. And you said no
because your name isn't Buster.
Copy !req
641. - Wasn't anything funny about it.
- No, there wasn't. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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642. Where were you when Barney Quill
was killed, Mr Paquette?
Copy !req
643. I gather you don't wanna talk
about that night, huh?
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644. That's right. I don't wanna talk about it.
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645. You'll have to talk to me
about it in court. Why not now?
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646. Because I don't have to now.
Reason enough, okay?
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647. Okay.
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648. Okay.
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649. Boy, old Barney, he was kind of
a rugged character, wasn't he?
Copy !req
650. Ex-prizefighter and muscle man,
fancy with guns and...
Copy !req
651. He paid his debts. Ran a clean place.
Copy !req
652. - Me, I liked him.
- You run the place now?
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653. No, I just work here.
Mary's running things.
Copy !req
654. Mary? Was that Barney's wife?
Copy !req
655. No, he didn't have a wife.
Mary was his manager.
Copy !req
656. Oh, all right.
I wonder who's gonna inherit the place.
Copy !req
657. - Mary, I guess.
- Mary again.
Copy !req
658. What's the matter with that?
Copy !req
659. What's the matter with Mary?
I don't know what's the matter with Mary.
Copy !req
660. Mary what?
Copy !req
661. Pilant. Mary Pilant.
Copy !req
662. She's in the back booth.
We don't talk about our customers here.
Copy !req
663. - But if we did, which we don't—
- Thank you.
Copy !req
664. That's her. That's Mary Pilant.
Copy !req
665. - Do you know Lieutenant Manion's wife?
- Sure. I know the lieutenant too.
Copy !req
666. He's a good officer. She's all right too.
Copy !req
667. Friendly. Good kid.
Copy !req
668. - What do you know? Knock it off.
- I didn't mean anything. She's a dish.
Copy !req
669. - What's the matter with that?
- You want this lawyer to get wrong ideas?
Copy !req
670. What chance has the lieutenant got,
Mr McCarthy?
Copy !req
671. Pretty good, I'd say, with a couple
of character witnesses like you.
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672. I'd like to help him out. I sure would.
But we're moving out.
Copy !req
673. The whole outfit. Berlin.
Copy !req
674. Tell me, who is this babe at the hotel?
Copy !req
675. Name's Mary Pilant.
She was Quill's private property.
Copy !req
676. - Would you like a table, sir?
- Yes, please.
Copy !req
677. - Will you be alone?
- I'll be joined by two others.
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678. - May I take your hat?
- Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
Copy !req
679. - How was the manicure?
- Ask me any questions about anybody.
Copy !req
680. I've got all the dope.
Copy !req
681. Can you tell me about a woman
by the name of Mary Pilant?
Copy !req
682. Easy. Mary Pilant may or may not have
been the mistress of the late B. Quill.
Copy !req
683. The manicurist is in favour
of the mistress theory...
Copy !req
684. but the hairdresser's against it.
Copy !req
685. However, they both agree some sort of
hanky-panky must have been going on.
Copy !req
686. - To be continued.
- Menu?
Copy !req
687. Thank you.
Copy !req
688. - Pretty, huh?
- Yes, she's very pretty.
Copy !req
689. All right. Well, go on, go on.
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690. Anyway, there's one story that says that
Barney's wild night with Mrs Manion...
Copy !req
691. was somehow triggered
by Mary Pilant.
Copy !req
692. Seems she'd been running around with
some soldier, and Barney blew his stack.
Copy !req
693. - He got tanked up and exploded.
- Well, is Mary Pilant local?
Copy !req
694. No, she's a Canadian.
Copy !req
695. Barney brought her in
to dress up the place...
Copy !req
696. and she stayed on
to manage it for him.
Copy !req
697. Looks like she's done all right.
Copy !req
698. Better than all right.
She's in for the estate.
Copy !req
699. She doesn't look like a bad sort,
does she?
Copy !req
700. Where?
Copy !req
701. What do you mean, "where"?
The pretty one with the menus.
Copy !req
702. This girl right here?
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703. Miss Pilant, may I introduce myself?
Copy !req
704. I'm Paul Biegler,
attorney for Lieutenant Manion.
Copy !req
705. This is Miss Rutledge
and Mr McCarthy.
Copy !req
706. How do you do?
Copy !req
707. I wonder if you
could sit with us a minute.
Copy !req
708. - Yes, I can take a minute.
- Thank you.
Copy !req
709. I'd like to ask you a few things,
if you don't mind.
Copy !req
710. What sort of things, Mr Biegler?
Copy !req
711. Well, like what kind of a man
your employer was, Mr Quill.
Copy !req
712. A very nice man.
Copy !req
713. If that's true, how do you explain what
happened with Lieutenant Manion's wife?
Copy !req
714. I don't know what happened...
Copy !req
715. so there really isn't anything
for me to explain.
Copy !req
716. Your loyalty to the dead Mr Quill
is very touching.
Copy !req
717. Barney was well liked here
by everyone.
Copy !req
718. It's generous of everyone to overlook
his faults, like raping other men's wives.
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719. If you'll pardon me.
Copy !req
720. The waitress will take your order
when you're ready.
Copy !req
721. Nice to have met you, Mr Biegler,
Mr McCarthy, Mrs Rutledge.
Copy !req
722. You've just been ginned, lieutenant.
Copy !req
723. - Ten, 20, 30.
- Manion?
Copy !req
724. Give me two.
Copy !req
725. - Any word, lieutenant?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
726. This, from Washington.
Copy !req
727. They'll let a doctor come and testify,
but there's a string on it.
Copy !req
728. They want me to go to an Army hospital
in Detroit for an examination.
Copy !req
729. Doesn't the Army understand
you're in jail on a nonbailable offence?
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730. That's it,
as far as the Army's concerned.
Copy !req
731. I don't know how I can get around this.
I'll think of something.
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732. My wife hasn't been here for two days.
You seen her?
Copy !req
733. - No, not for a while.
- Well, where the hell is she?
Copy !req
734. You've got other things to worry about.
Copy !req
735. I'll get in touch with your wife,
tell her you miss her.
Copy !req
736. Yeah, you tell her that.
Copy !req
737. - Thanks, Sulo.
- Okay, Paulie.
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738. I know just how you feel, lieutenant.
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739. I'd be tearing my hair out too
if I had something like that outside.
Copy !req
740. Something like what outside?
Copy !req
741. You know what I mean.
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742. Something like that
running around on the loose.
Copy !req
743. Now, what's the big noise, buckos?
Copy !req
744. It's me, dummy.
I hit my elbow on this lousy iron bar.
Copy !req
745. - You want some rubbing alcohol maybe?
- No.
Copy !req
746. But a little bourbon might help.
Copy !req
747. - Yeah.
- Knock it off. Knock it off, buckos.
Copy !req
748. Let's finish the game, lieutenant.
Copy !req
749. Hey, what a crazy lawyer we got.
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750. Hi, Paulie. That's what
they call you, isn't it? Paulie?
Copy !req
751. That's a crazy name for a crazy lawyer.
Copy !req
752. - Thanks for letting me sit in, Pie-Eye.
- Hey, you're not splitting the scene?
Copy !req
753. - I mean, you're not cutting out?
- No, I'll be back.
Copy !req
754. Oh, hi, Paulie.
Fellas, this is Manny's lawyer.
Copy !req
755. - Hi.
- How are you?
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756. - Sit down, won't you?
- I'm sorry, I can't.
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757. Mrs Manion,
may I talk to you for a moment outside?
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758. Mrs Manion? I thought we dropped
the formalities a long time ago.
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759. Maybe we'd better pick them up again.
This is important.
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760. - All right, I'll go with you.
- All right, come on.
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761. - Hey. You're coming back, aren't you?
- Oh, what do you think?
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762. See you later, Pie-Eye.
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763. Okay.
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764. - Did you get my phone message?
- Yeah, but I got busy.
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765. Why haven't you been
to see your husband?
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766. I don't see why
I have to see him every day.
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767. - It would be a good idea if you did.
- All right, I'll see him every day, okay?
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768. - No, not okay. Where's your car?
- I came with them.
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769. - Mine's right over here. Come on.
- I've got friends inside.
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770. - Friends or no friends, you're going home.
- Who do you think you are?
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771. I'm the lawyer trying to beat a rap
for your husband.
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772. - What's that got to do with—?
- You listen to me.
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773. Until this trial's over...
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774. you're gonna be a meek housewife
with spectacles...
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775. and you're going to stay away
from men, juke joints...
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776. booze and pinball machines...
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777. and you're gonna wear a skirt
and low-heeled shoes and a girdle.
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778. And especially a girdle.
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779. Look, Laura, believe me, I don't usually
complain of an attractive jiggle...
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780. but you save that jiggle
for your husband to look at...
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781. if and when I get him out of jail.
Now, come on, now. Let's go.
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782. I'm sorry. I really am.
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783. I wouldn't hurt Manny's chances
for anything.
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784. Come on. Come on.
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785. Is this about where
Barney knocked you down?
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786. Yeah, right over here.
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787. There's the opening...
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788. where Muffy was running
back and forth with the flashlight.
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789. Where's your trailer?
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790. Up there on the hill.
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791. This is my favourite place.
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792. Sometimes when Manny was sleeping,
I'd come out here and just sit.
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793. I had to get out of that trailer.
I couldn't stand being cooped up.
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794. I'm— I'm lonely, Paul. I'm awful lonely.
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795. I wouldn't have gone to that roadhouse
if it weren't for that, you know.
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796. Maybe you were getting in
some good practise being lonely.
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797. You mean you think
maybe Manny won't get off?
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798. That'll be up to the jury,
and you can never tell about them.
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799. If he didn't, it'd be one way to end it.
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800. No, I don't mean that. I...
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801. I may think it sometimes,
but I don't really want it.
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802. Hello, sweetie. Did you miss me?
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803. Of course you missed me.
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804. You wanna come in, Paul?
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805. You can if you want to, you know.
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806. No, thank you, Laura.
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807. I'm sorry I had to spoil your fun
over at that place.
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808. Good night, Laura.
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809. Good night.
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810. Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
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811. The circuit court for the county
of Iron Cliffs is now in session.
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812. You can be seated.
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813. For those of you I haven't met,
my name is Weaver.
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814. I'm from downstate,
and I'm sitting temporarily...
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815. while your good Judge Maitland
is recovering from a severe illness.
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816. There's no need to dwell at length
upon my methods.
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817. One judge is quite like another.
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818. The only difference is maybe
in the state of their digestions...
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819. or their proclivities
for sleeping on the bench.
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820. For myself, I can digest pig iron.
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821. And while I might appear
to doze occasionally...
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822. you'll find that I'm easily awakened...
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823. particularly if shaken gently
by a good lawyer...
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824. with a nice point of law.
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825. We will now take up
the criminal docket.
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826. Case number one,
The People v. Clarence Madigan...
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827. breaking and entering
in the nighttime.
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828. Will the defendant rise
and come forward?
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829. That's me, Your Honour.
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830. State of Michigan, court of Iron Cliffs...
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831. I, Mitchell Lodwick, prosecuting
attorney, come into Iron Cliffs...
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832. and give the court to understand
that one Clarence Madigan...
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833. alias One-Shot Madigan,
alias Smoky Madigan...
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834. did break and enter the house
of Casper Katz...
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835. and did there commit the felony
of larceny on said premises.
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836. Does Mr Madigan have an attorney?
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837. Oh, no. A man's gotta have money
to ask them fellas the time of day.
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838. Mr Madigan, if you're impoverished...
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839. it's my duty to appoint an attorney
on your behalf.
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840. Oh, I wouldn't bother, Your Honour.
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841. I stole the whisky. I'm guilty as hell.
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842. It was a full case of expensive bourbon,
Your Honour.
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843. - Did you sell this whisky?
- Oh, no, I drank it.
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844. - All of it?
- You bet, judge.
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845. Are you aware that it will be necessary
to punish you for this crime?
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846. It was worth it.
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847. I'll accept your plea of guilty,
Mr Madigan.
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848. You'll be sentenced later.
You may now return to your place.
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849. Thanks, Your Honour.
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850. Case number two,
The People v. Frederick Manion...
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851. the charge, murder.
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852. Paul Biegler for the defendant.
My formal appearance is already on file.
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853. Which of these men is your client,
Mr Biegler?
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854. - None of them, Your Honour.
- Sheriff, will you produce the prisoner?
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855. Well, I—
I'm afraid I can't do that, Your Honour.
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856. Perhaps someone should explain.
I'm not clairvoyant.
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857. The defendant is in Detroit being
examined by a psychiatrist, Your Honour.
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858. Shouldn't the court
have been consulted...
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859. before the defendant
was allowed to leave?
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860. We're dealing with the Army
in this matter.
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861. This is the only crack they would give us
at their psychiatrists.
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862. The court was not present...
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863. and it was urgent
we get the defendant to the psychiatrist.
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864. What does the attorney
for the people say?
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865. It was done with my knowledge.
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866. I've always heard this Upper Peninsula
of our fair state was a queer place.
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867. If it's customary here to allow a man
charged with first-degree murder...
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868. to wander about at will,
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869. I don't suppose it behooves
an outsider to point out...
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870. that the law makes no provision
for such quaint liberalism.
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871. The defendant is in the care of a deputy
and will be returned this afternoon.
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872. We'll formally arraign the defendant
on his return.
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873. For the sake of the docket,
can you give me a clue as to his plea?
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874. The defendant will waive reading
of the information and stand mute.
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875. A plea of not guilty will be entered.
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876. The case of Frederick Manion
will be placed first on the trial docket.
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877. Can you hurry up?
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878. If somebody tells that judge the prisoner
was lounging around the station...
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879. - he'll give me the works.
- It'll just take a minute. Manny, come on.
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880. Well, lieutenant, how'd things turn out?
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881. - I was temporarily insane.
- Did he tell you that?
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882. Yeah. Says he's gonna
write you a letter.
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883. But I took some notes on my own.
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884. - The doctor's name is Smith.
- Smith?
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885. Anatole Ludwig Smith
or Ludwig von Smith, I hope.
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886. - A name like that would impress the jury.
- Just plain Matthew Smith.
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887. He said that when I shot Quill...
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888. I was suffering
from dissociative reaction.
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889. Dissociative reaction.
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890. - Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
- Yeah. What does it mean?
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891. Well, it means I had
"an irresistible impulse to shoot Quill."
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892. That's okay, isn't it?
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893. But what did he say about your knowing
the difference between right and wrong?
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894. I don't think he said anything.
Why, is that important?
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895. We'd better not keep the sheriff waiting.
You'd better go.
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896. Thank you, sheriff.
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897. Ever heard of a Michigan court accepting
"irresistible impulse" as insanity?
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898. No. Maybe we'd better switch
to self-defence.
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899. Even Mitch Lodwick
would make a monkey out of us on that.
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900. - Damn strawberry soda.
- Here, want a peanut?
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901. No, thanks.
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902. Well, tomorrow's Saturday.
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903. We just have the weekend
before the trial.
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904. - When do you wanna start working?
- Tomorrow morning, early.
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905. - Paulie.
- Hey, listen to this, Parn.
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906. Never mind that.
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907. Just find People v. Durfee,
62 Michigan 486, year 1886.
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908. Yeah, that's it.
I have it right here in the ALR. Listen.
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909. "The right-and-wrong test,
though condemned as unscientific...
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910. is adhered to by most states, but—"
Listen to this "but."
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911. But the fact that one accused...
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912. of committing a crime
may have been able to comprehend...
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913. the nature and the consequences
of this act and to know that it was wrong.
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914. Nevertheless—"
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915. Dear, sweet, endearing word,
"nevertheless."
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916. "Nevertheless, if he was forced
to its execution by an impulse—
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917. By an impulse
which he was powerless to control...
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918. he will be excused from punishment."
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919. The Michigan Supreme Court
did accept irresistible impulse, Parn.
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920. This is precedent.
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921. Boy, I think we've got ahold
of something here.
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922. Good old Durfee, 1886.
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923. How about that? Give me a pad.
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924. This strawberry soda is beginning
to taste like real bourbon whisky.
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925. Yeah, well, don't get drunk yet.
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926. We've got to convince a jury
that our client was irresistibly impulsed.
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927. Remember that.
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928. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
before we proceed further...
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929. it will be necessary for me
to examine you on your qualifications...
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930. to sit as jurors.
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931. Will you please remember
that you are under oath?
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932. Are all of you citizens?
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933. Will you please raise your hand
if you are not?
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934. Make way, please.
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935. Are there any justices of the peace
or law enforcement officers among you?
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936. No.
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937. Are any of you related
by blood or marriage...
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938. to any law enforcement officer?
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939. No.
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940. So much for qualifications.
I will now examine for cause.
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941. Do any of you have
any business pending...
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942. with the prosecuting attorney,
Mitchell Lodwick?
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943. No.
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944. Do any of you have any business
pending with Paul Biegler...
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945. attorney for the defence?
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946. No.
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947. Are any of you acquainted
with the defendant...
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948. - sitting there on Mr Biegler's left?
- No.
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949. Will Mrs Laura Manion,
the defendant's wife, please stand?
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950. - Do any of you know Mrs Manion?
- No.
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951. Thank you, Mrs Manion.
You may be seated.
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952. Counsel may challenge the jury
for cause.
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953. Your Honour,
before counsel's challenge...
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954. may I introduce Mr Claude Dancer
to the court?
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955. Mr Dancer is an assistant
attorney general from Lansing.
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956. Because of the peculiar nature
of this case...
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957. I've requested the attorney general
to allow Mr Dancer to sit in.
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958. Your reputation precedes you,
Mr Dancer.
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959. It's a privilege to have you in my court.
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960. Thank you, Your Honour.
I'm sure it'll be instructive.
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961. Do any of you jurors
have any business pending...
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962. before the attorney general's office?
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963. No.
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964. I must apologise
for my disparaging remarks...
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965. about the Upper Peninsula
and its customs.
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966. I've seldom seen a murder jury selected
and sworn in less than half a day.
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967. You have won my heart completely,
gentlemen.
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968. Now, Mr Dancer,
you asked for the recess.
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969. What's your problem?
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970. There was a little suggestion
I wanted to make.
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971. By all means.
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972. Since the defence plea is insanity...
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973. the prosecution
has retained a psychiatrist.
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974. We have the right to petition...
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975. for a mental exam of the defendant
by our own doctor.
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976. Are you familiar with that statute,
Mr Biegler?
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977. Moderately.
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978. I think it would delay things
to file a formal petition...
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979. so why don't we informally agree
to ask His Honour for an adjournment...
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980. only a day or so, and our doctor
can visit with the defendant?
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981. I think it would save everyone time,
don't you?
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982. - Yes, I'm sure it will.
- Good.
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983. Suppose you just go ahead
and file that formal petition anyway.
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984. Of course,
you're a little late, aren't you?
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985. Maybe His Honour will overlook that.
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986. Then I'd like the jury to see that you
think our insanity plea has some merit.
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987. There won't be need
for our doctor to examine your client.
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988. - Naturally, I was following procedure.
- Naturally, I'm all for it.
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989. - Do you wish to file the petition?
- Yes, Your Honour—
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990. - That won't be necessary.
- Oh, that's right.
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991. Skirmish over.
Shall we join now on the field of battle?
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992. The body of Quill
had sustained five gunshot wounds.
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993. One of the bullets had passed
through the heart.
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994. Death, in my opinion,
was almost instantaneous...
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995. and was directly caused
by this wound.
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996. Dr Raschid,
may I have your detailed report?
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997. Certainly.
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998. I ask that this report be marked
People's Exhibit 1 for identification.
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999. So received and marked.
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1000. The people hand the defence
a copy of the report.
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1001. Counsel may cross-examine.
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1002. Dr Raschid, your primary purpose
was to ascertain the cause of death...
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1003. - was it not?
- Yes.
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1004. Yet I read in your report here
that you checked to determine...
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1005. whether spermatogenesis was
occurring in the body of the deceased.
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1006. Objection, Your Honour.
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1007. The people call this witness
only to show the cause of death.
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1008. Your Honour, the entire report
was offered as evidence...
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1009. and the report contains
this information.
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1010. Overruled, Mr Lodwick.
The witness may answer.
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1011. Yes, I made that examination
on the deceased.
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1012. Now, would you tell the court
your findings?
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1013. Spermatogenesis was occurring
at the time of death.
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1014. In other words,
the deceased in life was not sterile.
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1015. - He could produce children.
- Correct.
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1016. Now, doctor, if a woman says
she has had intercourse...
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1017. with a certain man,
and the man is proved fertile...
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1018. even though no evidence is found
in the woman's body...
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1019. could a lawyer,
say a prosecuting attorney...
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1020. use this as evidence
that the woman is lying?
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1021. Your Honour,
I object to this line of questioning.
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1022. We're not concerned
with whether there have been relations...
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1023. between a man and woman.
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1024. As long as an examination
for spermatogenesis has been made...
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1025. we're entitled to know why.
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1026. Overruled. You may answer.
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1027. Yes, prosecution could use that...
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1028. though it certainly would not
be conclusive that she was lying.
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1029. Why not?
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1030. There could be several reasons
why the test on her was negative.
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1031. The use of a contraceptive...
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1032. or possibly there was no completion
on the part of the man.
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1033. In this postmortem,
were you asked to determine...
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1034. whether the deceased had reached
a sexual climax before death?
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1035. No, sir.
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1036. Could you have made
such a determination?
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1037. Oh, yes.
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1038. You were asked to make an examination
that might be useful to the prosecution...
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1039. - none that might help the defence?
- I object, Your Honour.
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1040. The question is argumentative.
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1041. Counsel is trying to impugn the intent
of the representatives of the people.
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1042. Mr Biegler, you must be aware
that the question is improper.
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1043. I withdraw the question, Your Honour,
and apologise.
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1044. The question and answer
will be stricken...
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1045. and the jury will disregard
both the question and the answer.
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1046. - That's all the questions I have.
- No redirect.
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1047. The people now call Lloyd Burke.
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1048. Will the witness step forward, please?
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1049. How can a jury disregard
what it's already heard?
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1050. - They can't.
- Do you swear...
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1051. the testimony you give
shall be the truth...
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1052. the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?
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1053. - I do.
- Sit down, please.
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1054. - Will you state your profession, please?
- I'm a commercial photographer.
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1055. Were you called upon by the police...
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1056. to take photographs of the body
of the deceased, Bernard Quill...
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1057. before and after he was removed
from the scene of death?
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1058. Yes, sir.
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1059. Were these photographs
of the deceased made by you?
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1060. They were.
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1061. The reporter will please mark these
People's Exhibit 2A to 2D...
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1062. for identification.
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1063. Photographs are tendered
to the defence for examination.
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1064. The people move their admission
as evidence. Your witness.
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1065. No questions. No objections.
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1066. Paul, he took pictures
of me that night too.
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1067. Just a minute, Mr Burke.
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1068. Mr Burke,
these photographs offered as evidence...
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1069. are they the only photographs
you took that night?
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1070. Why, no.
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1071. - I suppose the others didn't turn out.
- All my pictures turn out.
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1072. Oh, of course. I beg your pardon. I—
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1073. Did you give the other pictures
to the police?
Copy !req
1074. - Yes, sir, I did.
- Well, Mr Burke, what were they?
Copy !req
1075. Were they side shots
or a shot of the moon, perhaps...
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1076. or a black bear scavenging
the Thunder Bay dump?
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1077. Your Honour, I object.
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1078. I can't see how other photographs
are relevant.
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1079. The photos in evidence
were introduced...
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1080. to show the deceased met
with a violent death.
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1081. I should think any photo pertaining
to the case would be relevant.
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1082. The point is good, Mr Biegler.
Continue.
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1083. What were these other photographs of,
Mr Burke?
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1084. - Lieutenant Manion's wife.
- These photos showed how she looked...
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1085. - after Barney Quill was killed?
- Yes.
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1086. How she looked is irrelevant.
No evidence has been introduced...
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1087. to connect Mrs Manion's appearance
to a charge of murder.
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1088. - Sustained.
- I'm sorry.
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1089. I just wanted to make sure prosecution
wasn't withholding evidence.
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1090. Now, look here.
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1091. I protest to the defence attorney's
persistent attacks...
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1092. on the motives of the prosecution.
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1093. The jury will disregard the remark made
by the attorney for the defence.
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1094. There's no reason to believe that the
prosecution has not acted in good faith.
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1095. Oh, my apologies to the prosecution
and to the court.
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1096. But, Your Honour,
as long as protests are being made...
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1097. I'd like to make a protest myself.
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1098. Now, I'm perfectly willing
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1099. to take on these
two legal giants anytime, anyplace...
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1100. but in all fairness,
it ought to be one at a time.
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1101. I don't want these two pitching
knuckle balls at me at the same time.
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1102. It seems to me you're batting
close to a thousand, Mr Biegler...
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1103. but your point is well taken.
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1104. Whichever attorney opens
with the witness...
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1105. he alone shall continue
with that witness...
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1106. until the witness is excused.
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1107. Thank you, Your Honour.
No more questions.
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1108. No questions.
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1109. - My, we're drawing well, aren't we?
- Where's Parnell?
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1110. Parnell? Why? Isn't he here?
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1111. Not here, not in his rooming house,
and hasn't been there all night.
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1112. - You were last to see him. Where is he?
- I promised not to tell. Don't ask.
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1113. He hasn't fallen off the wagon.
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1114. - No, he was sober.
- Has he gone somewhere?
Copy !req
1115. He did borrow my car
for something or other.
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1116. Your car? That was smart.
He hasn't driven a car in 20 years.
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1117. - He'll kill himself. Now, where's he gone?
- My word is my bond.
Copy !req
1118. - Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
- Morning.
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1119. - You may proceed.
- Your Honour...
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1120. the defence notices a third person
at the prosecution's table.
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1121. We're wondering if the court
shares our curiosity as to who he is?
Copy !req
1122. I was about to introduce him.
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1123. Your Honour, this gentleman
is Dr W. Gregory Harcourt.
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1124. Dr Harcourt is the people's psychiatrist
in this case.
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1125. We ask that Dr Harcourt be allowed
to sit at our table as an observer.
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1126. What are you gonna
have him observe?
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1127. The constellation of Taurus
or the life and times of a bumblebee?
Copy !req
1128. To observe the defendant, of course.
Copy !req
1129. Oh, well, that's fine. That's fine.
The defence has no objection.
Copy !req
1130. I just wish to express my relief...
Copy !req
1131. that the new recruit is not additional
legal reinforcements from Lansing.
Copy !req
1132. Call Alphonse Paquette.
Copy !req
1133. Raise your right hand, please.
Copy !req
1134. You do swear that the testimony you give
shall be the truth...
Copy !req
1135. the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?
Copy !req
1136. - I do.
- Take a seat, please.
Copy !req
1137. - Will you state your name, please?
- Alphonse Paquette.
Copy !req
1138. You work at the Thunder Bay Inn,
don't you, Mr Paquette?
Copy !req
1139. I'm bartender there.
Copy !req
1140. Were you working the night
Quill was shot by Frederick Manion?
Copy !req
1141. - I was.
- Were you witness to the shooting?
Copy !req
1142. I was.
Copy !req
1143. Will you tell us in your own words,
please, what happened?
Copy !req
1144. I was at a table by the door
when Lieutenant Manion came in.
Copy !req
1145. Did you know Lieutenant Manion
by sight and name?
Copy !req
1146. - Yes, sir.
- Go ahead.
Copy !req
1147. Well, he came in and walked over
to the bar and began to shoot.
Copy !req
1148. He shot Barney
when he came up to the bar...
Copy !req
1149. and when Barney fell, he kept on
shooting down at Barney behind the bar.
Copy !req
1150. Then he turned around
and walked out.
Copy !req
1151. When Lieutenant Manion
entered the bar...
Copy !req
1152. how did he appear to you?
Copy !req
1153. Well, he walked slow,
kind of deliberate, I guess you could say.
Copy !req
1154. - Did he speak to Barney Quill?
- Not a word.
Copy !req
1155. Just walked over
and pulled out his gun and:
Copy !req
1156. - And then he walked out?
- Yes.
Copy !req
1157. When he walked out,
how did he appear to you?
Copy !req
1158. He seemed just like he did
when he walked in.
Copy !req
1159. Like he was the mailman
delivering the mail.
Copy !req
1160. When Lieutenant Manion walked
out of the bar, what did you do?
Copy !req
1161. Well, it happened so fast,
I guess I was stunned.
Copy !req
1162. - Then I ran out after him.
- Did you find him outside?
Copy !req
1163. - Yes, sir. He was walking away.
- Did you speak to him?
Copy !req
1164. Yes, sir. I said, "Lieutenant,
you'd better not run away from this."
Copy !req
1165. Did he reply to you?
Copy !req
1166. He said,
"Do you want some too, buster?"
Copy !req
1167. Was he pointing the gun at you?
Copy !req
1168. Well, he was holding the gun
in my direction, but the muzzle was low.
Copy !req
1169. When he said,
"Do you want some too, buster?"...
Copy !req
1170. how was that expressed?
Copy !req
1171. Did he shout it? Was it hysterical?
Copy !req
1172. Was he hoarse?
Did his voice tremble?
Copy !req
1173. No, sir.
Copy !req
1174. He just said it cool and hard
and looked right at me.
Copy !req
1175. Did he appear to you,
as far as you could tell...
Copy !req
1176. to be in complete possession
of his faculties?
Copy !req
1177. - Yes, sir, far as I could tell.
- Your witness.
Copy !req
1178. Did you see Laura Manion,
the wife of Lieutenant Manion...
Copy !req
1179. in the bar that night?
Copy !req
1180. There he goes again.
This is immaterial and irrelevant.
Copy !req
1181. I don't see
what the prosecution's so jumpy about.
Copy !req
1182. I haven't gone anyplace.
Copy !req
1183. Well, let's see where he's going
before we start objecting.
Copy !req
1184. You may proceed, Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
1185. Did you see Mrs Manion
in the bar that night?
Copy !req
1186. She was there.
Copy !req
1187. - Did Quill leave the bar that night?
- Yes.
Copy !req
1188. - Do you remember when he returned?
- I think he came back around midnight.
Copy !req
1189. From which entrance did he come?
Copy !req
1190. Did he come from the lobby entrance
or come from that outside entrance?
Copy !req
1191. It was from the lobby.
Copy !req
1192. - How did he appear to you at that time?
- How do you mean?
Copy !req
1193. You understood the prosecuting attorney
when he asked you that...
Copy !req
1194. about Lieutenant Manion's
appearance.
Copy !req
1195. Well, he was just old Barney,
like usual.
Copy !req
1196. You mean he was just good old sober,
reliable, gentle...
Copy !req
1197. salt-of-the-earth,
friend-to-man Barney.
Copy !req
1198. Your Honour,
what kind of a question is that?
Copy !req
1199. I withdraw the question, Your Honour.
Copy !req
1200. Mr Paquette...
Copy !req
1201. had Barney changed his clothes
since he left the bar?
Copy !req
1202. I don't remember.
Copy !req
1203. Might his clothing have been different
when he returned?
Copy !req
1204. That is,
might he have changed his clothes?
Copy !req
1205. - I couldn't say. I didn't notice.
- Was Barney drinking that night?
Copy !req
1206. Well, he always had a few shots
while he was talking to the customers.
Copy !req
1207. - He was friendly.
- Oh, sure, he was. Good old Barney.
Copy !req
1208. Now, how many shots would you say
good old Barney usually had?
Copy !req
1209. I don't know exactly.
Copy !req
1210. Wasn't he in fact pretty loaded
that night?
Copy !req
1211. Objection, Your Honour.
Even if the deceased was dead drunk...
Copy !req
1212. it's no defence to this charge.
Copy !req
1213. Sustained.
I suggest you get off this, Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
1214. Mr Paquette,
what would you call a man...
Copy !req
1215. with an insatiable penchant
for women?
Copy !req
1216. A what?
Copy !req
1217. A penchant, a desire, a taste, passion.
Copy !req
1218. Well, a ladies' man, I guess.
Copy !req
1219. Or maybe just a damn fool.
Copy !req
1220. Just answer the questions,
Mr Paquette.
Copy !req
1221. The attorneys
will provide the wisecracks.
Copy !req
1222. Well, what else would you call a man
like that, Mr Paquette?
Copy !req
1223. We can't see the drift of this,
Your Honour.
Copy !req
1224. - You mean you do see, Mr Lodwick.
- You may answer.
Copy !req
1225. Can you think of another name,
Mr Paquette?
Copy !req
1226. Woman chaser.
Copy !req
1227. - Try again.
- Masher?
Copy !req
1228. Oh, now, come now, Mr Paquette.
Copy !req
1229. Mashers went out
with whalebone corsets and hairnets.
Copy !req
1230. You ever hear the expression "wolf"?
Copy !req
1231. Sure, I heard that.
It just slipped my mind.
Copy !req
1232. It slipped your mind.
Naturally, it would...
Copy !req
1233. clanking around
with those rusty old "mashers."
Copy !req
1234. Have you ever known a man
who you could call a wolf?
Copy !req
1235. - I'm not sure.
- Was Barney Quill a wolf, Mr Paquette?
Copy !req
1236. - I couldn't say.
- Or wouldn't?
Copy !req
1237. - Objection.
- Sustained.
Copy !req
1238. The question was answered.
He said he couldn't say.
Copy !req
1239. Mr Paquette, when Barney returned
from wherever he had gone...
Copy !req
1240. did he relieve you at the bar?
Copy !req
1241. - Yes.
- What did he say when he relieved you?
Copy !req
1242. "I'll take over."
Copy !req
1243. When you came out from behind the bar,
where did you go?
Copy !req
1244. I went over to the table
where the Pedersons were sitting.
Copy !req
1245. You testified that you were by the door
when Lieutenant Manion came in.
Copy !req
1246. Is that the reason you were there?
Copy !req
1247. - The Pedersons' table was there?
- Yes.
Copy !req
1248. And how long was it
before Lieutenant Manion came in?
Copy !req
1249. I don't know exactly.
Maybe 30 minutes.
Copy !req
1250. You remained at the Pedersons' table
all that time?
Copy !req
1251. - Yes, they're friends of mine.
- Is there also a window beside that table?
Copy !req
1252. - I think so.
- You think so.
Copy !req
1253. How long have you worked
at the Thunder Bay Inn, Mr Paquette?
Copy !req
1254. About six, seven years.
Copy !req
1255. Well, now,
does this window beside the table...
Copy !req
1256. does it suddenly vanish
and then reappear...
Copy !req
1257. and come and go
in a ghostly fashion?
Copy !req
1258. It's there all the time.
Copy !req
1259. While you were talking to your friends,
did you look out of the window?
Copy !req
1260. - I might have.
- When you looked...
Copy !req
1261. were you looking
for something special?
Copy !req
1262. I wasn't looking for anything.
Copy !req
1263. Didn't Quill tell you to go to that window
and watch out for Lieutenant Manion?
Copy !req
1264. Did he tell you to look out
for Lieutenant Manion?
Copy !req
1265. He did not.
Copy !req
1266. Mr Paquette, Barney was quite
a marksman, wasn't he, with guns?
Copy !req
1267. He'd won a lot of prizes for shooting,
hadn't he?
Copy !req
1268. - Yeah.
- Did he keep any guns behind the bar?
Copy !req
1269. He might have.
Copy !req
1270. Isn't it a fact that there are three
concealed pistol racks behind the bar?
Copy !req
1271. The defendant's plea is one of insanity,
not self-defence.
Copy !req
1272. I'm sure Mr Biegler hasn't forgotten
that fact, Mr Lodwick.
Copy !req
1273. You may answer.
Copy !req
1274. Are there concealed gun racks
behind the bar?
Copy !req
1275. Yes.
Copy !req
1276. And how many people know
about these gun racks?
Copy !req
1277. - I couldn't say.
- Isn't it a fact...
Copy !req
1278. that Barney, he'd take the guns out
of these racks and, twirling them...
Copy !req
1279. he'd demonstrate his skill
to the patrons? Isn't it...?
Copy !req
1280. - I don't remember.
- Oh, come on.
Copy !req
1281. Come on. Try and remember.
Did you ever see him do that yourself?
Copy !req
1282. - Once or twice he did.
- That's all, Mr Paquette.
Copy !req
1283. - No further questions.
- The witness may step down.
Copy !req
1284. Call George Lemon.
Copy !req
1285. Biegler's going off in all directions.
Copy !req
1286. What's he getting at?
Copy !req
1287. Raise your right hand.
Copy !req
1288. I have a feeling
he's afraid of what we'll get at.
Copy !req
1289. —shall be the truth...?
Copy !req
1290. Biegler's putting up a smoke screen
for some reason.
Copy !req
1291. - I do.
- Take a seat, please.
Copy !req
1292. - Will you state your name, please?
- George Lemon.
Copy !req
1293. What kind of work do you do,
Mr Lemon?
Copy !req
1294. I'm caretaker of the tourist park
in Thunder Bay.
Copy !req
1295. I see the place is clean and orderly.
Copy !req
1296. I check people in, out,
and lock the gate at night.
Copy !req
1297. And what is your authority
for these duties?
Copy !req
1298. I'm paid by Mastodon Township,
and I'm also a deputy sheriff.
Copy !req
1299. Just courtesy, sort of.
Copy !req
1300. Did you see Lieutenant Manion
on the night of the 15th?
Copy !req
1301. - The night Barney Quill was killed?
- Yes, sir.
Copy !req
1302. Will you tell the court
about how and when...
Copy !req
1303. you saw Lieutenant Manion?
Copy !req
1304. About 1 a.m. A knock on my door
waked me up.
Copy !req
1305. I went to the door,
and Manion was standing there.
Copy !req
1306. He said, "You better take me, Mr Lemon,
because I just shot Barney Quill."
Copy !req
1307. I told him to go back to his trailer
and I'd call the state police.
Copy !req
1308. How did Lieutenant Manion appear
to you when he asked you to take him?
Copy !req
1309. He said what he had to say
and did what I told him.
Copy !req
1310. Did he appear to you to be,
as far as you could tell...
Copy !req
1311. in complete possession
of his faculties?
Copy !req
1312. As far as I could tell, yes, sir.
Copy !req
1313. Take the witness.
Copy !req
1314. Mr Lemon,
did you go to the Manions' trailer?
Copy !req
1315. - Yes, sir.
- Did you see Mrs Manion at the trailer?
Copy !req
1316. - Yes, sir.
- What was her appearance?
Copy !req
1317. She was a mess.
Copy !req
1318. Objection.
Copy !req
1319. No evidence has been introduced to make
Mrs Manion's appearance relevant.
Copy !req
1320. No evidence has been introduced
to make Quill's appearance relevant.
Copy !req
1321. You didn't object to the question then.
Copy !req
1322. Is that because you know Barney Quill
bathed and changed...
Copy !req
1323. after he raped and beat hell
out of this poor woman?
Copy !req
1324. Everybody in this court is being tried
except Frederick Manion.
Copy !req
1325. - I protest—
- Listen.
Copy !req
1326. This is a cross-examination in a murder,
not a high school debate.
Copy !req
1327. What are you and Dancer trying to do,
railroad this soldier into the clink?
Copy !req
1328. Mr Biegler,
you are an experienced attorney.
Copy !req
1329. You know better
than to make such an outburst.
Copy !req
1330. I will not tolerate intemperance
of this sort.
Copy !req
1331. If you once again try the patience
of this court...
Copy !req
1332. I shall hold you in contempt.
Copy !req
1333. Sorry.
Copy !req
1334. Your Honour...
Copy !req
1335. I apologise,
and it won't happen again.
Copy !req
1336. The witness's answer will be stricken,
and the jury will disregard the answer.
Copy !req
1337. - Now you may proceed, Mr Biegler.
- Yes, sir.
Copy !req
1338. Mr Lemon...
Copy !req
1339. on the night Lieutenant Manion
awakened you and turned himself in...
Copy !req
1340. had you been awakened before?
Copy !req
1341. Had anything else
disturbed your slumbers?
Copy !req
1342. - No, sir.
- There were no soldiers singing?
Copy !req
1343. No, sir, not in my park after 10:00.
Copy !req
1344. There were no women screaming?
Copy !req
1345. Well, those screams
were down by the gate.
Copy !req
1346. - Objection. Objection.
- I see no reason for objecting yet.
Copy !req
1347. Tell us about those screams,
Mr Lemon.
Copy !req
1348. I didn't hear them myself.
There were tourists from Ohio in the park.
Copy !req
1349. They heard them
and told me the next day.
Copy !req
1350. Now, Mr Lodwick.
Copy !req
1351. This testimony is incompetent, hearsay,
irrelevant, immaterial, inconclusive—
Copy !req
1352. Yeah, well, that's too much for me.
The witness is yours, Mr Lodwick.
Copy !req
1353. No questions.
Copy !req
1354. The witness may step down.
Call your next witness.
Copy !req
1355. Detective Sergeant James Durgo.
Copy !req
1356. - Hi, Paulie.
- Hi, Jim. Come here.
Copy !req
1357. As soon as we break,
you'd better phone that Army psychiatrist.
Copy !req
1358. - Tell him to be here day after tomorrow.
- Will do.
Copy !req
1359. Will you please tell me
where Parnell has gone?
Copy !req
1360. Won't do.
Copy !req
1361. - Well, you're fired.
- State your name and occupation.
Copy !req
1362. You can't fire me till you pay me.
Copy !req
1363. Detective Sergeant James Durgo
of the state police.
Copy !req
1364. Were you called to Thunder Bay
by Deputy Sheriff Lemon...
Copy !req
1365. the night Barney Quill was killed?
Copy !req
1366. Yes, sir. My companion officer and I
were the first to be called in.
Copy !req
1367. Sergeant Durgo, when you arrived
at the Manion trailer, who was there?
Copy !req
1368. Lieutenant Manion
and his wife were there.
Copy !req
1369. What did Lieutenant Manion say
to you?
Copy !req
1370. He said that his wife had
had some trouble with Barney Quill.
Copy !req
1371. He had gone to the tavern
and shot Quill.
Copy !req
1372. He asked us whether Quill was dead
or not. We told him he was.
Copy !req
1373. How did Lieutenant Manion
take this information?
Copy !req
1374. - He didn't seem surprised.
- What did you do then, Sergeant Durgo?
Copy !req
1375. I asked for the gun he'd used.
Copy !req
1376. Did you take Lieutenant Manion...
Copy !req
1377. to the county jail here
that same night?
Copy !req
1378. Yes, sir. We drove the lieutenant down
with his wife.
Copy !req
1379. On the drive to Iron City...
Copy !req
1380. did the lieutenant talk further
about the shooting?
Copy !req
1381. He remarked that if he had the
whole thing to do over, he'd still do it.
Copy !req
1382. During all this, at the trailer,
the drive to Iron City...
Copy !req
1383. how did Lieutenant Manion appear
to you?
Copy !req
1384. He was very quiet most of the time.
Copy !req
1385. - Seemed clearheaded.
- As far as you could tell...
Copy !req
1386. would you say he was
in complete possession of his faculties?
Copy !req
1387. - Seemed so to me.
- Your witness.
Copy !req
1388. Sergeant Durgo, you testified
that Lieutenant Manion told you...
Copy !req
1389. he shot Barney Quill after he learned
his wife had had some trouble with Quill.
Copy !req
1390. Now, were these the words
Lieutenant Manion used, "some trouble"?
Copy !req
1391. No, sir, those were my words, not his.
Copy !req
1392. Was it your notion to come here
and use your own words?
Copy !req
1393. No, sir, it was not.
Copy !req
1394. Was the suggestion to call it
"some trouble"...
Copy !req
1395. made by somebody here
in this courtroom?
Copy !req
1396. Yes, sir, it was.
Copy !req
1397. Sergeant, now,
would you tell the court...
Copy !req
1398. what words Lieutenant Manion
actually used...
Copy !req
1399. to describe the trouble
his wife had had?
Copy !req
1400. Objection.
We've been over this before.
Copy !req
1401. This information would not be relevant
to issues before the court.
Copy !req
1402. This statement was brought out...
Copy !req
1403. during the direct examination
of Sergeant Durgo.
Copy !req
1404. Up to now, you've adroitly
restricted all testimony...
Copy !req
1405. as far as Laura Manion's concerned.
Copy !req
1406. The cat's out of the bag.
It's fair game for me to chase it.
Copy !req
1407. This is a sore point, Mr Biegler,
and it's getting sorer.
Copy !req
1408. I'd like to hear from the prosecution.
Copy !req
1409. The burden is on the defence to prove
insanity at the time of the shooting.
Copy !req
1410. Now, if the reason for the alleged
insanity is important to this case...
Copy !req
1411. then that is a matter
for a competent witness...
Copy !req
1412. an expert on the subject
of the human mind.
Copy !req
1413. What the defence is trying to do...
Copy !req
1414. is introduce
some sensational material...
Copy !req
1415. for the purposes
of obscuring the real issues.
Copy !req
1416. Your Honour,
how can the jury accurately estimate...
Copy !req
1417. the testimony being given here...
Copy !req
1418. unless they first know the reason
behind this whole trial?
Copy !req
1419. Why Lieutenant Manion
shot Barney Quill.
Copy !req
1420. Now, the prosecution would like
to separate the motive from the act.
Copy !req
1421. Well, that's like trying to take the core
from an apple without breaking the skin.
Copy !req
1422. Well, now, the core of our defence is that
the defendant's temporary insanity...
Copy !req
1423. was triggered by the so-called trouble
with Quill.
Copy !req
1424. And I beg the court...
Copy !req
1425. I beg the court,
to let me cut into the apple.
Copy !req
1426. Our objection still stands, Your Honour.
Copy !req
1427. Objection overruled.
Copy !req
1428. Sergeant Durgo, tell the court...
Copy !req
1429. how Lieutenant Manion described the
trouble his wife had with Barney Quill.
Copy !req
1430. He told us that Quill had raped his wife.
Copy !req
1431. Now, can you recall generally...
Copy !req
1432. what Lieutenant Manion told you
about this rape?
Copy !req
1433. Yes, sir. He said he'd been asleep
since right after dinner.
Copy !req
1434. He was waked up by some noise,
screams, he thought.
Copy !req
1435. That he got up, opened the trailer door
and went outside.
Copy !req
1436. His wife came running out of the dark
and fell into his arms.
Copy !req
1437. You saw his wife in the trailer.
How'd she look?
Copy !req
1438. She was a little hysterical.
She'd been pretty badly beaten up.
Copy !req
1439. She had big black bruises
all over her face and arms.
Copy !req
1440. Did Mrs Manion tell you about this rape
and beating?
Copy !req
1441. - She did.
- Did she take you to where it happened?
Copy !req
1442. - Yes, sir, the next morning.
- Did you find anything?
Copy !req
1443. Any sort of evidence pertaining to
the story that Mrs Manion had told you?
Copy !req
1444. On the lane in the woods we found
some tyre tracks and some dog tracks...
Copy !req
1445. and a leather case
with some horn-rimmed glasses inside.
Copy !req
1446. We also looked for a certain
undergarment of Mrs Manion's...
Copy !req
1447. but we didn't find it.
Copy !req
1448. Will the attorneys for both sides
approach the bench, please?
Copy !req
1449. Mr Biegler, you've finally got your rape
into the case.
Copy !req
1450. I think all the details
should now be made clear to the jury.
Copy !req
1451. - Do you agree, Mr Lodwick?
- Absolutely.
Copy !req
1452. What exactly was the undergarment
just referred to?
Copy !req
1453. Panties, Your Honour.
Copy !req
1454. Do you expect this subject
to come up again?
Copy !req
1455. Yes, sir.
Copy !req
1456. There's a certain light connotation
attached to the word "panties."
Copy !req
1457. Can we find another name for them?
Copy !req
1458. I never heard my wife
call them anything else.
Copy !req
1459. - Mr Biegler?
- I'm a bachelor, Your Honour.
Copy !req
1460. That's a great help. Mr Dancer?
Copy !req
1461. I was overseas during the war,
Your Honour.
Copy !req
1462. I learned a French word.
Copy !req
1463. I'm afraid that might be
slightly suggestive.
Copy !req
1464. Most French words are.
Copy !req
1465. All right, gentlemen,
back to your places.
Copy !req
1466. For the benefit of the jury,
but more especially for the spectators...
Copy !req
1467. the undergarment referred to
in the testimony was, to be exact...
Copy !req
1468. Mrs Manion's panties.
Copy !req
1469. I wanted you to get your snickering
over and done with.
Copy !req
1470. This pair of panties will be mentioned
again in the course of this trial.
Copy !req
1471. And when it happens, there will
not be one laugh, one snicker...
Copy !req
1472. one giggle or even one smirk
in my courtroom.
Copy !req
1473. There isn't anything comic
about a pair of panties...
Copy !req
1474. which figure in the violent death
of one man...
Copy !req
1475. and the possible incarceration
of another.
Copy !req
1476. Proceed, Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
1477. Did you give Mrs Manion
a lie-detector test?
Copy !req
1478. Objection. A polygraph test
is inadmissible evidence in our courts.
Copy !req
1479. I only asked if he gave the test.
I didn't ask the results.
Copy !req
1480. He may answer that.
Copy !req
1481. I gave her a lie-detector test
at her request.
Copy !req
1482. Now, after all this investigation,
did you believe Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
1483. - I did.
- Even after the lie-detector test?
Copy !req
1484. I object to that question.
Copy !req
1485. It constitutes flagrant sneaking
subterfuge on the part of the defence.
Copy !req
1486. Objection sustained.
Copy !req
1487. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
a polygraph, or lie-detector test...
Copy !req
1488. is not admissible in evidence,
because no one has ever been sure...
Copy !req
1489. that some people couldn't lie
to a lie detector and get away with it.
Copy !req
1490. Go ahead, Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
1491. In any case, Sergeant Durgo, you
yourself in your own heart and mind...
Copy !req
1492. are quite convinced
of Mrs Manion's honesty?
Copy !req
1493. - Yes, sir.
- That's all.
Copy !req
1494. Just a moment.
Copy !req
1495. Yes, of course.
Copy !req
1496. Sergeant Durgo,
did you look for the panties elsewhere...
Copy !req
1497. than the lane in the woods?
Copy !req
1498. We looked in Barney Quill's car
and his room in the hotel.
Copy !req
1499. We didn't find the panties.
Copy !req
1500. Do you know why Mrs Manion
requested a lie-detector test?
Copy !req
1501. - I know what she said.
- What was that?
Copy !req
1502. She wanted everybody to believe her
because it would help her husband.
Copy !req
1503. - Was that the only reason she gave?
- Said she'd sworn to her husband.
Copy !req
1504. She wanted everybody else
to believe it too.
Copy !req
1505. One moment, please, Your Honour.
Copy !req
1506. Ask him in what manner she swore.
Copy !req
1507. Did Mrs Manion say how
she had sworn to her husband?
Copy !req
1508. Yes, sir.
She said she had sworn on a rosary.
Copy !req
1509. Sergeant, this lane in the woods,
what's it used for?
Copy !req
1510. Where does it go?
Copy !req
1511. Used to be a logging road.
It doesn't go anyplace, just stops.
Copy !req
1512. Who uses it now?
Copy !req
1513. I think it's a road
kids drive down to park.
Copy !req
1514. - You mean it's a lovers' lane?
- I think so, yes.
Copy !req
1515. - The witness is yours, Mr Biegler.
- No more questions.
Copy !req
1516. - The witness may step down.
- In view of evidence concerning rape...
Copy !req
1517. which Your Honour has ruled admissible,
the prosecution asks for a recess...
Copy !req
1518. in order to bring in a witness
we had not anticipated using.
Copy !req
1519. - All right. We'll take a 30-minute recess.
- Recess.
Copy !req
1520. Why didn't you tell me
about that rosary?
Copy !req
1521. I forgot it.
Copy !req
1522. We didn't forget it.
Copy !req
1523. Manny said maybe
we shouldn't tell that again.
Copy !req
1524. Well, it might have looked like
something else, like I didn't believe her.
Copy !req
1525. - How much more didn't you tell me?
- Everything else.
Copy !req
1526. - We told you everything else.
- Is that right, Laura?
Copy !req
1527. Oh, yes, everything else.
Copy !req
1528. All right, now, get this, both of you.
Copy !req
1529. Now, when you get up on that stand,
I want you to tell the truth.
Copy !req
1530. I don't want you to tell anything
but the truth.
Copy !req
1531. Don't try and lie,
don't try and conceal anything.
Copy !req
1532. You'll get skinned alive.
Copy !req
1533. This fella Dancer's gonna move in.
Copy !req
1534. Dr Dompierre, did you have occasion
to come to the county jail...
Copy !req
1535. on the night of August 15th
of this year?
Copy !req
1536. - I did.
- Who called you to the jail?
Copy !req
1537. - The police authorities.
- What did they want you to do?
Copy !req
1538. They wanted me to make a test
for the presence of sperm...
Copy !req
1539. on the person
of a Mrs Frederick Manion.
Copy !req
1540. - I made the test.
- In making this test...
Copy !req
1541. what was your conclusion?
Copy !req
1542. - Negative. There was none.
- Your witness, Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
1543. Doctor, in making these tests...
Copy !req
1544. did you notice any bruises
or marks on Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
1545. I did.
Copy !req
1546. Were you asked
to determine the reason for these?
Copy !req
1547. I was not.
Copy !req
1548. Where did you do the lab work
in your test for sperm?
Copy !req
1549. St. Margaret's Hospital in the city.
Copy !req
1550. - Who worked up the slides for you?
- Technician at the hospital.
Copy !req
1551. Wouldn't it have been better...
Copy !req
1552. to have these slides worked up by
a pathologist or an expert in this field?
Copy !req
1553. Yes, but the police were in a hurry.
Copy !req
1554. And this young fella came on
at 7 in the morning.
Copy !req
1555. Wouldn't it have been better
to wait for the expert...
Copy !req
1556. if the question of rape
hung on the result?
Copy !req
1557. It would have been.
Copy !req
1558. In the newspaper on August the 16th...
Copy !req
1559. it was stated
that you found no evidence of rape.
Copy !req
1560. - Is that true?
- It is not true. I made no such statement.
Copy !req
1561. But did you form an opinion as to
whether Mrs Manion had been raped?
Copy !req
1562. - No.
- Why didn't you form an opinion?
Copy !req
1563. It's impossible to tell if a mature,
married woman has been raped.
Copy !req
1564. That's all.
Copy !req
1565. Doctor, did you have an opinion...
Copy !req
1566. about whether she'd had
recent relations with a man?
Copy !req
1567. Well, in so far as no sperm
was present...
Copy !req
1568. it didn't appear she had
had recent relations with a man.
Copy !req
1569. - That's all.
- One more question, doctor.
Copy !req
1570. The fact that no evidence was present
in her body...
Copy !req
1571. does not mean she was not raped,
does it?
Copy !req
1572. No.
Copy !req
1573. Do you know what constitutes rape
under the law?
Copy !req
1574. Yes, sir.
Copy !req
1575. Violation is sufficient for rape.
There need not be a completion.
Copy !req
1576. - No further questions.
- The witness may step down.
Copy !req
1577. The people recall Alphonse Paquette
to the stand.
Copy !req
1578. Your Honour, since counsel for the
defence has forced the question of rape...
Copy !req
1579. it becomes necessary
to take this additional testimony.
Copy !req
1580. You're still under oath, Mr Paquette.
Copy !req
1581. Mr Paquette...
Copy !req
1582. would you take a look at Mrs Manion
there behind the defence?
Copy !req
1583. Was she dressed in this manner
the night of the shooting?
Copy !req
1584. - No.
- How was she dressed?
Copy !req
1585. She had on a real tight skirt and sweater
kind of thing, sort of glued on.
Copy !req
1586. She was wearing a pair of red shoes
with high heels.
Copy !req
1587. - Was she wearing hose?
- No, she was bare-legged.
Copy !req
1588. - Was she wearing a hat?
- No.
Copy !req
1589. Mr Paquette, what kind of hair
does Mrs Manion have under that hat?
Copy !req
1590. We'd be very happy to show the court
Mrs Manion's hair.
Copy !req
1591. Mrs Manion,
would you take off your hat, please?
Copy !req
1592. Thank you, Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
1593. Mr Paquette,
was she wearing glasses that night?
Copy !req
1594. I think she was
when she played pinball.
Copy !req
1595. Considering the tight skirt
and the tight sweater and the bare legs...
Copy !req
1596. - what was the result in her appearance?
- Well...
Copy !req
1597. Would you say Mrs Manion's appearance
was deliberately voluptuous, enticing?
Copy !req
1598. You could see everything she had.
Copy !req
1599. The defence will concede that
Mrs Manion when dressed informally...
Copy !req
1600. is an astonishingly beautiful woman,
and we—
Copy !req
1601. Well, Mrs Manion,
stand up, please, will you?
Copy !req
1602. As a matter of fact—
Take your glasses off.
Copy !req
1603. It's pretty easy to understand why her
husband became temporarily deranged...
Copy !req
1604. when he saw such beauty bruised
and torn by a beast.
Copy !req
1605. Your Honour, I protest.
Copy !req
1606. Mr Biegler is the least disciplined...
Copy !req
1607. and the most out-of-order attorney
I've ever seen in a courtroom.
Copy !req
1608. The jury will ignore
Mr Biegler's oration.
Copy !req
1609. Was Mrs Manion drinking heavily
that night?
Copy !req
1610. I sold her six drinks myself,
and then Barney got some more for her.
Copy !req
1611. I don't remember how many.
Copy !req
1612. - Would you say that she was tight?
- She was high.
Copy !req
1613. What did she do
to make you think that?
Copy !req
1614. Well, she took off her shoes
and went barefooted.
Copy !req
1615. When she played pinball, she'd swish
around to give the machine English.
Copy !req
1616. You mean she was
flipping her hips around?
Copy !req
1617. - Yeah.
- Anything else?
Copy !req
1618. When she made a good score...
Copy !req
1619. she jumped up and down
and squealed like women do.
Copy !req
1620. She was playing pinball
with Barney Quill, wasn't she?
Copy !req
1621. - Yes.
- What was her attitude toward Quill?
Copy !req
1622. - Friendly, you could call it.
- More than friendly, would you say?
Copy !req
1623. - I thought so.
- Why did you think so?
Copy !req
1624. Well, she'd kind of lean on him.
Copy !req
1625. And a couple of times
she bumped him with her hip.
Copy !req
1626. Would you say that Mrs Manion
was making a play for Barney Quill?
Copy !req
1627. Objection. That calls for an assumption
on the part of the witness.
Copy !req
1628. I withdraw the question.
Would you say...
Copy !req
1629. Mrs Manion was free and easy
with Barney Quill?
Copy !req
1630. - I would.
- Your witness, Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
1631. Mr Paquette, the attorney for the people
asked you if Mrs Manion was "tight"...
Copy !req
1632. and you said that she was "high."
Copy !req
1633. Now, speaking as a bartender,
what's the distinction between the two?
Copy !req
1634. I don't think I understand.
Copy !req
1635. Well, I mean,
when we say a person's "tight"...
Copy !req
1636. we usually mean that they're a little
stupid with the drink, isn't that so?
Copy !req
1637. I guess that's about it, yes.
Copy !req
1638. And if they're "high,"
they're gay and enjoying themselves.
Copy !req
1639. - Yes.
- In other words, Mrs Manion was happy.
Copy !req
1640. Is there anything wrong with being happy
in Thunder Bay Inn?
Copy !req
1641. - No.
- Thunder Bay is a resort, isn't it?
Copy !req
1642. - Swimming, fishing, that sort of thing?
- Yes.
Copy !req
1643. Is there anything unusual about
a barefooted woman in Thunder Bay?
Copy !req
1644. No.
Copy !req
1645. Mrs Manion's taking her shoes off
in Thunder Bay...
Copy !req
1646. doesn't mean she was
being unladylike, does it?
Copy !req
1647. - I guess not.
- Yes or no?
Copy !req
1648. No.
Copy !req
1649. Now, you testified
that Mrs Manion was squealing...
Copy !req
1650. and jumping up and down...
Copy !req
1651. and swishing—
I think that was the expression you used.
Copy !req
1652. Swishing her hips
around the pinball machine.
Copy !req
1653. Was she creating a disturbance?
Copy !req
1654. - Was she attracting a crowd?
- No.
Copy !req
1655. Were all the men at the bar
all watching Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
1656. - No.
- You were very conscious of Mrs Manion.
Copy !req
1657. Conscious enough that you can tell us
about her actions?
Copy !req
1658. - Yes.
- Barney Quill...
Copy !req
1659. he was conscious of Mrs Manion
because he was playing pinball with her?
Copy !req
1660. - Yes.
- So it seems...
Copy !req
1661. that only you and Barney Quill
were acutely aware...
Copy !req
1662. of Mrs Manion and her actions
and her appearance.
Copy !req
1663. Maybe good old Barney,
when he came to get drinks from you...
Copy !req
1664. winked and said, "Alphonse, I'm gonna
take this babe out and rape her."
Copy !req
1665. - No. No, he didn't.
- Yeah. Maybe you said:
Copy !req
1666. "Do it once for me, boss."
Copy !req
1667. Objection. Objection.
Those are not questions.
Copy !req
1668. No more questions.
Copy !req
1669. The court's had about all of this dogfight
it can take for one day.
Copy !req
1670. And I'm sure the jury
is equally tired and hungry.
Copy !req
1671. Tomorrow the defence takes over,
and with expedition, prayer...
Copy !req
1672. and self-discipline
on the part of counsel...
Copy !req
1673. perhaps we can reach an end
by Saturday night.
Copy !req
1674. Will you adjourn court?
Copy !req
1675. Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
Copy !req
1676. This court stands adjourned
until 9:00 tomorrow morning.
Copy !req
1677. He's banged up, but there doesn't seem
to be anything else.
Copy !req
1678. We'd like to watch him for a day or so.
Copy !req
1679. - How much damage did he do?
- Wrecked a gate and a barn door.
Copy !req
1680. He hasn't got a driver's licence.
Copy !req
1681. He'll have to appear in the JP court
when he's able, the old fool.
Copy !req
1682. Speak kindly of the dead.
Copy !req
1683. - Mind if I have a minute with the corpse?
- Sure, Paulie.
Copy !req
1684. Now, was it worth trying
to kill yourself...
Copy !req
1685. for whatever it is you've been up to?
Copy !req
1686. How is the trial going?
Copy !req
1687. I'm making a lot of noise,
and Dancer's racking up all the points.
Copy !req
1688. But come on.
Now, where have you been?
Copy !req
1689. Quill hired Mary Pilant up north
of Sault Ste. Marie.
Copy !req
1690. Struck me funny he'd go all the way up
there to hire somebody to work for him.
Copy !req
1691. I've been up there nosing around.
Copy !req
1692. Did you find anything useful?
Copy !req
1693. Not until I looked up
her birth certificate.
Copy !req
1694. Born Blind River, Ontario, in 1934,
out of wedlock.
Copy !req
1695. Mother was a waitress, Simone Pilant.
Copy !req
1696. Father was a lumberjack
named Barney Quill.
Copy !req
1697. - Say, I'd like to see Miss Mary Pilant.
- It's late, mister.
Copy !req
1698. I know, I know. This is important.
Copy !req
1699. - Real important?
- Real important.
Copy !req
1700. - Yes?
- Miss Pilant, sorry if I woke you.
Copy !req
1701. There's a guy to see you.
Says it's important. What's—?
Copy !req
1702. - Paul Biegler.
- Biegler.
Copy !req
1703. - I don't wish to see him.
- Okay.
Copy !req
1704. She said it's not important enough.
Copy !req
1705. All right, you call her back and tell her
I mentioned Blind River, Ontario.
Copy !req
1706. I'll be in the bar.
Copy !req
1707. - Evening, Alphonse.
- Drinking, Mr Biegler, or just snooping?
Copy !req
1708. Well, I think I'll try a little of both.
What do you say we start with a beer?
Copy !req
1709. On the house.
And that's all you get. A beer.
Copy !req
1710. No questions, no answers.
Copy !req
1711. I'm just a lawyer trying to do my job.
What are you so afraid of, AI?
Copy !req
1712. Let's sit over there, please.
Copy !req
1713. Miss Pilant, I owe you an apology.
Copy !req
1714. I was a little rough
when I was out here before.
Copy !req
1715. I didn't know Barney Quill
was your father.
Copy !req
1716. - You didn't come here just to apologise.
- No. No, but the apology was part of it.
Copy !req
1717. To tell the truth, I was sort of hoping
maybe it would thaw you out a bit.
Copy !req
1718. All I want you to do is just listen to me,
just for a few minutes.
Copy !req
1719. Now, I need some strong evidence...
Copy !req
1720. to back up Laura Manion's story
about the rape.
Copy !req
1721. The prosecution's gonna attack that story
pretty hard.
Copy !req
1722. And if the jury thinks she's lying...
Copy !req
1723. that could turn the decision
against Manion.
Copy !req
1724. Well, isn't she lying?
Copy !req
1725. Barney didn't do what she said he did.
He couldn't have.
Copy !req
1726. - What did you know about your father?
- All I needed to know.
Copy !req
1727. He took care of me and of my mother
for as long as she lived.
Copy !req
1728. He was always there
when I needed him.
Copy !req
1729. That's what I know about my father.
Copy !req
1730. Will that back up
Laura Manion's story?
Copy !req
1731. I don't want to get at you.
I don't want to hurt you.
Copy !req
1732. I appreciate your affection
for your father.
Copy !req
1733. But as a lawyer, I've had to learn that
people aren't just good or just bad...
Copy !req
1734. but people are many things.
Copy !req
1735. And I kind of have a feeling
that Barney Quill was many things.
Copy !req
1736. - I don't wanna hear about it.
- No, no, please. Hear me out.
Copy !req
1737. I believe that Barney told AI Paquette
what happened that night.
Copy !req
1738. And he told him to go to this window
and wait for Manion.
Copy !req
1739. Barney stayed behind the bar
next to a gun rack, just waiting.
Copy !req
1740. Manion came in and fired
the minute he got inside that door...
Copy !req
1741. and the first shot
went right through Barney's heart.
Copy !req
1742. Now, here's what I want you to do.
Copy !req
1743. I want you to try to persuade AI
to come to the court...
Copy !req
1744. as a defence witness and tell the court
what Barney told him that night...
Copy !req
1745. that he'd raped
and assaulted Mrs Manion.
Copy !req
1746. AI wouldn't conceal a thing like that.
Why wouldn't he tell it if it were true?
Copy !req
1747. I don't know.
I don't know, but I know this.
Copy !req
1748. Everybody loves something
or someone.
Copy !req
1749. Me, I love fishing
and an old guy by the name of Parnell.
Copy !req
1750. Manion loves his freedom.
He'd like to have a little more of it.
Copy !req
1751. Barney loved you. Maybe so does AI.
Copy !req
1752. I wouldn't blame him.
Copy !req
1753. He doesn't want to hurt you, doesn't want
you to know the truth about Barney...
Copy !req
1754. that he could be dangerous
and brutal.
Copy !req
1755. If you just ask AI,
if you just ask him right straight out...
Copy !req
1756. AI?
Copy !req
1757. AI, Mr Biegler knows
that Barney was my father.
Copy !req
1758. He thinks you know something
about the night my father was killed.
Copy !req
1759. Something you won't tell.
Copy !req
1760. Lawyer, I told you once,
and I'll tell you again:
Copy !req
1761. - No questions, no answers.
- Wait, AI.
Copy !req
1762. Did my father rape Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
1763. Barney wouldn't hurt a woman.
Copy !req
1764. Is there any reason you wouldn't tell me
the truth about that, AI?
Copy !req
1765. What reason?
Copy !req
1766. - Anything else, Mr Biegler?
- No.
Copy !req
1767. I'm going to leave a pass for you
and AI at the trial.
Copy !req
1768. You might like to watch
Lieutenant Manion get convicted.
Copy !req
1769. Gonna spread it around
about Mary being Barney's kid?
Copy !req
1770. I'm not gonna spread it around, AI.
Thank you for the beer.
Copy !req
1771. Good night, Miss Pilant.
Copy !req
1772. All right,
now let's get at this rosary thing.
Copy !req
1773. It's been testified
that your wife swore on a rosary...
Copy !req
1774. that she'd been raped
by Barney Quill.
Copy !req
1775. Now, did you ask your wife
to swear on a rosary?
Copy !req
1776. My wife was hysterical.
She wasn't making much sense.
Copy !req
1777. I thought if I asked her
to take an oath on a rosary...
Copy !req
1778. it might serve to calm her,
make her think clearly.
Copy !req
1779. Did the rosary help?
Copy !req
1780. She was able to tell me
in detail what happened.
Copy !req
1781. All right. Go on from there, now.
What did you do then, lieutenant?
Copy !req
1782. Well, I had her lie on the bed...
Copy !req
1783. and I got some cold cloths
for her head and...
Copy !req
1784. Oh, yes, I gave her a drink of brandy.
Copy !req
1785. After a while, she became calm,
seemed to go to sleep.
Copy !req
1786. Then I went to the closet...
Copy !req
1787. I got my gun, and I loaded it.
Copy !req
1788. - Was it in your mind to kill Barney Quill?
- No.
Copy !req
1789. Then why did you go to the closet,
get your gun and load it?
Copy !req
1790. I knew I had to go to Quill's place.
I thought I might need it.
Copy !req
1791. Why?
Copy !req
1792. I knew Mr Quill kept guns
behind the bar.
Copy !req
1793. - I was afraid he might shoot me.
- Might shoot you if you did what?
Copy !req
1794. What were you going to do?
Copy !req
1795. I'm not sure.
Copy !req
1796. I remember having some idea
of finding him...
Copy !req
1797. and holding him
while I called the police.
Copy !req
1798. That Mr What's-His-Name...
Copy !req
1799. Mr Lemon at the tourist court there,
he was a deputy sheriff.
Copy !req
1800. Why didn't you get him to go with you?
Copy !req
1801. Maybe because he always seemed
to be just the old caretaker of the park.
Copy !req
1802. Maybe because I wasn't thinking
about anything too clearly...
Copy !req
1803. except finding Barney Quill.
Copy !req
1804. Why didn't you call the state police
before you went to the bar?
Copy !req
1805. I don't know.
Copy !req
1806. I was in sort of a daze.
Copy !req
1807. It was a horrible thing
to see what had been done to my wife.
Copy !req
1808. Now, you say you were
in sort of a daze.
Copy !req
1809. When you got to the bar,
did you see that the bar was crowded?
Copy !req
1810. I...
Copy !req
1811. I didn't see anyone at the bar...
Copy !req
1812. except Barney Quill.
Copy !req
1813. - He was the only person I saw.
- What was he doing?
Copy !req
1814. I think he was just standing there
behind the bar.
Copy !req
1815. Well, now, did he make
a threatening move to get a gun or...?
Copy !req
1816. I don't know.
Copy !req
1817. He may have. I don't know.
Copy !req
1818. All right, now,
you say you went there to find him...
Copy !req
1819. to hold him for the police.
Copy !req
1820. Why did you shoot him?
Copy !req
1821. I don't remember shooting him.
Copy !req
1822. When you left the bar,
do you remember Alphonse Paquette...
Copy !req
1823. coming up, stopping you and saying:
Copy !req
1824. "You'd better not run away from this,"
and your reply:
Copy !req
1825. "You want some too, buster?"
Remember that?
Copy !req
1826. I seem to have a vague recollection
of somebody speaking to me...
Copy !req
1827. but I don't remember what I said
or what was said to me.
Copy !req
1828. When did you realise
that you'd shot Quill?
Copy !req
1829. I was getting a drink of water.
Copy !req
1830. I remember my throat was so dry
it hurt.
Copy !req
1831. When I put the glass down...
Copy !req
1832. I saw the gun on the kitchen sink
beside the tap.
Copy !req
1833. I noticed the gun was empty.
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1834. Now, I'd like you
to show the court and jury...
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1835. just how you knew
this gun was empty.
Copy !req
1836. Well, this gadget here...
Copy !req
1837. when it sticks up,
you know the last round's been fired.
Copy !req
1838. Lieutenant Manion,
on the night of the shooting...
Copy !req
1839. did you love your wife?
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1840. - Yes, sir.
- Do you still love her?
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1841. Very much.
Copy !req
1842. The witness is yours, Mr Dancer.
Copy !req
1843. Lieutenant Manion...
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1844. how many men have you killed?
Copy !req
1845. Now, wait a minute.
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1846. A man's war record, in Lieutenant
Manion's case, a great record...
Copy !req
1847. certainly shouldn't be used
against him.
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1848. I'm as patriotic as the next man,
but the simple truth is...
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1849. war can condition a man
to killing other men.
Copy !req
1850. I want to determine
how conditioned the lieutenant may be...
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1851. to the use of firearms
on other human beings.
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1852. I don't quite like the question,
but I don't see how I can exclude it.
Copy !req
1853. Let him answer.
Copy !req
1854. I know I killed at least four men
in Korea...
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1855. three with a hand grenade
and one with my service automatic.
Copy !req
1856. I may have killed others.
A soldier doesn't always know.
Copy !req
1857. Lieutenant, in these acts of killing...
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1858. did you ever have a lapse of memory
as you had when you killed Barney Quill?
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1859. - No, sir.
- Did you ever have a lapse during battle?
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1860. - No, sir.
- Were you submitted...
Copy !req
1861. to a constant barrage,
in a sweat for hours...
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1862. - constantly under attack?
- Many times.
Copy !req
1863. Were you ever treated for shell shock,
neuroses or psychosis?
Copy !req
1864. - No, sir.
- Did you ever experience...
Copy !req
1865. any unusual mental state
during the war?
Copy !req
1866. Well, I do remember
having one great urge.
Copy !req
1867. - What was that?
- To get the hell out and go home.
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1868. You would do well
to consider the seriousness...
Copy !req
1869. of the situation you're in.
Copy !req
1870. - I'm sorry, Your Honour.
- I sympathise with the lieutenant.
Copy !req
1871. I expect he has the same feeling
about getting out of jail.
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1872. But the main point
is that at no time during service...
Copy !req
1873. did you have a record
of mental disturbance.
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1874. - You were in possession of your faculties.
- Yes, sir, that's right.
Copy !req
1875. - No more questions.
- No redirect, Your Honour.
Copy !req
1876. Step down, please.
Call your next witness.
Copy !req
1877. We call Laura Manion to the stand.
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1878. - Up these stairs and to the right.
- Thank you.
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1879. How long after you told your husband
what happened did he leave the trailer?
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1880. I don't know exactly.
Everything was kind of fuzzy.
Copy !req
1881. I was faint,
and I lay down on the bed.
Copy !req
1882. He sat beside me.
Copy !req
1883. I vaguely remember his getting up
and going out.
Copy !req
1884. I remember wondering
if he was going for a doctor...
Copy !req
1885. and then he came back in.
Copy !req
1886. It seemed like seconds,
but it must have been longer.
Copy !req
1887. I must have gone to sleep.
Copy !req
1888. When he came back in,
he sat on the bed...
Copy !req
1889. and he had a gun in his hand.
Copy !req
1890. And I said, "What are you going to do?"
Copy !req
1891. And he said,
"I think I've already done it.
Copy !req
1892. I think I've killed Barney Quill."
Copy !req
1893. Are you sure he didn't say,
"I've killed Barney Quill"?
Copy !req
1894. No, I remember distinctly.
"I think I've killed Barney Quill."
Copy !req
1895. And then what did you do?
Copy !req
1896. I put my arms around him
and began to cry...
Copy !req
1897. and I said,
"You'd better go to Mr Lemon."
Copy !req
1898. And my husband said,
"I forgot about that."
Copy !req
1899. Now, what did he mean?
Forgot about what?
Copy !req
1900. Well, he meant he'd forgotten
Mr Lemon was a deputy sheriff.
Copy !req
1901. He said, "Yes, I'll go
turn myself in to Mr Lemon."
Copy !req
1902. Yes, I see.
Copy !req
1903. Your Honour, I have no other
direct questions at this time.
Copy !req
1904. But since I'm sure it's difficult...
Copy !req
1905. to visualise the part
a little dog played on this night...
Copy !req
1906. I should like a few minutes
to show the court this remarkable animal.
Copy !req
1907. Do the people object?
Copy !req
1908. I'm sure if we raise an objection...
Copy !req
1909. Mr Biegler will declare we are haters
of all small furry animals.
Copy !req
1910. A creature that cannot talk
will be a welcome relief.
Copy !req
1911. Bring in the dog.
Copy !req
1912. Thank you, sir.
Copy !req
1913. Will the deputy bring in the dog,
please?
Copy !req
1914. Now, you can put him right there.
Copy !req
1915. Fine. Hey, Muff. Hey, Muff.
Come on, come on, come on.
Copy !req
1916. That's a boy.
Copy !req
1917. And now I'll ask Mrs Manion
to bring a flashlight for the dog.
Copy !req
1918. I'll ask the court to notice
that the dog turned on the light.
Copy !req
1919. It's easy to see Muff doesn't know
who his enemies are.
Copy !req
1920. - Remove the dog, please.
- Yes, sir.
Copy !req
1921. - The witness will resume the stand.
- There we go, Muff.
Copy !req
1922. Mrs Manion, may I congratulate you
on your well-trained pet?
Copy !req
1923. May I also say I'm pleased to see...
Copy !req
1924. you're not today hiding
your lovely hair under a hat?
Copy !req
1925. Your Honour, is the assistant attorney
general from Lansing pitching woo...
Copy !req
1926. or is he going to cross-examine?
Copy !req
1927. Let's get on with it.
Copy !req
1928. What was your occupation
before you were married?
Copy !req
1929. - Housewife.
- Then you've been married before?
Copy !req
1930. - Yes, once.
- I suppose your first husband died?
Copy !req
1931. No.
Copy !req
1932. Did you divorce your husband
to marry Lieutenant Manion?
Copy !req
1933. If counsel wants to know the grounds for
Mrs Manion's divorce, let him ask that.
Copy !req
1934. What were the grounds for divorce?
Copy !req
1935. - Mental cruelty.
- Naturally.
Copy !req
1936. How long after your divorce was it
that you married Lieutenant Manion?
Copy !req
1937. I'm not sure.
Copy !req
1938. May I refresh the witness's memory
for Mr Dancer?
Copy !req
1939. - By all means.
- I believe she told me...
Copy !req
1940. that they were married three days
after the divorce.
Copy !req
1941. - Thank you, Mr Biegler. Is that correct?
- Yes.
Copy !req
1942. Then unless yours
was a whirlwind courtship...
Copy !req
1943. you must have known
Lieutenant Manion before your divorce?
Copy !req
1944. Yes.
Copy !req
1945. Mrs Manion,
what is your religious affiliation?
Copy !req
1946. - I'm a Catholic.
- Catholic in good standing?
Copy !req
1947. No. The divorce, you know.
Copy !req
1948. You were excommunicated
because of the divorce and remarriage?
Copy !req
1949. Yes.
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1950. Wouldn't you say that a Catholic...
Copy !req
1951. who can blithely ignore
one of the cardinal rules of her church...
Copy !req
1952. could also easily ignore an oath taken
on one of its artefacts...
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1953. say, an oath taken on a rosary?
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1954. I don't think that's true.
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1955. Wouldn't you think there'd be doubt
about the integrity of such a person?
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1956. I don't know.
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1957. All I know is the rosary
means something to me.
Copy !req
1958. I see.
Well, I'll pass on to something else.
Copy !req
1959. You testified that your husband...
Copy !req
1960. came home late
the night of the shooting.
Copy !req
1961. Were you angry about his being late?
Copy !req
1962. - I guess I was a little put out.
- Did you have an argument?
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1963. Not much. A little.
Copy !req
1964. When you left to go to the inn,
did your husband know you were going?
Copy !req
1965. He was asleep.
Copy !req
1966. Was part of your reason for going without
his knowledge because you were vexed?
Copy !req
1967. Well, I'd been ironing all day, and I—
Copy !req
1968. I guess that's true.
Copy !req
1969. The counsel has deliberately cut off
my view of the witness.
Copy !req
1970. I'm sorry. I wouldn't wanna interfere
with your signals to Mrs Manion.
Copy !req
1971. I object to the implication
I was signalling the witness.
Copy !req
1972. This is the shabbiest courtroom trick
I've ever seen.
Copy !req
1973. - You haven't lived, Mr Biegler.
- I ask the court to rule on my objection.
Copy !req
1974. Will you be careful not to place yourself
between Mr Biegler and his witness?
Copy !req
1975. Of course, Your Honour.
Copy !req
1976. - Anything else, Mr Biegler?
- You do it once more...
Copy !req
1977. I'll punch you all the way out
into the middle of Lake Superior.
Copy !req
1978. Gentlemen. Gentlemen.
This rowing has got to stop.
Copy !req
1979. The next one of you that speaks
out of turn will have me to deal with.
Copy !req
1980. Now get on
with your cross-examination.
Copy !req
1981. Would you have gone to the inn
if your husband had been awake?
Copy !req
1982. - He probably would have gone with me.
- Would you have gone alone?
Copy !req
1983. - Not if he didn't want me to.
- Would he have not wanted you to?
Copy !req
1984. I'm not sure.
I don't know how to answer that.
Copy !req
1985. Had you gone
to the Thunder Bay Inn...
Copy !req
1986. or elsewhere in Thunder Bay
alone at night?
Copy !req
1987. Yes, sometimes.
Copy !req
1988. - Did your husband know you were going?
- Not always.
Copy !req
1989. He goes to sleep early,
and sometimes I'm restless.
Copy !req
1990. - Where did you go on these occasions?
- I'd take a walk by the lake...
Copy !req
1991. or go into the bingo place,
maybe to the inn.
Copy !req
1992. You ever go to meet another man?
Copy !req
1993. No, I didn't. I never did that.
Copy !req
1994. You mean to say a lovely women
like yourself...
Copy !req
1995. attractive to men, lonely, restless,
that you never once met—?
Copy !req
1996. Objection.
The witness has answered the question.
Copy !req
1997. Counsel is now making
a veiled suggestion to the jury.
Copy !req
1998. I withdraw the question.
Copy !req
1999. Now, Mrs Manion, on these
occasional excursions into the night...
Copy !req
2000. did you always go
and return home alone?
Copy !req
2001. Of course.
Copy !req
2002. You testified that the reason
you got into Barney Quill's car...
Copy !req
2003. was you were afraid
to go home alone.
Copy !req
2004. Why were you so frightened
on this night?
Copy !req
2005. I said that it was because he told me
bears had been seen around.
Copy !req
2006. Was this the first time you'd heard bears
came around to pick up scraps?
Copy !req
2007. - No.
- Had you seen the bears before?
Copy !req
2008. Yes.
Copy !req
2009. This was just the first time
you were afraid of them.
Copy !req
2010. - I was always afraid of them.
- The first time you were enough afraid...
Copy !req
2011. to allow a man to take you home
from one of your evening prowls.
Copy !req
2012. Objection. Use of the word "prowls"
meant to mislead the jury.
Copy !req
2013. - Sustained.
- I apologise, Mrs Manion.
Copy !req
2014. I didn't mean to imply
that you were a huntress.
Copy !req
2015. Was this the first time
you were enough afraid...
Copy !req
2016. to allow a man to take you home
from one of your evening walks?
Copy !req
2017. - Well, it wasn't just that. It was—
- Oh, come, now, Mrs Manion.
Copy !req
2018. You should be able to answer straight off.
That's simple.
Copy !req
2019. How can the witness answer straight off
when the counsel keeps interrupting?
Copy !req
2020. The witness seemed a little slow to me,
Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
2021. However, let her complete her answers
before you interrupt.
Copy !req
2022. Of course.
In any case, Mr Biegler's objection...
Copy !req
2023. has given Mr Manion time
to think of an answer.
Copy !req
2024. You've thought of one, haven't you?
Copy !req
2025. What I was going to say
was I didn't want to offend Mr Quill...
Copy !req
2026. by making him think I was afraid of him
or didn't like him.
Copy !req
2027. He'd been pleasant to my husband
and me when we'd been in his bar.
Copy !req
2028. - That's very good. Very good indeed.
- Your Honour, please.
Copy !req
2029. The attorney for the people will reserve
his comments for the arguments.
Copy !req
2030. I will ask you this question,
Mrs Manion.
Copy !req
2031. Was this the first time you had been
in Barney Quill's car at night?
Copy !req
2032. Mrs Manion,
did you hear the question?
Copy !req
2033. Yes, I heard.
Copy !req
2034. Yes, it was the first time.
Copy !req
2035. Would you raise your voice a little,
Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
2036. I said, it was the first time.
Copy !req
2037. Now, Mrs Manion...
Copy !req
2038. I'm quite concerned
about the lost panties.
Copy !req
2039. Would you describe this article
of clothing to the courtroom?
Copy !req
2040. They were nylon
and had lace up the sides.
Copy !req
2041. There was a label in them
of the place I got them.
Copy !req
2042. - The Smart Shop in Phoenix.
- What was the colour of the panties?
Copy !req
2043. - I believe white.
- You believe?
Copy !req
2044. I have white and pink.
They may have been pink.
Copy !req
2045. Haven't you checked your lingerie
to see which pair is missing?
Copy !req
2046. - No.
- When your husband came home late...
Copy !req
2047. from his work and you had this spat,
were you already dressed to go out?
Copy !req
2048. - No.
- When did you dress?
Copy !req
2049. - After dinner, when he was asleep.
- You were bare-legged in the bar.
Copy !req
2050. - Is that true?
- Yes.
Copy !req
2051. In your anger at your husband
and your haste to get out...
Copy !req
2052. perhaps you didn't put on panties.
Copy !req
2053. Objection. Witness already testified
what she was wearing.
Copy !req
2054. - Sustained.
- Do you always wear panties?
Copy !req
2055. Your Honour,
I object to this line of questioning.
Copy !req
2056. It's immaterial
what Mrs Manion does all the time.
Copy !req
2057. The night she was attacked,
she was wearing panties.
Copy !req
2058. That's all we're concerned with.
Copy !req
2059. Mrs Manion seems a bit uncertain
about what kind of panties she wore.
Copy !req
2060. Since these panties
have not been found...
Copy !req
2061. it's possible she wasn't wearing any
and has forgotten.
Copy !req
2062. - That's all I'm trying to get at.
- You may answer, Mrs Manion.
Copy !req
2063. Do you always wear panties?
Copy !req
2064. No.
Copy !req
2065. On what occasions don't you wear them?
When you go out alone?
Copy !req
2066. Objection. He says he's going
after one thing and goes after another.
Copy !req
2067. I'll sustain the objection.
Copy !req
2068. Strike out the last two questions
in Mrs Manion's answer.
Copy !req
2069. Now, Mr Dancer, get off the panties.
You've done enough damage.
Copy !req
2070. Yes, Your Honour.
Copy !req
2071. Mrs Manion,
is your husband a jealous man?
Copy !req
2072. - He loves me.
- I'm sure, but is he excessively jealous?
Copy !req
2073. Your Honour, how can the witness
answer that question?
Copy !req
2074. What's the norm of jealousy?
Copy !req
2075. Can you put your question
a little differently?
Copy !req
2076. - Has your husband ever struck you?
- No, Your Honour.
Copy !req
2077. Mr Dancer's fishing.
What's the relevancy of this question?
Copy !req
2078. The shoe is squeezing Mr Biegler's foot.
In his words...
Copy !req
2079. this is not a high school debate,
this is a cross-examination.
Copy !req
2080. Proceed, Mr Dancer.
Copy !req
2081. Mrs Manion...
Copy !req
2082. did you ever go out socially
in Thunder Bay?
Copy !req
2083. Yes, a few times.
Copy !req
2084. When your husband's outfit moved
to Thunder Bay...
Copy !req
2085. didn't Barney Quill throw a party
for the officers and their wives?
Copy !req
2086. - Yes.
- Didn't your husband...
Copy !req
2087. strike a second lieutenant
at this party?
Copy !req
2088. There was a little scuffle.
It wasn't much.
Copy !req
2089. - What was it about?
- I'm not sure I remember.
Copy !req
2090. - Were you too drunk to remember?
- No, I was not.
Copy !req
2091. I think it was because the lieutenant
was cutting in too much...
Copy !req
2092. when I was dancing
with my husband.
Copy !req
2093. Shortly after, didn't your husband
slap you hard enough...
Copy !req
2094. so that you fell against the wall?
Copy !req
2095. - Well, he was drinking.
- Wasn't this a jealous rage?
Copy !req
2096. I don't know.
Copy !req
2097. - Do you remember why he struck you?
- Yes.
Copy !req
2098. Wasn't he enraged at you because he
thought you encouraged this lieutenant?
Copy !req
2099. - He might have thought so.
- There are witnesses to this.
Copy !req
2100. I'll ask you again.
Wasn't this a jealous rage?
Copy !req
2101. I guess you could call it that.
Copy !req
2102. Now I'll ask you...
Copy !req
2103. on the night of the shooting...
Copy !req
2104. what did you swear?
Copy !req
2105. What oath did you take on the rosary?
Copy !req
2106. It was about Barney Quill raping me.
Copy !req
2107. Why did you swear on the rosary
that he raped you?
Copy !req
2108. For the reason my husband said.
I was hysterical.
Copy !req
2109. That was the reason he gave.
What was your reason?
Copy !req
2110. - So he'd believe me.
- Why shouldn't he?
Copy !req
2111. The reason for the use of the rosary
has been established.
Copy !req
2112. These questions are immaterial.
Copy !req
2113. No, I think I'll take the answer,
Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
2114. I'll ask you again, Mrs Manion.
Why shouldn't he believe you?
Copy !req
2115. Because I wasn't making much sense.
Copy !req
2116. - Did he think you'd lie about that?
- Objection, Your Honour.
Copy !req
2117. Lieutenant Manion testified
as to what he thought.
Copy !req
2118. - Sustained.
- Did your husband strike you that night?
Copy !req
2119. Did he hit you that night?
Copy !req
2120. Well, he—
Copy !req
2121. He may have slapped me
because I was hysterical.
Copy !req
2122. Didn't you swear to a lie to keep him
from hitting you again?
Copy !req
2123. No, I didn't. I did not.
Copy !req
2124. Hadn't he already beaten you up when
he caught you coming home with Quill?
Copy !req
2125. Objection! The witness has already
testified she was beaten by Quill!
Copy !req
2126. Quiet. Quiet.
Copy !req
2127. No more questions.
Copy !req
2128. I think the witness has had enough,
Your Honour.
Copy !req
2129. The witness may step down.
We'll recess for lunch.
Copy !req
2130. Recess until 1:00.
Copy !req
2131. I'm sorry, baby. You were fine.
Copy !req
2132. Dr Smith?
Copy !req
2133. - I've come to meet you. My name is—
- I'm sorry. You've made a mistake.
Copy !req
2134. Maybe I'm the one you're looking for.
Are you Mr Biegler?
Copy !req
2135. No, I'm his associate in the case.
Copy !req
2136. - Don't tell me you're Dr Smith.
- That's me.
Copy !req
2137. The Army psychiatrist?
Copy !req
2138. Maybe you expected me
to be in uniform.
Copy !req
2139. No.
Copy !req
2140. I didn't expect anybody so young.
Copy !req
2141. I'm 40.
Copy !req
2142. I sort of hoped you'd have a beard
and wear a monocle.
Copy !req
2143. I see.
Copy !req
2144. - Is that better?
- It helps.
Copy !req
2145. You're on the stand this afternoon.
Copy !req
2146. Have you formed an opinion
as to Frederick Manion's mental state...
Copy !req
2147. at the time he killed Barney Quill?
Copy !req
2148. - I have.
- What is that opinion?
Copy !req
2149. He was temporarily insane
at the time of the shooting.
Copy !req
2150. Do you believe he was able
to distinguish right from wrong?
Copy !req
2151. He may or may not have been.
It doesn't make much difference.
Copy !req
2152. Now, doctor, as clearly as you can...
Copy !req
2153. will you explain
Frederick Manion's temporary insanity?
Copy !req
2154. It is known as dissociative reaction...
Copy !req
2155. a psychic shock which creates
an almost overwhelming tension...
Copy !req
2156. which the person in shock
must alleviate.
Copy !req
2157. In Lieutenant Manion's case,
a soldier...
Copy !req
2158. it is only natural
that he would turn to action.
Copy !req
2159. Only direct, simple action...
Copy !req
2160. against Barney Quill
would relieve this unbearable tension.
Copy !req
2161. This is not uncommon.
For example, in combat...
Copy !req
2162. some of the more remarkable heroics
take place in this state of mind.
Copy !req
2163. Is there another name for dissociative
reaction? One we might recognise?
Copy !req
2164. Yes, it has been known
as irresistible impulse.
Copy !req
2165. Now, a man in the grip
of irresistible impulse...
Copy !req
2166. would he likely go
to his neighbour for advice...
Copy !req
2167. or call up the police
to come to his aid?
Copy !req
2168. - Completely incompatible.
- Yes, but our man...
Copy !req
2169. was able to think of taking out a gun,
Copy !req
2170. loading it,
before setting out to find Quill.
Copy !req
2171. That was his conscious mind.
Copy !req
2172. If no gun had been available,
he would've gone anyway.
Copy !req
2173. How would a man look
in the grip of dissociative reaction?
Copy !req
2174. He might appear to be deadly calm,
fiercely deliberate.
Copy !req
2175. Would you describe his behaviour as
being like a mailman delivering the mail?
Copy !req
2176. That's not bad. Like a mailman,
he'd have a job to do, and he would do it.
Copy !req
2177. - Your witness.
- Doctor...
Copy !req
2178. did you find any psychosis
in Frederick Manion?
Copy !req
2179. - I did not.
- Any neuroses?
Copy !req
2180. - I found no history of neuroses.
- Any history of delusion?
Copy !req
2181. - None.
- Loss of memory?
Copy !req
2182. - Not before this instance.
- Did you find any history...?
Copy !req
2183. - Can you spot Mary Pilant?
- She didn't come back after lunch.
Copy !req
2184. I think you'd better give up on that one.
Copy !req
2185. You stated the defendant might or might
not have been able to distinguish...
Copy !req
2186. between right and wrong, but it
wouldn't have made much difference.
Copy !req
2187. - Is that what you said?
- Yes.
Copy !req
2188. Did you mean at the time of the shooting,
he could've known the difference?
Copy !req
2189. He might have, yes.
Copy !req
2190. Dr Smith, if the defendant...
Copy !req
2191. could have known what he was doing
and could have known it was wrong...
Copy !req
2192. how can you testify
that he was legally insane?
Copy !req
2193. I'm not saying he was legally insane.
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2194. In his mental condition,
it would not have made any difference...
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2195. whether he knew right from wrong.
He would still have shot Quill.
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2196. Dr Smith...
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2197. are you willing to rest your testimony
in this case on this opinion?
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2198. Yes, I am.
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2199. Your Honour,
I'd like to ask for a short recess.
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2200. The attorneys for the people would like
to meet Mr Biegler in the chambers.
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2201. Mr Biegler?
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2202. - Glad to oblige, Your Honour.
- Short recess.
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2203. The jury will remain.
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2204. Someday I'm going to horrify tradition
and lay a dense, blue cloud...
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2205. of tobacco smoke
in that hallowed courtroom.
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2206. - What's on your mind, Mr Dancer?
- In view of Dr Smith's testimony...
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2207. I thought the defence might like
to change their plea.
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2208. - Change it to what?
- Guilty, of course.
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2209. No, we'll still go for broke.
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2210. You know a guy's
not considered legally nuts...
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2211. unless he didn't know right
from wrong.
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2212. - Why don't you get this over with?
- Your Honour, would you turn to 486?
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2213. - What's that?
- Appears to be a law book, Mr Lodwick.
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2214. Oh, I'm sorry, Your Honour.
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2215. I make those things
to help me think sometimes.
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2216. - For perch?
- No, that one's for frog.
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2217. What case is he citing, judge?
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2218. - We gig frogs in my part of the country.
- It's the same here.
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2219. I'm a trout man, myself,
but this is a new wrinkle I'm gonna try.
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2220. They do it a lot in the bayou. The idea,
they get a great big long pole...
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2221. and about a 10-pound line,
just drift along a high bank in a boat.
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2222. Then you see that big old bullfrog
in a crevice...
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2223. and you sort of float this along
in front of him.
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2224. That old tongue of his snaps out,
and... you've got frog legs for supper.
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2225. - I'll be darned.
- Why don't you keep it?
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2226. - Try it sometime.
- Thanks. I will.
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2227. Four eighty-six.
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2228. - What is it, Your Honour?
- People v. Durfee, 1886.
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2229. Looks like a precedent.
Would you like to read it, Mr Dancer?
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2230. No, thank you, Your Honour.
I think I recall the case.
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2231. We're hooked...
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2232. like the frog.
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2233. Dr Harcourt, where did you receive
your university training?
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2234. - Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland.
- And where do you practise now?
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2235. I'm the medical superintendent of
the Bonder State Hospital for the Insane.
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2236. It's been stated here
that dissociative reaction...
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2237. or irresistible impulse, is not
uncommon among soldiers in combat.
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2238. - Do you agree with that statement?
- I do, but not as it was put by Dr Smith.
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2239. Where would you depart
from Dr Smith?
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2240. Dissociative reaction is not something
that comes out of the blue...
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2241. and disappears as quickly.
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2242. It can only occur,
even among soldiers in combat...
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2243. if the individual has a psychoneurotic
condition of long standing.
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2244. It's been testified that a
psychiatric exam of the defendant...
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2245. showed no evidence of neuroses
and no history of dissociative reaction.
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2246. You've further heard it testified...
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2247. that the defendant's behaviour on the
night of the shooting was cool and direct.
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2248. As an observer,
do you remember this testimony?
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2249. Yes.
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2250. Have you formed an opinion
about the defendant's sanity...
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2251. on the night of the shooting?
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2252. I'm of the opinion he was in sufficient
possession of his faculties...
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2253. so he was not dominated
by his unconscious mind.
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2254. In other words, he was not in the grip
of irresistible impulse.
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2255. - In my opinion, he was not.
- Thank you. Your witness.
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2256. Psychiatry is an effort to probe into
the dark, undiscovered world of the mind.
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2257. And in there, the world might be round,
it could be square.
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2258. Your opinion could be wrong,
Dr Smith's could be right. Is that true?
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2259. I'd be a poor doctor
if I didn't agree with that.
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2260. But I believe my opinion to be right.
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2261. Do you think
you might've changed your opinion...
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2262. if you had examined the defendant,
as Dr Smith did?
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2263. I don't believe so.
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2264. But Dr Smith's opinion
was made under better circumstances?
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2265. If you mean he was able
to examine the man, yes.
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2266. - Yeah. Well, thank you, doctor.
- That's all, Dr Harcourt.
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2267. - Is there more rebuttal?
- We're over a barrel, Mitch.
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2268. We have to use him.
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2269. We call Duane Miller to the stand.
Copy !req
2270. Will the sheriff
please bring in the witness?
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2271. What can he tell?
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2272. Nothing.
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2273. He can't tell anything.
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2274. Raise your right hand.
Do you swear the testimony you give...
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2275. shall be the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?
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2276. I do.
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2277. - Would you state your name, please?
- Duane Miller. Most folks call me Duke.
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2278. - Where do you presently reside?
- Across the alley in the jail.
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2279. You know the defendant,
Frederick Manion?
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2280. Yeah, I got to know him.
His cell's right next to mine.
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2281. When was the last conversation
you had with the lieutenant?
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2282. Except for "hello" this morning,
last time was last night.
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2283. - Did you discuss his trial last night?
- Yeah, some.
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2284. Would you tell the court
what Lieutenant Manion had to say?
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2285. Well, I said,
"Are things looking up, lieutenant?"
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2286. And he said, "I got it made, buster."
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2287. He said, "I fooled my lawyer,
I fooled that headshrinker...
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2288. and I'm gonna fool the corncobs
on the jury."
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2289. - Liar! You're a lousy, stinking liar!
- Come on.
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2290. Take it easy, now.
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2291. I apologise for my client, Your Honour.
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2292. His outburst is almost excusable,
since the prosecution has seen fit...
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2293. to put a felon on the stand
to testify against an officer in the Army.
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2294. I don't know who's the worse offender,
Manion or his lawyer.
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2295. We're close to the end.
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2296. In the name of heaven...
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2297. let's have peace
and courtesy for these last few hours.
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2298. Mr Dancer, you will continue
your interrogation without comment.
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2299. Mr Biegler, you will not sound off
at every opportunity.
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2300. The defendant will remain seated
and keep his mouth shut.
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2301. Now go ahead.
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2302. Mr Miller, are you certain
that Lieutenant Manion said:
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2303. "I've got it made, buster"?
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2304. - That's what he said.
- Did Lieutenant Manion say anything else?
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2305. Yes. He said when he got out,
the first thing he was gonna do...
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2306. was to kick that bitch
from here to kingdom come.
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2307. - To whom was he referring?
- To his wife.
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2308. Your witness, Mr Biegler.
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2309. What are you in jail for, Mr Miller?
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2310. Arson. I copped out.
I'm waiting for a sentence.
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2311. How many other offences
have you committed?
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2312. I was in reform school when I was a kid,
but that's all.
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2313. I'd like to see
this man's criminal record.
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2314. - Do you have his record, Mr Lodwick?
- Yes, sir.
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2315. Here it is.
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2316. Your record shows you've been in prison
six times in three different states.
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2317. Three times for arson,
twice for assault with a deadly weapon...
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2318. once for larceny.
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2319. Also shows you've done short stretches
in four city jails...
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2320. on charges of indecent exposure,
window peeping, perjury...
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2321. and disorderly conduct.
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2322. Is this your true record?
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2323. Them things are never right.
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2324. How did you get the ear
of the prosecution...
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2325. to tell them about this conversation
you had with Lieutenant Manion?
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2326. - The DA was taking us to his office.
- Taking who?
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2327. - Us prisoners in the jail.
- All at once or one at a time?
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2328. One at a time.
Him and that other lawyer...
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2329. took us to his office and asked us
questions about Lieutenant Manion.
Copy !req
2330. Were you promised a lighter sentence
if you went on the stand?
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2331. - The people object—
- Overruled. Answer the question.
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2332. - I wasn't promised anything.
- You thought it'd help your troubles...
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2333. if you dreamed up this story
to please the DA.
Copy !req
2334. I didn't dream up nothing.
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2335. - You're sure that's what Manion said?
- Yeah.
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2336. As sure as you were
about your record?
Copy !req
2337. Well, I guess I kind of goofed
on that one.
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2338. Your Honour, I don't feel I can dignify
this creature with any more questions.
Copy !req
2339. Take the witness away.
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2340. Would you like a conference
with your client?
Copy !req
2341. I can see how the last witness
was quite a surprise.
Copy !req
2342. No, Your Honour,
we don't need a conference.
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2343. I'll recall Lieutenant Manion
to the stand right now.
Copy !req
2344. Now, you've heard the testimony
of this Miller.
Copy !req
2345. - Is any part of it true?
- None.
Copy !req
2346. Lieutenant, do you have any idea why
he might come here with a tale like that?
Copy !req
2347. No, sir.
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2348. - Have you ever talked with this man?
- Yes.
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2349. What did you talk about?
Copy !req
2350. Nothing important.
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2351. Certainly nothing about my personal life
or my feelings.
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2352. That's all I wanted to know.
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2353. Lieutenant Manion...
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2354. have you ever had any sort of trouble
with Miller?
Copy !req
2355. I don't know. What do you mean?
An argument?
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2356. Well, did you ever attack Miller?
Physically attack him?
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2357. Your lawyer can't answer
the question for you.
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2358. - Did you ever physically attack Miller?
- I wouldn't call it an attack, exactly.
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2359. I pushed his head
against the bars one day.
Copy !req
2360. - Why?
- He said something ugly about my wife.
Copy !req
2361. Do you remember pushing
or bumping his head against the bars?
Copy !req
2362. Sure. I just told you.
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2363. Then this was not
dissociative reaction?
Copy !req
2364. The defendant isn't qualified
to answer that.
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2365. - Sustained.
- Lieutenant Manion...
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2366. wasn't your action against Quill
much the same...
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2367. as your action against Miller and
the lieutenant you struck at the party?
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2368. All in the heat of anger with a wilful,
conscious desire to hurt or kill?
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2369. I don't remember my action
against Quill.
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2370. How long had you known your wife
was running around with Barney Quill?
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2371. I never knew anything like that.
Copy !req
2372. I trust my wife.
Copy !req
2373. I suppose you beat her up
just for the fun of it.
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2374. Nothing has been established
to permit a question like that.
Copy !req
2375. He keeps implying things
without getting to the point.
Copy !req
2376. Let him ask the lieutenant,
did he ever beat his wife?
Copy !req
2377. I'll sustain the objection.
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2378. Would you like to rephrase
your question, Mr Dancer?
Copy !req
2379. No, thank you, Your Honour.
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2380. I've finished.
Copy !req
2381. Well, then I'll ask him.
Copy !req
2382. Did you, Lieutenant Manion...
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2383. beat your wife on the night
of the shooting or at any time?
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2384. - No.
- Is there any doubt in your mind...
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2385. that Barney Quill raped Mrs Manion?
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2386. - No, sir.
- That's all.
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2387. Step down, lieutenant.
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2388. - We hurt?
- We're hurt bad.
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2389. Paul.
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2390. Your Honour, I know time is pressing.
I don't want to ask for a recess.
Copy !req
2391. I'd like to leave the room for a moment.
Copy !req
2392. - If it's important, we can be at ease.
- Thank you, sir.
Copy !req
2393. This is highly irregular, Your Honour.
Copy !req
2394. Well, there's no reason
to make a federal case out of it.
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2395. Thank you, Your Honour.
We now have another rebuttal witness.
Copy !req
2396. The defence calls Mary Pilant
to the stand.
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2397. We must protest this whole affair.
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2398. The noble defence attorney rushes out
to a conference...
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2399. and now the witness is brought
dramatically down the aisle.
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2400. The whole thing has been rigged
to excite the jury.
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2401. It's another
of Mr Biegler's cornball tricks.
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2402. Your Honour, I don't blame Mr Dancer
for feeling put-upon.
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2403. I'm just a humble country lawyer
trying to do the best I can...
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2404. against this brilliant prosecutor
from the big city of Lansing.
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2405. - Swear the witness.
- Raise your right hand, please.
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2406. You do swear the testimony you give...
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2407. shall be the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, so help you God.
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2408. - I do.
- Sit down, please.
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2409. - Where do you live, Miss Pilant?
- At the Thunder Bay Inn.
Copy !req
2410. - And how long have you lived there?
- For two years.
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2411. - And what's your profession?
- I manage the inn.
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2412. Now, Miss Pilant, how is the laundry
handled at Thunder Bay Inn?
Copy !req
2413. It's chuted down to the laundry room.
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2414. Where is the location of that chute
on the second floor?
Copy !req
2415. - Between Room 42 and 43.
- Who lives in those rooms?
Copy !req
2416. I live in 42. Mr Quill lived in 43.
Copy !req
2417. Would Mr Quill,
coming up from the lobby...
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2418. have to pass by the mouth of that chute
on the way to his room?
Copy !req
2419. Yes.
Copy !req
2420. Would it be easy for him to drop
something into that chute as he passed?
Copy !req
2421. Yes.
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2422. Have you ever had occasion
to go into the laundry at any time?
Copy !req
2423. Yes. Part of my job
is to sort pieces of laundry...
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2424. as they come out
of the wash-and-dry machine.
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2425. Tell the court what you found
among those pieces of laundry...
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2426. the day after Mr Quill was killed.
Copy !req
2427. I found a pair of women's panties.
Copy !req
2428. - What did you do with them?
- I threw them in the rag bin.
Copy !req
2429. When did you learn the significance
of those panties?
Copy !req
2430. Here. This morning in the courtroom.
Copy !req
2431. Then you went home
and got them out of the bin?
Copy !req
2432. - Yes.
- Did you bring them with you?
Copy !req
2433. Yes.
Copy !req
2434. I offer this article of laundry...
Copy !req
2435. as Exhibit Number 1 for the defence.
Copy !req
2436. They're white,
they have lace up the side...
Copy !req
2437. and they're badly torn...
Copy !req
2438. as if they've been ripped apart
by powerful hands.
Copy !req
2439. The label reads:
Copy !req
2440. "Smart Shop, Phoenix, Arizona."
Copy !req
2441. If there is no objection, the exhibit
will be received in evidence.
Copy !req
2442. That's all, Miss Pilant.
Copy !req
2443. Did you talk to Mr Lodwick
about the death of Barney Quill?
Copy !req
2444. He came to the hotel several times
after Mr Quill was killed.
Copy !req
2445. Did you tell Lodwick you didn't believe
Quill raped Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
2446. Yes, I told him that.
Copy !req
2447. - Now, did you ever talk to Mr Biegler?
- Yes.
Copy !req
2448. - Also in connection with the shooting?
- Yes.
Copy !req
2449. You tell him you didn't believe
Quill had raped Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
2450. - How many times did you talk to Biegler?
- Twice.
Copy !req
2451. - When was the last time?
- Last night.
Copy !req
2452. Have you now changed your mind?
Copy !req
2453. Do you now believe
Barney Quill raped Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
2454. I don't know now. I think he might have.
Copy !req
2455. When did you change your mind?
Last night?
Copy !req
2456. - This morning.
- When were you given the panties?
Copy !req
2457. - Last night?
- Now, wait a minute.
Copy !req
2458. Use the proper form of objection,
Mr Biegler.
Copy !req
2459. On second thought, I don't object.
I'd like the jury to hear her answer.
Copy !req
2460. - The witness may answer.
- No.
Copy !req
2461. I was not given the panties last night
or at any other time. I found them.
Copy !req
2462. Do you know Quill dropped the panties
down the chute...
Copy !req
2463. - or did you assume it?
- I assumed.
Copy !req
2464. Had you thought someone else
might put the panties there?
Copy !req
2465. - Someone who wanted them found?
- I hadn't thought of that.
Copy !req
2466. In the grip of what Mr Biegler
might call irresistible impulse...
Copy !req
2467. you rushed in because you wanted
to crucify the character of Barney Quill.
Copy !req
2468. - No, I thought it was my duty—
- Your pride was hurt, wasn't it?
Copy !req
2469. - I don't know what you mean.
- He's trying to confuse the witness.
Copy !req
2470. Let him ask a question
she can understand.
Copy !req
2471. Mr Dancer, I myself would like to know
what you're driving at.
Copy !req
2472. Miss Pilant,
when you found the panties...
Copy !req
2473. was your first thought that Quill
might have raped Mrs Manion...
Copy !req
2474. or was it that he might have been
stepping out with Mrs Manion?
Copy !req
2475. I don't know what he means.
Copy !req
2476. Mr Dancer, once again I must ask you
to put straight questions to the witness.
Copy !req
2477. Here is a straight question,
Your Honour.
Copy !req
2478. Miss Pilant,
were you Barney Quill's mistress?
Copy !req
2479. No. No, I was not.
Copy !req
2480. It's common knowledge
you were living with Quill.
Copy !req
2481. - That's not true. Barney Quill was—
- Was what, Miss Pilant?
Copy !req
2482. Barney Quill was what, Miss Pilant?
Copy !req
2483. Barney Quill was my father.
Copy !req
2484. No more questions.
Copy !req
2485. That's all for me.
Copy !req
2486. The witness may step down.
Copy !req
2487. We will recess for 15 minutes...
Copy !req
2488. after which we will hear
the closing arguments.
Copy !req
2489. If possible, I would like
to charge the jury before nightfall.
Copy !req
2490. Think they're gonna stay out all night?
Copy !req
2491. Can't somebody say something?
Copy !req
2492. What do you want me to say,
Maida, darling?
Copy !req
2493. Tell me we're gonna win.
Copy !req
2494. I'm counting on getting
that promissory note from the lieutenant.
Copy !req
2495. I hope we can borrow some money on it.
I need a new typewriter.
Copy !req
2496. Half the time,
the P and the F don't strike on mine.
Copy !req
2497. "Party of the first part"
sometimes comes out...
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2498. "arty of the irst art."
Copy !req
2499. Doesn't make sense. It's embarrassing.
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2500. "Arty of the irst art"?
I kind of like that.
Copy !req
2501. Has a ring to it.
Copy !req
2502. Twelve people go off into a room.
Copy !req
2503. Twelve different minds,
twelve different hearts...
Copy !req
2504. and twelve different walks of life.
Copy !req
2505. Twelve sets of eyes, ears,
shapes and sizes.
Copy !req
2506. And these twelve people are asked
to judge another human being...
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2507. as different from them
as they are from each other.
Copy !req
2508. And in their judgement,
they must become of one mind.
Copy !req
2509. Unanimous.
Copy !req
2510. It's one of the miracles of man's
disorganized soul that they can do it.
Copy !req
2511. And in most instances, do it right well.
Copy !req
2512. God bless juries.
Copy !req
2513. I don't know what I'd do
if I were on that jury.
Copy !req
2514. I really don't know.
Copy !req
2515. Do you?
Copy !req
2516. I loved that, Paulie.
Copy !req
2517. I loved that
"humble country lawyer" bit.
Copy !req
2518. You had Mr Dancer dancing.
Copy !req
2519. I'm afraid he got in the last dance.
Copy !req
2520. That's the best summary
I've ever heard.
Copy !req
2521. I liked yours much better, Paulie.
Copy !req
2522. Do you have to play that stuff?
Copy !req
2523. Can't you play "Danny Boy"
or "Sweet Isle of Innisfree"?
Copy !req
2524. Paul Biegler's office.
Copy !req
2525. Yes, sir, right away.
Copy !req
2526. They're ready.
Copy !req
2527. Hey, sweetie.
Copy !req
2528. Go on. Go on.
Copy !req
2529. - The jury's coming in.
- Yeah, I heard.
Copy !req
2530. You can tell my loving husband
I'll be waiting in the car.
Copy !req
2531. - You're sure he's gonna come out?
- Oh, sure.
Copy !req
2532. He's lucky.
Some people have all the luck.
Copy !req
2533. You can tell him I'm waiting
to get kicked to kingdom come.
Copy !req
2534. Hey, sweetie, I have a souvenir for you.
Copy !req
2535. You'd better keep that thing.
Copy !req
2536. You might need it again sometime.
You never know.
Copy !req
2537. No, you don't, do you?
Copy !req
2538. Oh, I like you, Paulie.
Copy !req
2539. I warn all those present not
to interrupt the taking of the verdict.
Copy !req
2540. I will stop the proceedings
and clear the courtroom...
Copy !req
2541. if there is any demonstration.
Copy !req
2542. Proceed, Mr Clerk.
Copy !req
2543. Members of the jury,
have you agreed upon a verdict?
Copy !req
2544. - If so, who will speak for you?
- We have. I'm the foreman.
Copy !req
2545. The defendant will rise.
Copy !req
2546. What is your verdict?
Copy !req
2547. We find the defendant not guilty
by reason of insanity.
Copy !req
2548. Maida gave you that promissory note,
didn't she?
Copy !req
2549. Right here, ready to be signed
by our happy client.
Copy !req
2550. You know, I used to think the world
looked better through a glass of whisky.
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2551. It doesn't.
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2552. I think I'll keep it this way. Looks nice.
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2553. Well, I got one good thing
out of this case:
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2554. a new law partner,
if it's all right with him.
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2555. He'd be mighty proud to have his name
on a shingle with yours.
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2556. I guess you're looking
for Lieutenant Manion.
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2557. - Yeah.
- He gave me this note for you.
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2558. Felt real sorry for Mrs Manion.
She was crying.
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2559. Left a mess, didn't they?
Well, we'd better get busy here.
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2560. "Dear Mr Biegler,
so sorry that I had to leave suddenly.
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2561. I was seized by an irresistible impulse.
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2562. Frederick Manion."
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2563. Well, how in the world
are we gonna face Maida?
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2564. Gin. I knew there was something
wrong with that guy.
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2565. Never saw a gin drinker yet
you could trust.
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2566. Well, partner, what do you say
we go and see our first client?
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2567. - Who might that be?
- Mary Pilant.
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2568. We're gonna administer
Barney Quill's estate.
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2569. Now, that's what I call poetic justice
for everybody.
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2570. Yeah.
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