1. It must be stopped.
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2. You and all the school-parent groups about the country,
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3. and you must stand united on this,
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4. and stamp out this frightful assassin of our youth.
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5. You can do it by bringing about compulsory education
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6. on the subject of narcotics in general,
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7. but reef marihuana in particular.
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8. That is the purpose of this meeting, ladies and gentlemen,
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9. to lay the foundation for a nationwide campaign by you
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10. to demand by law such compulsory education,
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11. because it is only through enlightenment
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12. that this scourge can be wiped out.
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13. Out of the traffic in these drugs,
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14. a lawlessness that we can scarcely estimate
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15. has grown and is now flourishing.
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16. It exists in almost every city and hamlet in the country.
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17. It might be interesting
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18. and important for you to know
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19. some of the methods used
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20. in bringing these drugs into the country
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21. and the work of the forces of law and order,
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22. which are daily combating the traffic,
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23. always at the risk of life by their agents.
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24. This ceaseless fight against the drug traffic
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25. is directed by the Department of Narcotics, Washington.
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26. I have received a letter of vital importance
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27. from a member of the Narcotics Bureau.
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28. I'm going to read this letter to you.
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29. "My dear Dr. Carroll,
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30. "the suppression of the use of marihuana
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31. "and of the forces lurking behind it
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32. "are the most important jobs
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33. "this department is now engaged in.
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34. "At the outset of this letter,
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35. "there is one vital fact I would like to submit.
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36. "There is a powerful agency.
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37. "I speak of the school-parent associations
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38. "of this country, which can be invaluable
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39. "in stamping out this scourge.
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40. "Their help, their eternal vigilance
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41. "could be the deciding factor in our fight against it.
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42. "The weed marihuana is grown in every state in the Union.
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43. "Recently, in the city of Brooklyn, New York,
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44. "a field of marihuana was found behind a tenement court.
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45. "The weed was here being cultivated,
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46. "regularly stripped, and dried and sold in schools
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47. "and at government army posts in and around New York.
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48. "The dried leaves and berries are ground up
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49. "and made into cigarettes by a simple hand machine.
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50. "The deadly narcotic is that quickly
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51. "and easily prepared for its market.
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52. "The sale of marihuana is even more difficult
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53. "to detect and halt than the traffic in drugs
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54. "such as opium, morphine, and heroin.
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55. "They are hidden in fake jewelry cases,
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56. "in the heels of shoes, women's shoes especially,
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57. "because the drugs can be secreted in,
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58. "Hollowed shaving brushes are another medium.
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59. "Books with false centers are often used.
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60. "Watch cases are convenient hiding places.
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61. "The value of drugs thus seized is enormous.
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62. "Recently, a huge supply of heroin was taken.
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63. "It was concealed in an apparently harmless shipment
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64. "of 35 barrels of olive oil.
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65. "The deadly drug was burned in the incinerator
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66. "of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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67. "And more vicious, more deadly even than these
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68. "soul-destroying drugs is the menace of marihuana.
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69. No doubt, many of you do not believe
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70. that these things do happen,
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71. that they cannot happen to you.
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72. You may also believe that the facts have been exaggerated.
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73. Let me tell you of something
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74. that happened right here in our own city.
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75. You probably read about it in the papers.
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76. However, I'll give you the real facts behind the case.
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77. There was an apartment near one of our high schools.
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78. It was run by a woman known as Mae Coleman.
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79. Hey.
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80. Come on, Mae, get up.
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81. What time is it?
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82. Time to get up and give this place a going over.
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83. It looks like the marines had landed.
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84. That bunch last night was high enough
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85. to take over the marines and the navy.
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86. You better get on the job.
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87. Some of the kids may be up this afternoon.
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88. Oh, Jack, we can get along without dragging
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89. those young kids up here.
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90. Oh, why don't you button up your lips?
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91. You're always squawking about something.
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92. You got more static than a radio.
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93. Ah, greetings.
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94. Well, hello, fella, how are you?
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95. Fine, how are you?
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96. Come in, come in.
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97. Glad to be here.
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98. Is the Mae in?
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99. She'll be right here.
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100. Just sit down, make yourself comfortable.
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101. Hey, what kind of a joint is this, Eddie?
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102. Oh, it's all right, Gwen.
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103. See, they probably had a party last night.
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104. Ah.
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105. A couple of your customers, Mae.
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106. Yeah?
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107. They're old enough to know what they're doing.
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108. Not like those young kids you bring up here.
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109. All right, all right.
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110. Listen, I'm gonna blow.
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111. Where are you going?
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112. I gotta make some deliveries
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113. and I'll probably drop by Joe's place
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114. and bring back a couple of the kids.
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115. Oh, I wish you'd lay off those kids.
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116. Oh, why don't you get over your complex?
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117. Oh, by the way, Ralph,
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118. I'm sort of giving a little party
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119. Saturday afternoon over at my grandmother's.
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120. You know the place with a swimming pool?
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121. Like to come?
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122. Thanks, Eddie, maybe I will.
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123. I should like to have you.
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124. Okay, I'll probably drop over.
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125. - So long, Ralph.
- See you later.
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126. Hey, Ralph.
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127. Hi, kid.
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128. - Hi, Jack, and you?
- Oh, great.
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129. - Where you headed?
- Oh.
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130. Hey, how do you like that?
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131. That's the one I was telling you about.
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132. Very nice.
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133. I don't know why you wanna make
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135. Oh, he's a swell swimmer.
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136. He made the freshman team at college.
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137. Yeah, and that let him out.
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138. My dad knows his family.
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139. None of them are any good.
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140. Father and mother just got a divorce in Paris.
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141. Yeah?
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142. You know, Ralph runs around pretty much on his own.
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143. He's been in a couple of jams.
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144. Well, I only kind of say hello to him.
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145. I don't go around with him.
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146. Well, you better know
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147. that he's a little too old for us.
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148. That's what my dad said.
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149. Hello, Mary.
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150. - How are you, Bill?
- How are you, Ralph?
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151. Hey, hello, Ralph.
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152. You know my brother, Jimmy, don't you?
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153. - How are you?
- Swell.
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154. I'd like you to meet a friend of mine, Jack Perry.
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155. Mary, Bill.
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156. - How are you?
- How do you do?
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157. Glad to know you.
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158. We're going over to Joe's place.
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159. Why don't you come along?
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160. We have a date to play a set of doubles.
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161. Or you can play any time
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162. Come on, we'll have some laughs.
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163. Oh, we can't today, Ralph.
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164. Some other time.
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165. - Can I go along with you?
- Sure.
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166. Hey, I'll see you at dinner, sis.
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167. - Don't be late, Jimmy.
- I won't.
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168. - Jimmy, Jimmy.
- Hi, Agnes.
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169. Hey, he ain't no paper man.
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170. Why, don't you know him?
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171. That's Hot Fingers Pirelli.
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172. Boy, he really swings out hot with a mess of jive.
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173. - Do you wanna dance?
- Do I?
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174. Mae is expecting us at the apartment a little later.
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175. Any new prospects?
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176. Maybe.
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177. Oh, Jimmy, you're wonderful.
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178. You're just finding that out?
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179. - Why can't we go now?
- Hmm, good.
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180. Say, kids, we're having a little party
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182. Wouldn't you like to come?
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183. Oh, I'd love to.
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185. Oh, sure.
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187. Oh, come on, we can all go in my car.
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188. See you later, Joe.
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189. It's sweet of you to help me, Bill.
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190. I'll show you anything except domestic science.
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191. I see, don't you wanna learn something
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192. about running your own home?
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193. The answer is no.
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194. You know, after that session we had yesterday,
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195. I went home and told Mother
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196. that the trouble with her pot roast gravy was
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197. she hadn't added three heaping teaspoonfuls of olive oil.
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198. What did she say?
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199. She didn't say anything.
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200. She just threw me out of the kitchen.
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201. I don't wonder.
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202. Hello, children.
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203. - Hello, mother.
- Hello, Mrs. Lane.
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204. That was sweet of you, mother.
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205. Gosh, hot chocolate!
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206. Thanks, Mrs. Lane.
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207. I know you can't study on empty stomach.
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208. Go on and enjoy yourselves.
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209. - He will.
- She will, too, Mrs. Lane.
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210. May I?
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211. Oh, thank you, kind sir.
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212. You're so very, very kind.
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213. Mary, before we do that math,
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215. It's swell.
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217. - Don't you like it?
- Uh-huh.
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218. You know, when I study this, I kinda think of you.
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219. I just thought I feel as though you're there beside me.
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220. Listen.
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222. How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night.
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223. Like softest music to attending ears.
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224. - Romeo!
- My dear?
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226. - By the hour of nine.
- I will not fail.
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227. 'Tis 20 years till then.
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228. Well, I'll see you tonight, Mary.
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229. Bye, Mrs. Lane.
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230. - Goodbye, Bill.
- So long.
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231. Oh, Bill!
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233. Bye, bye.
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234. - Hey, Daddy.
- Oh, Junior.
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236. Don't bother your father every night.
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237. Have you?
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238. There you are.
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239. What made you so late, Bill?
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240. I was getting worried.
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241. Oh, I had to study, Ma.
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244. Bill's got a girl.
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245. He's got a girl.
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246. - Ma, make him cut it out.
- Junior!
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247. - Well, Bill has got a girl.
- Quiet.
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248. And put that candy away till after dinner.
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249. Henry, you shouldn't have given it to him.
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250. Well, I haven't got a girlfriend
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252. I'll shut you up.
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253. Bill, Junior, quit that carrying on.
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254. Junior!
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256. They're all right, they're young.
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258. Mary's little lamb.
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260. Oh, well, what I'm burned up about is that
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262. Gee, it must be love.
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263. She has to be swell for you to like her.
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264. Uh-huh, sounds like you want something.
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265. Come on, what is it?
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266. Well, it's my model airplane.
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267. It won't work.
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268. Gosh, Bill, you could fix it.
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270. Okay, I'll fix it.
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271. Hey, dad, read me the funny papers, will you?
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272. Got it, you got it.
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273. Hey, Bill.
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274. Oh, hello, Jimmy.
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278. Oh, thanks, Jimmy.
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279. Hmm, must be getting grown up.
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280. I see Mary let you have the car.
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281. Yeah.
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282. Can I take you any place?
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283. I wasn't going any in particular.
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284. Well, then, how about driving over
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285. to Joe's the place with me?
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286. I'll buy you a soda.
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287. I never drink that stuff.
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290. Swell.
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291. Hi, Bill, hi, Jimmy.
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293. Hey, Jimmy.
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294. Hello, Jimmy, hello, Bill.
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295. Come on, slide in.
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296. Hello, Blanche, hello, Ralph, how are you?
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297. Two sodas, no, I mean one soda and one root beer.
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298. How's Mae?
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299. Oh, she's fine.
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301. - Couldn't Bill come along?
- Mmm-hmm.
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- Come on, Bill,
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- Oh, come on, Bill.
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307. will be there entertained.
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308. I don't know, I really shouldn't.
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310. - Hi, kids.
- Hello, Jack.
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312. Yeah, come on in.
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313. Hi, Agnes.
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315. Hillbilly, hillbilly, hillbilly.
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316. Hi, kids.
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317. Mae, this is Bill Harper.
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318. He's okay.
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319. Hello.
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320. Well, if you say so, he's all right with me.
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321. I'll be back in a minute.
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322. Hiya, kids, how ya doing?
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323. Okay, hiya, Mae.
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324. There's a new one in today.
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325. Yeah, Bill Harper.
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326. He's all right.
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327. Blanche has got herself quite a yen for him.
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328. Hmm, not bad.
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329. I didn't think she had that much taste.
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330. She knows what she's doing.
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331. She got Ralph not to bother her
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332. and now she's got her hooks out for this new kid.
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333. Hey, we haven't many more smokes.
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334. You'd better go on over and get some.
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335. Why couldn't you find that out
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336. when I was here this morning?
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337. Now I've got my car in the shop.
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338. Well, I was.
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339. That kid out there, Jimmy.
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340. He's got a car, he'll take you.
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341. Come on, get going, hurry up.
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342. - Hey, Jimmy.
- Yup?
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- Okay.
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- Oh, thanks.
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355. Of course, if you're afraid.
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356. That's better, that's more like it.
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357. I know you'll like it really well.
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359. Just be a minute, kid.
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360. Hey, Jack, give me a cigarette before you go, will you?
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361. - Hello, Jack.
- Hiya, Boss.
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363. Getting better everyday.
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364. Those kids sure go for it.
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365. Swell.
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366. Had to run over for a couple more cartons.
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367. Ran short today.
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368. All right.
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372. Pete Daley?
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373. All right, send him in.
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374. It's all right, stay where you are.
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376. All right, go ahead, Jack's okay.
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378. Listen, you never heard no beef
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380. Right for the dough, aren't you?
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381. Yeah, but I don't need dough that bad.
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382. Taking two-bit pieces from kids.
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385. Don't be a dope.
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386. I'm just doped enough to draw the line
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388. All right, Pete.
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389. You know what my policy has always been.
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393. So long.
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- Get out!
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398. Okay, boss.
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399. Let's go, Jack, I'm red-hot.
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400. Better be careful how you drive
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401. or the first thing you know you'll be ice cold.
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402. Take it easy, kid.
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403. Slow down, you'll kill somebody.
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404. Mary, you're not eating your breakfast again.
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432. Don't let Mother see you like that.
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435. not only in my school, but all over the city.
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441. You see, it grows wild in almost every state in the Union.
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444. As a result, the government's hands are tied.
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447. Oh, it's all right to talk about education, Mr. Wyatt?
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473. In West Virginia, wasn't it?
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474. Yes, and there are hundreds of them coming up,
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475. new ones everyday.
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476. I'd like to take these records, if I may.
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477. I feel they would be of invaluable assistance to me
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478. in combating the evil in my school.
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479. You're very welcome, Dr. Carroll.
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480. Thank you.
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481. Sit down, Bill.
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482. There seems to be something wrong.
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483. What is it?
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484. You were always a fine student.
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485. You always had excellent grades.
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486. I guess the work is getting a little harder, Dr. Carroll.
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487. No, no, it isn't that.
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488. Bill, I'd like to help you.
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489. But of course, I can't unless you let me.
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490. You're undermining your health.
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491. There's nothing, Dr. Carroll, really there isn't.
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492. I'll study harder, honest.
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493. Honest?
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494. If you were being honest with me
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495. and honest with yourself,
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496. I'm afraid you'd tell me an entirely different story.
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497. Bill, I'm going to ask you a straightforward question,
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498. and I'd like to have a straightforward answer.
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499. Yes, sir.
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500. Isn't it true that you have, perhaps unwillingly,
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501. acquired a certain harmful habit
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502. through association with certain undesirable people?
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503. Well?
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504. No, sir, I haven't, Dr. Carroll.
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505. Well, that is, you see, I'm...
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506. I'm worried about something at home.
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507. All right, my boy.
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508. We'll just have to let it go at that.
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509. But remember, if you ever want to confide in me,
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510. no one will ever be the wiser.
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511. Thank you, Dr. Carroll.
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512. Hello, Mary, want to play a set?
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513. Thanks, Teddy, but I'm waiting for someone.
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514. Look, if you're waiting for Bill,
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515. he hasn't been here for weeks.
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516. Come on, Jimmy, play something hot.
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517. Okay.
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518. Come on, Billy!
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519. Dance with me!
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520. Didn't take that kid long to catch on.
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521. Don't take any of them long.
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522. Hey, don't you ever get fed?
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523. You're feeding me, can't you see?
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524. Give me a knife and fork, will you?
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525. Get it yourself.
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526. Come on, Bill.
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527. Come on.
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528. Come on.
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529. Come on, Bill.
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530. Come on.
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531. Come on.
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532. Good morning, miss, we're with the police department.
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533. Good morning.
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534. We're tracing a hit-and-run driver.
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535. Someone caught the license number
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536. at the place of the accident,
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537. but the didn't get it quite right.
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538. So we're checking all numbers like it
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539. and yours is one of them.
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540. Well, I'll try to help you.
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541. Do you remember what you did on the 29th of last month?
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542. That was the day before mother's birthday.
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543. Oh, yes, I remember that because I left school
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544. and went directly to the dressmakers with mother.
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545. I was there all afternoon.
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546. Did you happen to loan your car to a couple of men?
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547. No, no, I had the car all afternoon myself.
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548. Thanks, Miss, sorry to trouble you.
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549. Tell me, did they,
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550. was the person killed?
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551. Fortunately, he wasn't, but that's still
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552. no excuse for hit-and-run driving.
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553. Has Jimmy Lane been here today?
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554. He was in.
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555. He went over to Mae's place.
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556. You know where that is.
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557. Well, he was gonna wait for me here,
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558. so he didn't give me Mae's address.
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559. Are you sure Jimmy didn't leave
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560. any message for me, Mary?
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561. No, he didn't.
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562. But I guess you're okay.
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563. I'll write it down for you.
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564. Mary, come right in.
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565. Is Jimmy here?
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566. Oh, why, he is around somewhere.
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567. I think he went out to take Agnes home.
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568. But he'll be right back.
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569. Come in and sit down, Mary.
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570. And let me take your coat.
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571. Who's the new kid just came in?
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572. Oh, it's that gal that Ralph's gone overboard for.
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573. Funny, we've never been able to get her up here before.
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574. Hey, hey, scram, will ya?
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575. Smoke, Mary?
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576. Thanks.
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577. Are you sure Jimmy will be back soon?
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578. Sure, any minute.
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579. Say, what's the matter?
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580. Am I an orphan?
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581. Where do you put it?
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582. You got a hollow leg?
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583. Thanks, dear.
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584. Here, Mary.
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585. - Oh, Mary, give me a kiss.
- Don't.
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586. - Mary.
- No, don't!
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587. Please help me.
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588. Oh, Mary.
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589. You leave me alone.
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590. Go away!
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591. Mary, everybody's—
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592. Leave me alone.
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593. Oh, leave me alone!
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594. Please!
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595. - Everything's over.
- Leave me be!
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596. Romeo.
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597. What o'clock tomorrow shall I send to thee?
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598. Bill's got a girl.
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599. It's sweet of you to help me, Bill.
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600. - Bill's got a girl.
- Oh, thank you, kind sir.
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601. Leave me alone!
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602. Oh, leave me alone!
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603. Ralph!
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604. Ralph!
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605. Look.
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606. Jack, is she all right?
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607. She's dead.
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608. Mae, get me some water.
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609. Now listen, you two.
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610. I want you to get out of here.
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611. Get out of here and forget
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612. you were ever in here today.
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613. I'll handle this.
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614. Now get going.
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615. Give it to me.
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616. Here.
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617. Mary.
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618. Mary.
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619. Mary!
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620. What happened?
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621. You killed her.
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622. Mary.
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623. Oh, Mary.
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624. Look, after I scram, you call the cops.
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625. And this is your story, remember it.
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626. These two kids came up here for a couple of beers.
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627. You're up in the kitchen, you heard the shot.
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628. When you got in here, that's what you found.
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629. Just stick to that story.
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630. Mary.
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631. Mary, speak to me.
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632. Mary.
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633. Hello, Jack.
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634. I was just talking to a friend of mine.
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635. A cop.
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636. Sergeant on the homicide squad.
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637. The guy you hit that day died.
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638. Died?
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639. You, I mean you didn't—
- No.
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640. I didn't crack, and I'm not going to.
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641. Nobody will ever know you were driving that car.
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642. Thanks, Jack.
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643. After this moment, you keep you mouth shut
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644. that you were ever up in Mae's apartment.
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645. Why sure, Jack, sure.
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646. Okay.
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647. Your honor, I'd like to recall
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648. Dr. Alfred Carroll to the stand.
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649. Call Dr. Alfred Carroll to the stand.
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650. Dr. Carroll, as principal of the Lakeside High School,
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651. did you, during the last three months,
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652. notice any changes in the demeanor and attitude
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653. of your student, William Harper?
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654. Yes, in a number of things.
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655. For example, at times, disassociation of ideas.
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656. In another instance, I happened to attend
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657. the recent inter-scholastic tennis matches.
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658. And while Bill Harper had been considered
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659. an exceedingly good player,
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660. I saw him miss the ball
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661. by as much as three or four feet.
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662. This, I understand, could be attributed
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663. to the use of marihuana.
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664. It causes errors in time and space.
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665. Objection, your honor!
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666. The witness isn't qualified to express opinions
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667. upon the effects of narcotics.
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668. Sustained.
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669. Dr. Carroll has been called merely as a character witness.
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670. Well then, although you didn't know
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671. to your own knowledge
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672. that the defendant was using marihuana,
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673. did you notice any changes
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674. that would lead you to believe, as an educator,
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675. that he was under some severe mental strain
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676. which might possibly have been induced by some drug?
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677. Yes, I recall distinctly, a few weeks ago.
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678. It was during a class of English literature.
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679. There was a serious discussion
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680. of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
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681. when he suddenly burst into
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682. an uncontrollable fit of hysterical laughter.
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683. Oh, by the way, Dr. Carroll, six months ago,
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684. what would have been your opinion
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685. regarding the character of my client?
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686. He was a fine, upstanding American boy,
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687. a good scholar, a good athlete,
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688. and representative of the caliber of young men
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689. we are proud to graduate from our school.
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690. Oh, snap out of it, will you?
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691. It's not our fault.
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692. Why'd I ever bring him up there, anyway?
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693. He's just a kid.
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694. They can't hang him.
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695. Shut up, shut up!
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696. Why don't you let yourself go?
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697. Talk.
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698. Go off your nuts and have me that way, too.
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699. It's his own fault, wasn't it?
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700. Shut up!
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701. They've got us hidden out, haven't they?
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702. The cops can't find us.
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703. Jack, Jack, I wanna get out of this place.
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704. You're gonna stay here as long as we have to keep
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705. those two out there under cover.
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706. Till the trial's over,
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707. or the boss gets a better idea.
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708. But they're getting on my nerves.
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709. It can't last much longer.
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710. I'm not worried about her.
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711. We gotta keep him gagged.
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712. He's about ready to crack.
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713. What you're gonna do is keep him
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714. from having too many reefers.
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715. Any day now, that punk will get hot.
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716. He'll probably spill and tell all he knows
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717. if he gets the chance.
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718. I don't think he'll get it.
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719. I'll see you later.
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720. Where are you going?
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721. I'm gonna see the boss.
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722. - Hello, Jack.
- Hello, Boss.
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723. What are we gonna do about that Wiley guy?
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724. Still jittery, huh?
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725. I don't know what the punk's gonna do.
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726. Keep feeding him with hot sticks.
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727. That's what Mae's been doing.
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728. That's no good.
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729. I got a hunch that he's due to crack
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730. when that Harper verdict comes in.
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731. He's down the tee, he's about to take a powder on us
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732. and blow his topper to the D.A.
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733. You mean you think we'd all be better off
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734. if he never heard the verdict?
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735. Well, what are you waiting for?
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736. You, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
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737. have a duty to perform,
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738. a duty to yourselves and to our community.
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739. Mary Lane is dead.
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740. The evidence you've heard at this trial
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741. could not have failed to convince you
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742. of the guilt of the defendant.
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743. By his own admission,
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744. he pressed the trigger of the weapon
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745. that sent lovely and innocent Mary Lane
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746. to a tragic and untimely death.
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747. We are not so much concerned
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748. about the motives behind the deed
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749. as to the deed itself.
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750. While the defendant has told you
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751. that he saw someone attacking Mary Lane,
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752. and that his mind went blank from that moment on,
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753. the defense has been unable to produce
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754. one witness to substantiate that statement.
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755. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
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756. you've heard able men testify at this trial,
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757. men who have tried to bring out the fact
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758. that the defendant might have become momentarily insane
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759. when he fired the shot that killed Mary Lane.
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760. But the defense has been unable to prove that he was insane.
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761. William Harper was sane when he visited the apartment
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762. where the tragedy occurred.
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763. He was on the habit of visiting the place.
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764. He was sane when he went to a bedroom
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765. with another young woman.
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766. You all heard what went on in that room.
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767. You heard it from the defendant's own lips.
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768. Involved as he was in a tawdry love affair,
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769. Mary Lane was in the way.
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770. She had found him out.
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771. In a moment of anger,
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772. he deliberately and willfully killed her.
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773. If such deeds are permitted to go unpunished,
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774. this community would cease to be a decent and safe place
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775. for us or our children to live.
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776. I do not believe I have to plead, or even demand,
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777. that you bring in a verdict to punish the defendant
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778. for the crime that he has committed against society.
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779. You are upright citizens.
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780. That is why you were chosen to judge another.
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781. And as honest, upright citizens,
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782. there is only one verdict which you can find.
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783. And that is a verdict of Guilty.
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784. And this court will be adjourned
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785. until the jury's verdict is reached.
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786. I suppose you all feel the same about this case.
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787. But he might have been insane while he did it.
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788. No, he wasn't, he knew what he was doing.
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789. But supposing he was insane?
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790. You can never make me believe it or anybody else.
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791. We'll take a first vote.
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792. 11 for conviction, one for acquittal.
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793. But there's a reasonable doubt
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794. about the boy's sanity.
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795. We can't—
- No doubt about the fact
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796. that he murdered her.
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797. He admitted it himself.
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798. That wasn't the first time he was there.
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799. We gotta make an example
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800. before boys like that contaminate all of our children.
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801. We can't have every murderer hiding
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802. behind the gag that he's insane.
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803. Sure, they see red before they kill somebody.
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804. But whose fault is it?
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805. Have you reached a verdict?
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806. We have.
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807. The defendant will rise.
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808. What is your verdict?
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809. We find the defendant guilty as charged.
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810. No!
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811. No.
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812. Stop that racket.
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813. Stop it!
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814. What's the matter with you?
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815. You give me the creeps.
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816. Mae.
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817. Mae!
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818. What do you want?
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819. Bring me some reefers.
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820. They're going to hang him.
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821. Blanche, they're going to hang him.
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822. Oh, come on, get a hold of yourself.
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823. Here you are.
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824. Well, cut that crazy laughing.
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825. Where's Jack?
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826. I wanna get out of here.
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827. They'll pick you up and hang you
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828. if you don't pipe down.
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829. I wanna see Jack.
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830. Jack.
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831. I wanna see Jack.
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832. Jack.
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833. You'd better quiet him.
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834. I can't do anything with him.
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835. I've got to see Jack.
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836. We can't let that kid hang.
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837. He'll be here, don't worry.
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838. He'll be here in a little while.
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839. I've got to see him.
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840. I've got to.
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841. Come on, darling.
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842. Everything will be over soon.
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843. You want me to play something for you?
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844. Yeah, yeah, that's it.
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845. Play something.
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846. All right.
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847. Come on.
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848. Sit down.
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849. Honey, give me a smoke, will you?
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850. Faster.
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851. Faster!
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852. Play faster!
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853. Faster.
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854. Play faster.
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855. Faster.
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856. I know what you want.
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857. You wanna kill me.
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858. You're crazy.
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859. Take it easy, kid.
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860. I just wanna talk to you.
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861. Hurry, hurry!
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862. There's a terrible fight going on.
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863. Yes, yes, apartment 32.
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864. Stop it, stop it!
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865. Let go of me!
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866. Take your hands off of me.
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867. Stop it.
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868. Take your little dick.
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869. Stop it!
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870. No.
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871. Who hired you and Jack Perry?
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872. Are you ready to tell what you know?
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873. Yes.
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874. I'm fucked.
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875. If we can gain some measure of leniency for my client,
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876. she's prepared to enter a plea of Guilty,
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877. and in addition, turn state evidence
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878. in the case of William Harper.
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879. I regret that this court is not prepared
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880. to bargain with justice.
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881. I'll tell anyway.
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882. I was there, I saw it.
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883. I know who killed Mary.
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884. And I'll tell you who killed Mary Lane.
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885. It wasn't Bill.
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886. It was Jack.
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887. Jack Perry.
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888. He shot Mary Lane and he put the gun in Bill's hand.
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889. We were all at the apartment one afternoon.
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890. And Mary came in looking for her brother.
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891. Bill and I, we'd been in another room.
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892. And Bill came in, he caught Ralph with Mary.
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893. Then they started to fight.
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894. But it was Jack who had the gun.
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895. He was going to hit Bill over the head with it
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896. to make him stop.
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897. And then, then the gun went off.
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898. I saw it.
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899. I can see it now.
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900. It was horrible!
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901. Before we knew it, Mary,
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902. Mary was dead.
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903. But you see, Judge,
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904. Bill didn't know he hadn't killed Mary.
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905. He was so doped up, they made him think he had.
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906. Ralph wanted to tell you, too.
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907. Oh, if they'd only let him.
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908. But this is the truth, Judge.
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909. I'm telling you the truth.
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910. After Jack saw that Mary was dead,
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911. he put the gun in Bill's hand.
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912. It was Jack's fault.
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913. And it was my fault, too.
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914. I got all of them to come up to the apartment.
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915. I'm just as much to blame.
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916. I am.
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917. I am.
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918. Do I understand you wish to plead guilty
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919. to a charge of fostering moral delinquency
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920. in the case of William Harper?
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921. Yes, yes, I'm guilty, I am.
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922. Prepare a statement for signature,
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923. and also an order setting aside the jury's verdict
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924. in the case of the People versus William Harper.
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925. In the interest of justice,
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926. I shall direct a verdict of Not Guilty.
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927. Sign here, please.
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928. You shall be brought into court on Thursday, the 17th,
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929. when sentence will be pronounced.
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930. Meanwhile, you will be held as a material witness
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931. in the case of the People versus Ralph Wiley.
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932. We have come in the hearings before this court today
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933. to what I hope will be the final actions
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934. revolving about an unhappy and unfortunate case,
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935. one whose horrible tragedy will forever remain with me.
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936. I am happy to have been enabled,
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937. before it was too late,
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938. to order the verdict of the jury
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939. in the case of the People versus William Harper
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940. to be set aside.
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941. But, young man, although this court is convinced
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942. that to declare you guilty would have been
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943. a gross miscarriage of justice,
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944. we cannot condone your acts.
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945. And we can express only the hope that your experiences
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946. may not alone keep you, but thousands of others,
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947. from the vicious pitfalls of marihuana.
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948. Thus, I am ordering you to remain in this court
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949. during the next case,
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950. so that you will be obliged to witness
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951. what you yourself so narrowly escaped.
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952. Call the case of the People versus Ralph Wiley.
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953. Bill.
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954. Bill.
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955. Your honor, in this case the State
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956. waives trial of the defendant, Ralph Wiley.
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957. It is recommended, your honor, that the defendant
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958. be placed in an institution for the criminally insane
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959. for the rest of his natural life.
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960. The defendant's counsel joins the State in this request.
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961. Since counsel for the defense
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963. seem to agree on this,
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964. I see no reason why the request should not be granted.
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965. That happened right here, to your neighbors.
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966. It is not too much to say that in your hands
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967. lies the possibility of averting other tragedies like it.
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968. We must work untiringly so that our children
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969. are obliged to learn the truth,
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970. because it is only through knowledge
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971. that we can safely protect them.
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972. Failing this, the next tragedy
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973. may be that of your daughter,
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974. or your son,
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975. or yours,
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976. or yours,
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977. or yours.
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