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Welcome back to Logan City,
Mrs. Reed.
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I'm Donald Briggs.
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I've got a cab waiting over here.
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I booked you a room here, 6D.
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You still haven't told me
what I have to do.
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I've got some calls to make.
We'll discuss it later.
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The lady can manage for herself,
driver. I'm running late.
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Wait for me, driver.
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Mrs. Adams,
I'll be as brief as possible.
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I supplied you with enough facts
so that you would come to Logan City.
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I've got a proposition.
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What makes you think I'd be interested
in any proposition you might make?
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All right, Mrs. Adams.
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You have a son.
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He's a chemical engineering student
at the state university.
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He's engaged to Helen Waters,
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the daughter of one of this town's
leading citizens. Enough?
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Everyone's quite aware of those facts.
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But everyone's not so aware
of the facts concerning the boy's father.
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I know most of them.
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What I don't know
I intend to learn from Lois Reed.
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She just got into town.
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If you dare do anything
to hurt my boy's happiness, I--
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All I wanna do is enhance
my own happiness,
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say, $5,000 worth,
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within 48 hours.
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I'm at the Sands Motel.
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You contemptible blackmailer.
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Around here, a man earns his living
digging up potatoes and beets.
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I dig up information.
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Now, what's the difference?
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The difference
is in the kind of dirt you use.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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Hey, Mom, what are you doing
at Logan City?
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How did you know I was here?
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I was walking by in front of the hotel
and saw the pickup truck.
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You know, there aren't two trucks
like that in the world.
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- This is Mr. Briggs.
- How do you do, sir?
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How are you, Adams?
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See you soon, Mrs. Adams.
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Hey, Mom,
what did that guy do to you?
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JOE: Hey, you two, break it up.
Come on, break it up.
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All right, what's this all about?
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It's just a little misunderstanding,
that's all, officer.
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What did you see, Charlie?
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Nothing, Joe,
except this kid jumped my fare
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when he was about to get in my cab.
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Aren't you visiting out
at the Waters' place?
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Yeah, that's right.
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I'm Marv Adams.
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I'm on vacation from the university.
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Well, since you're Mr. Waters' guest,
we'll forget it this time,
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but no more of this college scrimmaging
in Logan City. That clear?
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Yes, sir.
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And you have proof that Marv Adams
was Ben Deveraux's son?
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Yeah.
Soon as Deveraux was executed,
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his wife changed their name
to Adams,
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moved from Logan City,
and until I got to work on it,
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seemed to drop off the earth.
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The name of Clyde Waters
has as much prestige
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as any name in the valley.
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Getting him mixed up with
a murderer's son won't do it any good.
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Here's payment for your services.
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Waters,
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what do you plan to do?
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If my daughter insists
on marrying Marv Adams,
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there's no reason to think
the boy's real identity
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would be revealed
after all these years.
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Oh, there's a way to make sure.
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Just add another 5,000 to this
and send it to the Sands Motel.
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Do you really think
I would do a thing like that?
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Well, I don't know you that well,
Mr. Waters,
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but I could ask Lois Reed.
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She just got into town.
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I see.
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Well, I suppose the boy's mother
is here at your request too.
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Why not?
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Maybe I'll arrange for all you old-timers
to have a coffee klatch,
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unless I get my business attended to
and leave town before there's time.
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Goodbye, Mr. Waters.
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It's been a pleasure to work for you.
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MASON: Let's get to some
of the pertinent facts, Mr. Waters.
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My daughter met a young man
in college and became engaged.
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I was concerned about it.
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- Any special reason?
- Helen came to us quite late in life.
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Her mother died
when she was born.
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Well, as you can imagine,
I've sheltered her a great deal.
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Marv is a perfect gentleman.
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Strangely enough, he didn't seem
to know much about his father,
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said he had died
when he was quite young.
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Well, it worried me
and I wanted to know more.
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So I hired this fellow Briggs.
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And Briggs discovered the boy's father
was Ben Deveraux,
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the man who was executed
for murder?
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That's right.
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Murdered his partner
right in Logan City 18 years ago.
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Or at least that's how the jury voted.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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Come in, Paul.
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You wanted to see me, Perry?
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Mr. Waters, this is Paul Drake
of the Drake Detective Agency.
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- Mr. Drake.
- How do you do, sir?
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Then you will look into the trial,
Mr. Mason?
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I'll look into the transcript anyway.
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Well, that's fair enough.
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I'll expect to hear from you.
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- Right.
- Goodbye, Miss Street, Mr. Drake.
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PAUL:
Bye, Mr. Waters.
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Paul, what kind of luck
do you think you'd have
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investigating an 18-year-old
murder case?
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I got trouble enough
with the modern ones.
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Another detective might help you.
His name is Donald Briggs.
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Better find him.
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Della will give you all the information
we have so far.
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- Going out?
- Logan City. I'll be in touch.
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Well, Mason,
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did the trial transcript interest you?
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Yes, it did, judge.
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I wanna thank you
for digging it out for me.
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Sit down. Sit down.
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How come a little burg like this
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could interest you
in an 18-year-old murder case?
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Murder is murder
wherever you find it.
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So is justice, which was carried out.
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Was it?
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What are you getting at?
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You didn't mention that you were
the prosecutor in that case.
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You didn't ask.
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Now, look, Mason,
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let's you and I
stop beating about the bush.
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All right, I will.
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All through the testimony,
there was reference to a Miss X.
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Why wasn't her identity revealed
during the trial?
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Because she wasn't involved
in the murder or the motive.
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So it was decided there was no use
to have an innocent girl's name
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dragged through that kind of thing.
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And the defence counsel
agreed to that?
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Of course he did.
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Now, look here, Mason,
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we don't have any desire
to have you come into our community
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and start retrying our cases.
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The man's dead.
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What's to be gained
by bringing it up again?
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Something with which
we are both familiar:
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justice.
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Is it always this hot in Logan City?
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This is a cool one, mister.
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You're Perry Mason?
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- That's right.
- I'm Chief Glass, Logan City Police.
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Miss Martha would like to see you
before you leave town.
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- Who?
- Martha Norris.
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Owns the Norris Farms.
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I'm afraid I'm running late--
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I'd suggest that you take the time,
Mr. Mason.
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Follow me.
I'll show you how to get there.
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Come on in.
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My wife should be in right away.
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Some problem concerning
one of the warehouse crews.
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You're not active on the farm?
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Oh, no, I'm retired. Best thing
I could do is stay out of the way.
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Oh, George, did you fix
a cold drink to Mr. Mason?
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Thank you, but not right now,
Mrs. Norris.
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I hope I didn't inconvenience you.
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Oh, that's all right.
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I assumed it was urgent since
you had a policeman wave me down.
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Well,
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I'm not as imperious
as it might seem.
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It's just that in a small community,
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we're all willing to do a favour
for one another.
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And who did you the favour
of reporting I was in town?
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Judge Meeham.
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Mr. Mason,
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you've read the trial transcript,
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you know the facts
of Ben Deveraux's conviction.
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Yes.
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Well, then, I'll tell you a fact
you don't know.
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The man Ben Deveraux killed
was my first husband.
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Deveraux paid for his crime,
it's over.
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There's no use stirring it all up again
just to hurt innocent people.
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Your motives are admirable,
Mrs. Norris,
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but having read the transcript,
I don't think I can drop it so easily.
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Then you're...
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- You're going to proceed further?
- Yes, I am.
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I plan to see Mr. Waters right away.
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Well, good. Suppose we drive over
to the Waters' dairy farm together.
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Yes, we're going over
for the annual barbecue
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Clyde Waters and I have
for our employees' children.
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He's holding it this year.
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[PEOPLE CHEERING]
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[CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYS]
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You know,
magic is the wisdom of the ages.
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It's created by night
and revealed by day.
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It contains secrets
of the vast and shrouded unknown.
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Do we dare penetrate
these secrets?
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Do we dare enter into darkness
and unveil the mysteries?
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Then watch carefully.
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Do not take your eyes from my hands
as I pour the magic elixirs.
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Just fix your mind on the mysterious
words of disenchantment.
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Now we begin.
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Abracadabra
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Alakazam
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Swirl magic waters
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Bubble and boil
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And presto
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Do the duck trick.
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Oh, but first I must have a duck.
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BO Y:
I'll get one.
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Oh, it's a fine duck.
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Is it your thinking
that all ducks can swim?
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CHILDREN:
Yes.
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Then you do not believe there's such
a thing as a duck that can drown.
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- No.
- Oh, well, let's watch carefully.
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All right, back away
from the trough now.
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Back around, come on.
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Move around. Come on.
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This magic water I have here
makes fish walk and pigs fly.
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It also can make a duck drown.
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Now, watch carefully.
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Now, here we go.
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[CHILDREN LAUGHING
& CLAPPING]
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They loved you, Marv.
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- Oh, I'm glad.
- By George, that sure beats me.
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How could you make the duck sink?
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It's a chemical mixture
I made at school.
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It takes the oil
out of the duck's feathers.
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Oh, I get it.
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Come on,
I want you to meet Mr. Mason.
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- My husband-to-be, Marv Adams.
- How do you do? Pleased to meet you.
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- How do you do?
- Mr. Mason,
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you're wanted on the phone.
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- Excuse me.
- Yes, sir.
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- Hello?
- Perry, this is Paul.
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I'm in Logan City.
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What are you doing here?
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Well, this is where
the job brought me.
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That detective, Donald Briggs,
is up here.
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He's registered at the Sands Motel.
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- I got a look at him.
- Anything else?
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Well, I checked on him.
He hasn't got much of a reputation.
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He hangs out mostly in San Diego.
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I can't figure
why he's staying around here.
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Suppose we call on him together?
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Fine. Want me to pick you up?
We could have dinner together.
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No, I have some business
with Mr. Waters.
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You have dinner in town.
I'll meet you at the hotel.
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Okay, I'll see you about 8 or so.
247
00:16:24,176 --> 00:16:25,655
All right.
248
00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:38,360
That's Briggs' room.
249
00:16:39,370 --> 00:16:42,123
Oh, uh, I thought you were my taxi.
250
00:16:42,409 --> 00:16:44,718
MASON: Sorry.
- Oh, I don't think he's in.
251
00:16:44,990 --> 00:16:47,060
Somebody came by for him
about a half hour or so ago.
252
00:16:47,321 --> 00:16:49,710
- I think he left with them.
- Thanks.
253
00:17:12,838 --> 00:17:14,317
Perry.
254
00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:17,507
What do you make of this?
255
00:17:20,164 --> 00:17:21,677
Old newspaper clippings.
256
00:17:21,913 --> 00:17:23,983
Funny odour in here. You notice it?
257
00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:25,677
Yeah.
258
00:17:25,909 --> 00:17:27,786
Beginning to get me.
259
00:17:43,184 --> 00:17:46,301
PAUL:
Well, there's Donald Briggs.
260
00:17:59,710 --> 00:18:02,349
- Well, doctor?
- Been dead a couple of hours, I'd say.
261
00:18:02,624 --> 00:18:05,422
The gas got him as if he'd been hit
over the head with a baseball bat.
262
00:18:05,704 --> 00:18:07,979
- Any idea what it was?
- Think so.
263
00:18:08,243 --> 00:18:11,394
It seems like someone set a can
of hydrochloric acid in the kitchen,
264
00:18:11,698 --> 00:18:14,576
and when it suited them,
they tossed in a few cyanide pellets.
265
00:18:14,862 --> 00:18:16,932
Something a chemical student
like Marv Adams
266
00:18:17,193 --> 00:18:18,512
would be quite familiar with.
267
00:18:18,733 --> 00:18:20,803
- Marv Adams.
- I think he's our boy.
268
00:18:21,064 --> 00:18:23,259
I stopped a fight
between him and Briggs yesterday.
269
00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,193
- And that's your motive?
- Well, it's a start.
270
00:18:26,476 --> 00:18:28,307
Besides, the woman in 6D
271
00:18:28,557 --> 00:18:32,186
saw a pickup truck outside
Briggs' place earlier this evening.
272
00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:36,391
It matches that beat-up heap
that Adams boy was driving today.
273
00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:40,716
Better go out the Waters' place
and pick up that Adams boy.
274
00:18:42,003 --> 00:18:44,039
Paul, I wanna talk to Marv.
275
00:18:50,161 --> 00:18:52,038
Looks like the police
have first priority.
276
00:18:52,284 --> 00:18:55,560
No. Marv told me he was leaving
for college a day early.
277
00:18:55,864 --> 00:18:58,298
Taking a bus.
Maybe we can catch him.
278
00:19:08,852 --> 00:19:10,410
Hey, what's the idea?
279
00:19:10,642 --> 00:19:12,837
Mr. Mason wants to see you.
280
00:19:13,472 --> 00:19:15,622
- I'll miss the bus.
- He's parked right around here.
281
00:19:15,887 --> 00:19:17,206
Follow me.
282
00:19:22,464 --> 00:19:24,216
- Get in, Marv.
- I gotta be at school by--
283
00:19:24,462 --> 00:19:27,499
- I'll take you there.
- Come on, fella, time's wasting.
284
00:19:29,207 --> 00:19:31,721
- I'll see you back in town, Perry.
- Right.
285
00:19:37,283 --> 00:19:39,478
I swear that's all I know about it,
Mr. Mason.
286
00:19:39,739 --> 00:19:42,207
I saw Briggs just that once
when we mixed it up.
287
00:19:42,486 --> 00:19:44,397
What did you do
after you left the barbecue?
288
00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:46,323
Well, I took the pickup truck
to my mother.
289
00:19:47,107 --> 00:19:49,746
- Your mother was in Logan City?
- Yes, sir.
290
00:19:50,021 --> 00:19:51,932
Why didn't she didn't go out
to the Waters' farm?
291
00:19:52,185 --> 00:19:55,143
Well, I asked her to but she seemed
to be in a rush to get home.
292
00:19:55,432 --> 00:19:58,310
Look, Mr. Mason, the police can't
seriously believe that I killed Briggs.
293
00:19:58,596 --> 00:20:00,712
[SIRENS WAILING]
294
00:20:03,008 --> 00:20:04,487
There's your answer.
295
00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:22,305
All right, Adams. Get out.
296
00:20:24,155 --> 00:20:25,349
I'll take it.
297
00:20:25,570 --> 00:20:27,845
I don't appreciate this, Mr. Mason.
298
00:20:28,109 --> 00:20:30,065
I don't appreciate it one bit.
299
00:20:30,315 --> 00:20:32,590
You knew I was planning
to talk to this boy.
300
00:20:32,855 --> 00:20:36,404
MASON: You'll have your opportunity.
- No thanks to you.
301
00:20:43,553 --> 00:20:45,942
Mom always told me
Dad had been killed in an accident.
302
00:20:46,217 --> 00:20:48,208
Never seemed to wanna talk
about it, though.
303
00:20:48,465 --> 00:20:49,454
Now I can see why.
304
00:20:49,672 --> 00:20:52,823
It may have been a terrible miscarriage
of justice, Marv, and if it was--
305
00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:54,116
And if it was?
306
00:20:54,334 --> 00:20:57,212
What do you intend to do about it,
bring my father back to life?
307
00:20:57,498 --> 00:20:59,216
- Of course not.
- Then forget it.
308
00:20:59,454 --> 00:21:03,049
I told you, I'm not gonna fight this.
309
00:21:04,574 --> 00:21:06,565
Are you afraid
by proving yourself innocent
310
00:21:06,822 --> 00:21:09,052
you might prove your mother guilty?
311
00:21:09,861 --> 00:21:11,214
Guard.
312
00:21:11,443 --> 00:21:13,434
Where is your mother, Marv?
Let me talk to her.
313
00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:15,328
Let him out.
314
00:21:16,521 --> 00:21:20,434
Mason, you're wanted on the phone.
315
00:21:20,767 --> 00:21:22,485
You can take it right here.
316
00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:32,975
- Hello?
- Mr. Mason, this is Lois Reed.
317
00:21:33,297 --> 00:21:35,686
Remember I had the motel room
near Mr. Briggs?
318
00:21:36,627 --> 00:21:39,778
- I remember.
- I, uh...
319
00:21:40,123 --> 00:21:43,160
I read in the paper that you're gonna
handle the Marv Adams case.
320
00:21:43,953 --> 00:21:46,831
- That's right.
- Ask Judge Meeham
321
00:21:47,117 --> 00:21:50,746
who really defended
Ben Deveraux 18 years ago.
322
00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:05,016
You're the defence counsel now.
323
00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:07,780
So the less you and I have to say,
the better.
324
00:22:08,055 --> 00:22:11,650
Unless you'd like to talk
about a change in venue.
325
00:22:11,968 --> 00:22:13,117
Why?
326
00:22:13,342 --> 00:22:14,855
Don't you know
everybody in this town
327
00:22:15,090 --> 00:22:17,126
is prejudiced
against the Deveraux family,
328
00:22:17,379 --> 00:22:19,370
or the Adams'
as they call themselves now?
329
00:22:19,627 --> 00:22:21,345
This is a different generation.
330
00:22:21,584 --> 00:22:24,417
There are only a few left
I'd suspect of being prejudiced.
331
00:22:24,706 --> 00:22:28,619
You phrased that like a direct
indictment against certain parties.
332
00:22:28,952 --> 00:22:31,466
Just who did you have in mind?
333
00:22:32,074 --> 00:22:36,989
Let's start with the attorney who
defended Ben Deveraux 18 years ago.
334
00:22:38,026 --> 00:22:39,744
His name was James.
335
00:22:39,983 --> 00:22:41,496
And he's dead.
336
00:22:41,731 --> 00:22:45,167
James did the trial work.
Who prepared the case?
337
00:22:45,477 --> 00:22:46,910
Who was the attorney who agreed
338
00:22:47,142 --> 00:22:50,259
to leave the name of Miss X
out of the trial?
339
00:23:01,296 --> 00:23:02,854
It was George Norris.
340
00:23:06,541 --> 00:23:09,453
Oh, you're digging up skeletons,
all right,
341
00:23:10,162 --> 00:23:11,914
but you're not getting any closer
to proving
342
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,798
that Ben Deveraux was innocent.
343
00:23:14,033 --> 00:23:16,501
Or his son either, for that matter.
344
00:23:16,947 --> 00:23:20,826
Let's start with your particular skeleton,
and see.
345
00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:23,835
Well, you, uh...
346
00:23:24,274 --> 00:23:28,552
You're familiar with the basic history
of that case, of course.
347
00:23:28,894 --> 00:23:32,284
Deveraux and Martha's
first husband,
348
00:23:32,599 --> 00:23:35,750
David Latwell,
were partners in this place.
349
00:23:36,054 --> 00:23:37,282
But they never did get along.
350
00:23:37,511 --> 00:23:39,388
They had violent arguments
about everything.
351
00:23:40,092 --> 00:23:44,529
Including the Miss X
who went unnamed?
352
00:23:44,879 --> 00:23:46,756
I told you she was only a side issue.
353
00:23:47,002 --> 00:23:48,879
Why must you keep harping
on that one thing?
354
00:23:49,125 --> 00:23:51,400
Because that points up
the whole failing of the case.
355
00:23:51,664 --> 00:23:53,939
The defence was completely
mishandled, Mr. Norris.
356
00:23:56,576 --> 00:23:58,009
What, you--?
357
00:23:58,366 --> 00:24:00,960
You think I set up the case
that way deliberately?
358
00:24:02,279 --> 00:24:03,428
I didn't say that.
359
00:24:05,734 --> 00:24:07,690
Oh, you don't have to.
360
00:24:09,813 --> 00:24:11,929
Was that how it was, Mr. Norris?
361
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,959
No.
362
00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:21,515
No, it was just a shameful
lack of ability.
363
00:24:22,385 --> 00:24:25,183
Maybe the man was innocent,
maybe guilty, I don't know.
364
00:24:25,548 --> 00:24:28,699
But I do know that the way
I set up the defence
365
00:24:29,628 --> 00:24:30,743
is what killed him.
366
00:24:31,667 --> 00:24:35,455
And this Miss X
everyone was trying to protect?
367
00:24:38,661 --> 00:24:42,973
No one was interested
in protecting the girl, it was her father.
368
00:24:43,489 --> 00:24:45,605
The finest man I've ever known.
369
00:24:45,862 --> 00:24:47,659
Reverend John Logan.
370
00:24:47,902 --> 00:24:49,381
What happened to her?
371
00:24:49,608 --> 00:24:51,200
She left town shortly before the trial.
372
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,112
Got married, divorced.
373
00:24:53,355 --> 00:24:55,710
She didn't even come home
when her father died,
374
00:24:55,977 --> 00:24:59,094
or when we held the services
renaming the town after him.
375
00:24:59,391 --> 00:25:01,188
Where is she now?
376
00:25:03,012 --> 00:25:07,688
It appears that she was a friend
of the dead man, Donald Briggs.
377
00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:12,546
Her name's Reed now, Lois Reed.
378
00:25:17,540 --> 00:25:20,213
Shall we continue
this straight-from-the-shoulder bit?
379
00:25:20,495 --> 00:25:22,167
All right.
380
00:25:23,576 --> 00:25:26,295
What did you
come back here for, Lois?
381
00:25:27,072 --> 00:25:29,142
It was Briggs' idea.
382
00:25:29,404 --> 00:25:31,599
He wrote me a letter
offering a thousand dollars
383
00:25:31,860 --> 00:25:33,851
if I'd visit Logan City
for a couple days.
384
00:25:34,107 --> 00:25:35,506
Why?
385
00:25:35,814 --> 00:25:38,044
Well, I was never really quite sure,
386
00:25:38,312 --> 00:25:42,271
except that he seemed to think
by producing me, that--
387
00:25:43,598 --> 00:25:45,077
Thanks.
388
00:25:46,054 --> 00:25:48,648
That he'd shake everybody up
real good.
389
00:25:50,009 --> 00:25:52,125
When you lived here,
390
00:25:52,423 --> 00:25:56,257
you knew David Latwell
and his partner Ben Deveraux
391
00:25:56,586 --> 00:25:58,258
quite well, I understand.
392
00:26:00,207 --> 00:26:03,005
It was a small town, Mr. Mason.
393
00:26:04,911 --> 00:26:07,789
Do you have any idea
who killed David Latwell?
394
00:26:08,116 --> 00:26:09,708
Why get so hot and bothered
395
00:26:09,948 --> 00:26:12,621
over something that happened
18 years ago?
396
00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:14,735
Your client is Marv Adams.
397
00:26:14,985 --> 00:26:16,498
Right.
398
00:26:17,899 --> 00:26:19,412
Except
399
00:26:20,438 --> 00:26:25,228
whoever killed David Latwell
very likely killed Briggs also.
400
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,073
Could be.
401
00:26:31,636 --> 00:26:34,514
About two hours
before Briggs' body was found,
402
00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:38,553
he came in here
and told me what he planned to do.
403
00:26:39,170 --> 00:26:41,126
I told him I quit.
404
00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:44,585
And then he--
405
00:26:46,746 --> 00:26:48,896
He walked over here
406
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,277
and he picked up this pad
407
00:26:52,574 --> 00:26:55,088
and he wrote down three names.
408
00:26:55,862 --> 00:26:58,740
Then he circled one of them
and he said...
409
00:27:00,025 --> 00:27:03,097
...that was the murdering goose
that had laid him the golden egg.
410
00:27:06,436 --> 00:27:09,314
- Did you see those names?
- No.
411
00:27:09,599 --> 00:27:12,397
And you did not see Marv Adams
with Briggs?
412
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,549
Well, no, but who else but the kid
would have been driving that old truck?
413
00:27:17,925 --> 00:27:19,483
His mother?
414
00:27:20,547 --> 00:27:24,859
She would have had
a real good motive, wouldn't she?
415
00:27:25,209 --> 00:27:28,758
According to Briggs, three people
would have had a real good motive.
416
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,196
As a matter of fact, you.
417
00:27:39,695 --> 00:27:43,847
And what happened when
Mr. Briggs came out of the hotel?
418
00:27:44,441 --> 00:27:46,318
He was gonna get in my taxi.
419
00:27:46,564 --> 00:27:47,997
This young fella twisted him around,
420
00:27:48,229 --> 00:27:49,947
wanted to know
what he did to his mother.
421
00:27:50,185 --> 00:27:51,903
Well, they spit at each other
for a minute
422
00:27:52,142 --> 00:27:54,133
and then this young fella
took a poke at him.
423
00:27:54,972 --> 00:27:57,167
CORTLAND:
The young fella you're talking about,
424
00:27:57,428 --> 00:27:58,986
do you recognise him
in this courtroom?
425
00:27:59,218 --> 00:28:02,176
Sure, that's him sitting right over there,
next to that city lawyer.
426
00:28:03,298 --> 00:28:06,096
CORTLAND: Have the record show that
the witness is pointing to the defendant,
427
00:28:06,378 --> 00:28:07,367
Marvin Adams.
428
00:28:07,585 --> 00:28:12,898
And have you seen your fiancรฉ
perform various magic tricks before?
429
00:28:13,288 --> 00:28:14,277
Yes.
430
00:28:14,495 --> 00:28:16,963
Always involving
some chemical formula
431
00:28:17,243 --> 00:28:20,713
such as making smoke
or invisible writing?
432
00:28:21,031 --> 00:28:24,023
Why, yes, Marv knows
all about those things.
433
00:28:24,319 --> 00:28:25,593
He studied chemistry in college.
434
00:28:25,818 --> 00:28:27,854
And he would also know
435
00:28:28,107 --> 00:28:32,066
that to mix hydrochloric acid
and cyanide of potassium
436
00:28:32,395 --> 00:28:34,955
would create a deadly gas,
would he not?
437
00:28:35,225 --> 00:28:37,978
Objection. The prosecutor
is leading the witness.
438
00:28:38,847 --> 00:28:41,566
I am only trying to make a point
that as a chemist,
439
00:28:41,844 --> 00:28:43,800
Marv Adams
would have known how to--
440
00:28:44,050 --> 00:28:45,802
I have placed an objection
before this court.
441
00:28:46,048 --> 00:28:48,960
I have a right to a ruling without
you continuing to make your point.
442
00:28:49,254 --> 00:28:53,964
Mr. Mason, up here we're not used to
having one counsel shout at the other.
443
00:28:56,413 --> 00:29:00,167
I beg the court's pardon,
444
00:29:00,951 --> 00:29:04,023
but I do ask for a ruling
to be made on my objection.
445
00:29:05,488 --> 00:29:07,206
Sustained.
446
00:29:09,276 --> 00:29:14,145
Yes, the defendant did do
a so-called drowning-duck trick.
447
00:29:14,521 --> 00:29:17,593
Which consisted of chemically treating
a duck's feathers
448
00:29:17,893 --> 00:29:19,565
so they were no longer
water-repellent,
449
00:29:19,808 --> 00:29:22,276
thereby allowing the duck
to sink and drown?
450
00:29:22,555 --> 00:29:24,546
Well, Adams did not let
the duck drown.
451
00:29:24,803 --> 00:29:28,318
But did he pull the duck from the water
when he saw it was sinking?
452
00:29:28,633 --> 00:29:30,112
He didn't have a chance to.
453
00:29:30,339 --> 00:29:33,172
One of the children became frightened
and did it first.
454
00:29:33,461 --> 00:29:34,735
So there is no way to know
455
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,190
that the defendant
wouldn't have let the duck drown.
456
00:29:37,457 --> 00:29:38,572
Objection.
457
00:29:38,789 --> 00:29:40,939
Once more, the prosecutor
is leading the witness.
458
00:29:41,204 --> 00:29:43,354
Then I will rephrase the question.
459
00:29:43,660 --> 00:29:46,333
Not regarding any conjectural
tendencies of sadism
460
00:29:46,615 --> 00:29:47,968
on the part of the defendant.
461
00:29:48,197 --> 00:29:50,552
That would still call for a conclusion
from the witness.
462
00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:52,776
Just one moment.
463
00:29:53,775 --> 00:29:57,893
I realise this court, as well as this trial,
is not up to the dimensions
464
00:29:58,229 --> 00:30:01,027
the defence counsel
usually specialises in,
465
00:30:01,310 --> 00:30:03,028
but since he has taken the case,
466
00:30:03,266 --> 00:30:06,258
he will allow the bench
to make the necessary decisions.
467
00:30:08,886 --> 00:30:11,036
Again, I am sorry, Your Honour.
468
00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:14,849
Defence counsel is well aware
that all decisions in this court
469
00:30:15,171 --> 00:30:17,401
as well as any other
must come from the bench.
470
00:30:17,669 --> 00:30:21,298
Good.
Then we understand each other.
471
00:30:21,956 --> 00:30:23,071
Objection sustained.
472
00:30:24,371 --> 00:30:25,360
But, judge--
473
00:30:25,578 --> 00:30:29,332
Harry, when a man's right,
he's right.
474
00:30:29,657 --> 00:30:31,329
You can get on
with your questions later.
475
00:30:31,572 --> 00:30:33,369
It's time for noon recess.
476
00:30:33,612 --> 00:30:36,729
Court's adjourned till 2:15.
477
00:30:46,433 --> 00:30:48,947
You really did yourself up fine,
counsellor.
478
00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:51,099
Don't let this country court
fool you, Della.
479
00:30:51,345 --> 00:30:54,462
Judge Meeham knows his law,
so does prosecutor Cortland.
480
00:30:54,758 --> 00:30:56,669
If we don't get up a head of steam
from somewhere,
481
00:30:56,923 --> 00:30:58,197
we're gonna get beaten.
482
00:30:59,337 --> 00:31:00,656
How is it going?
483
00:31:00,877 --> 00:31:02,708
Up to now, just doing
a lot of sidestepping,
484
00:31:02,959 --> 00:31:04,153
hoping for some kind of break.
485
00:31:04,374 --> 00:31:06,285
- Marv Adams still won't help?
- No.
486
00:31:06,539 --> 00:31:08,131
Maybe I've found
an incentive for him.
487
00:31:08,370 --> 00:31:11,043
I've been up to Southmore again,
trying to get a lead on Mrs. Adams.
488
00:31:11,326 --> 00:31:13,601
I had a long talk with a woman
who nursed her for a while.
489
00:31:13,865 --> 00:31:16,425
Here. Take a look
at what she had to say.
490
00:31:19,568 --> 00:31:22,958
You and Della get lunch
at the drugstore. I'll meet you there.
491
00:31:33,596 --> 00:31:35,666
That report correct, Marv?
492
00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:37,918
Yeah, Mom's had a heart condition
for years.
493
00:31:38,175 --> 00:31:41,690
And her life expectancy
is no more than the nurse stated?
494
00:31:42,005 --> 00:31:44,678
Most of the doctors said
she's been living on borrowed time.
495
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,315
How come you're asking me all this?
496
00:31:47,916 --> 00:31:49,031
Well, have you ever thought
497
00:31:49,248 --> 00:31:51,716
that maybe something
has happened to her?
498
00:31:51,995 --> 00:31:52,984
What do you mean?
499
00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:55,557
Your mother must know
you're in trouble.
500
00:32:06,939 --> 00:32:09,897
Well, do we check and see
if she's all right?
501
00:32:11,601 --> 00:32:13,512
We bought a house
outside of Westfield.
502
00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:16,644
Used to go there on weekends,
do some work.
503
00:32:17,054 --> 00:32:18,885
Mom likes it there.
504
00:32:19,136 --> 00:32:21,570
There's a filling station
about five miles east of town.
505
00:32:21,841 --> 00:32:24,309
The mechanic there
will tell you how to find it.
506
00:33:01,262 --> 00:33:02,251
Forget it, Della.
507
00:33:49,299 --> 00:33:50,812
PAUL: Hi, Perry.
- Hi.
508
00:33:51,048 --> 00:33:53,960
I have Marv's permission
to open that box, Paul, so go ahead.
509
00:33:54,253 --> 00:33:57,325
- It did belong to his mother, didn't it?
- Mm. Here.
510
00:33:57,625 --> 00:33:59,502
At the time of his father's death,
511
00:33:59,748 --> 00:34:03,377
she packed all the effects
from his desk in that box.
512
00:34:09,488 --> 00:34:10,921
Here.
513
00:34:15,108 --> 00:34:18,896
Bills, invoices, order forms,
514
00:34:19,271 --> 00:34:21,421
they're all dated years ago.
515
00:34:22,018 --> 00:34:24,373
About the time Marv's father
was accused of murder.
516
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,269
Still, what's so important about--?
Oh, wait a minute.
517
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,313
- Know her?
MASON: I think so.
518
00:34:33,549 --> 00:34:35,141
PAUL:
Sure, that's Lois Reed.
519
00:34:35,380 --> 00:34:36,654
A little less mileage on her.
520
00:34:36,879 --> 00:34:38,915
Hair darker, she's thinner,
but same face.
521
00:34:39,168 --> 00:34:41,398
Several snapshots here.
They're all Lois Reed.
522
00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:45,083
And this letter.
523
00:34:46,661 --> 00:34:48,936
[MASON READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]
524
00:34:55,194 --> 00:34:58,470
When a marriage is over,
the only thing to do is admit it is over.
525
00:35:00,439 --> 00:35:02,714
And I am in love now
for the first time.
526
00:35:03,478 --> 00:35:05,036
I'm leaving town for the weekend,
527
00:35:05,268 --> 00:35:08,897
and when I return, we can discuss
a property settlement and--"
528
00:35:09,223 --> 00:35:11,783
That's all. Just like he was interrupted
and never got back to it.
529
00:35:12,053 --> 00:35:14,203
Sort of a Dear John letter in reverse.
530
00:35:15,009 --> 00:35:17,318
DELLA:
How is this going to help Marv?
531
00:35:18,006 --> 00:35:20,042
I don't know that it is.
532
00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:23,475
When I put it together
with Lois Reed,
533
00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:25,581
see what we come up with.
534
00:35:43,981 --> 00:35:46,256
Hello, lawyer.
535
00:35:46,603 --> 00:35:48,355
Like a beer?
536
00:35:48,768 --> 00:35:50,599
Dance a little?
537
00:35:51,515 --> 00:35:53,073
MASON:
Sorry, Lois,
538
00:35:53,305 --> 00:35:56,138
I don't have a lot of time.
539
00:35:56,427 --> 00:35:58,304
Too bad.
540
00:35:58,675 --> 00:36:02,350
You know, I ought to be real mad
at you and the police,
541
00:36:02,671 --> 00:36:05,231
keeping me in this burg.
542
00:36:07,417 --> 00:36:09,089
It's like death warmed over.
543
00:36:09,332 --> 00:36:11,687
I don't think you'll have to stay around
much longer.
544
00:36:11,954 --> 00:36:13,512
You wanna know something?
545
00:36:13,744 --> 00:36:15,894
It doesn't really make
a lot of difference.
546
00:36:16,158 --> 00:36:19,230
A room's a room
no matter where you put it.
547
00:36:19,946 --> 00:36:22,255
And a can of beer
548
00:36:22,777 --> 00:36:24,847
is a can of beer,
549
00:36:26,357 --> 00:36:27,676
if you can find a way to open it.
550
00:36:27,897 --> 00:36:32,607
Lois. Lois, you said you wanted
to help Marv. Now I think you can.
551
00:36:33,017 --> 00:36:34,052
How?
552
00:36:34,266 --> 00:36:36,541
During the trial of his father
18 years ago,
553
00:36:36,805 --> 00:36:40,844
there was a Miss X introduced.
She was never identified.
554
00:36:41,426 --> 00:36:42,905
That woman was you.
555
00:36:43,133 --> 00:36:45,169
Give the counsellor a brass ring.
556
00:36:45,713 --> 00:36:48,307
Both the prosecution
and the defence counsel
557
00:36:48,586 --> 00:36:51,817
felt that your part in the case
was incidental. I don't.
558
00:36:53,498 --> 00:36:55,773
You think I killed somebody,
counsellor?
559
00:36:56,495 --> 00:36:59,373
I think you can help me
find out who did.
560
00:36:59,658 --> 00:37:01,728
Here is a letter written
by Ben Deveraux to his wife
561
00:37:01,990 --> 00:37:04,868
just before his partner, Latwell,
was killed.
562
00:37:08,483 --> 00:37:10,997
[LAUGHS]
563
00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:14,708
- You think I was gonna marry Ben?
- Weren't you?
564
00:37:15,976 --> 00:37:19,173
Do you know what Ben Deveraux
looked like?
565
00:37:20,056 --> 00:37:22,809
He was a short, dumpy little man,
566
00:37:23,094 --> 00:37:26,291
square and as bald as a post.
567
00:37:27,923 --> 00:37:33,395
That letter and this picture
were both found in Deveraux's desk.
568
00:37:36,165 --> 00:37:41,285
Deveraux and his partner,
David Latwell, shared the same desk.
569
00:37:43,325 --> 00:37:44,963
I ought to know.
570
00:37:45,906 --> 00:37:48,864
I was up there often enough,
counsellor.
571
00:37:50,943 --> 00:37:53,582
David Latwell was my friend.
572
00:37:55,646 --> 00:37:57,716
He was quite a guy.
573
00:38:01,890 --> 00:38:03,608
Quite a guy.
574
00:38:11,714 --> 00:38:12,988
Latwell?
575
00:38:13,213 --> 00:38:15,169
I took that picture
576
00:38:15,419 --> 00:38:18,616
on August 23rd, 19--
577
00:38:19,124 --> 00:38:21,080
Never mind the date.
578
00:38:21,705 --> 00:38:23,696
It was my birthday.
579
00:38:25,035 --> 00:38:26,787
He gave me this.
580
00:38:28,573 --> 00:38:31,531
Sounds like a cheap little romance,
doesn't it?
581
00:38:32,819 --> 00:38:35,174
But it wasn't like that at all.
582
00:38:35,733 --> 00:38:37,564
We were in love with each other.
583
00:38:37,814 --> 00:38:40,123
There was nothing
we could do about it.
584
00:38:40,770 --> 00:38:43,887
He was the married man
and I was the minister's--
585
00:38:49,595 --> 00:38:54,191
And so we lived
unhappily ever after.
586
00:39:01,042 --> 00:39:05,240
Before we proceed, I should like
to express the grief of this court
587
00:39:05,579 --> 00:39:07,729
over the sudden death
of the defendant's mother,
588
00:39:07,994 --> 00:39:09,143
Wilma Adams.
589
00:39:09,367 --> 00:39:13,485
Also, if defence counsel moves
for adjournment, it'll be granted.
590
00:39:15,861 --> 00:39:17,135
On behalf of the defendant,
591
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,432
we thank the court
for its kind and gracious consideration,
592
00:39:20,731 --> 00:39:23,803
however, we believe that any delay
in proving the defendant's innocence
593
00:39:24,103 --> 00:39:27,379
would be contrary to the last wishes
of the deceased.
594
00:39:27,683 --> 00:39:30,243
We are ready to proceed,
Your Honour.
595
00:39:32,137 --> 00:39:35,732
So after we cleared out the gas,
we removed Donald Briggs' body.
596
00:39:36,050 --> 00:39:39,838
And what was the condition
of the room, Chief Glass?
597
00:39:40,171 --> 00:39:43,481
Neat enough. Seemed Mr. Briggs
was entertaining when he was killed.
598
00:39:43,793 --> 00:39:45,385
What makes you think
he was entertaining?
599
00:39:45,624 --> 00:39:47,774
There were two glasses
in the kitchen filled with ice,
600
00:39:48,039 --> 00:39:49,392
so he was mixing drinks.
601
00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:52,259
There were two different brands
of cigarettes found in the ashtray.
602
00:39:52,867 --> 00:39:56,621
CORTLAND: Had anyone at the motel
seen Mr. Briggs receive visitors?
603
00:39:56,947 --> 00:40:00,622
Well, only the lady in the room
a couple of doors down,
604
00:40:00,943 --> 00:40:02,615
Mrs. Lois Reed.
605
00:40:02,858 --> 00:40:06,646
She saw Marv Adams' truck
parked in front of Mr. Briggs' room.
606
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:08,953
Thank you.
607
00:40:09,185 --> 00:40:11,176
No further questions.
608
00:40:11,433 --> 00:40:12,502
MEEHAM:
Mr. Mason,
609
00:40:13,264 --> 00:40:14,333
you may question.
610
00:40:16,553 --> 00:40:18,305
Chief Glass,
611
00:40:18,593 --> 00:40:19,912
you've stated that Lois Reed
612
00:40:20,133 --> 00:40:22,647
saw a pickup truck in front
of Donald Briggs' motel room.
613
00:40:22,922 --> 00:40:25,720
- That's right.
- To whom was the truck registered?
614
00:40:26,002 --> 00:40:28,516
Why, the boy's mother, Mrs. Adams.
615
00:40:29,041 --> 00:40:31,509
Then why did you infer
it belonged to Marv Adams?
616
00:40:31,788 --> 00:40:33,506
Well, because--
617
00:40:34,328 --> 00:40:36,080
Well, because
I'd seen him driving it.
618
00:40:36,326 --> 00:40:38,601
But on the night of the murder,
619
00:40:38,865 --> 00:40:42,062
is it not possible that someone else
was driving that truck?
620
00:40:42,362 --> 00:40:45,354
Well, nobody actually saw Adams
driving that night, but--
621
00:40:45,650 --> 00:40:48,164
Thank you, that's all. Della.
622
00:40:50,645 --> 00:40:52,203
Find out what's keeping Paul,
will you?
623
00:40:52,435 --> 00:40:53,629
Right.
624
00:40:56,182 --> 00:40:59,413
CORTLAND: And there is no doubt
that the pickup truck you just identified
625
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:03,076
was the same as the one Marv Adams
had been driving that day.
626
00:41:03,383 --> 00:41:05,294
It was the same truck.
627
00:41:05,548 --> 00:41:08,665
Thank you, Mrs. Reed.
That will be all.
628
00:41:08,961 --> 00:41:10,553
Mr. Mason?
629
00:41:13,790 --> 00:41:16,748
Mrs. Reed, why did you come back
to Logan City?
630
00:41:17,037 --> 00:41:19,710
Why, Mr. Briggs asked me to.
631
00:41:19,992 --> 00:41:21,823
What was his reason
for wanting you back?
632
00:41:22,490 --> 00:41:23,923
Well, he--
633
00:41:24,155 --> 00:41:26,385
He planned to make some people
give him money.
634
00:41:26,652 --> 00:41:28,768
He said my being here
would make sure they did.
635
00:41:29,317 --> 00:41:31,228
In other words, blackmail.
636
00:41:32,064 --> 00:41:33,895
[CHATTERING]
637
00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:39,015
The blackmail
of more than one person?
638
00:41:40,015 --> 00:41:42,734
I don't know who they were,
but there were more than one.
639
00:41:47,091 --> 00:41:49,321
Thank you, Mrs. Reed. That's all.
640
00:41:56,332 --> 00:41:58,562
Mr. Briggs' death
was caused by gas,
641
00:41:58,830 --> 00:42:01,902
a substance formed
by the mixture of hydrochloric acid
642
00:42:02,202 --> 00:42:03,840
and cyanide of potassium.
643
00:42:05,324 --> 00:42:09,397
And these elements
are difficult to obtain?
644
00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:11,089
No, the farm would have it,
645
00:42:11,318 --> 00:42:13,957
for insects, pests, things like that.
646
00:42:14,856 --> 00:42:16,972
Then, in such a farm community,
647
00:42:17,229 --> 00:42:20,699
one would not have to be
a trained chemist, as Marv Adams is,
648
00:42:21,017 --> 00:42:24,248
to know the results of such poisons
on human beings?
649
00:42:24,555 --> 00:42:26,864
- Well, no, they wouldn't.
- I see.
650
00:42:27,136 --> 00:42:28,330
[DOOR OPENS]
651
00:42:35,212 --> 00:42:36,804
Your Honour,
may I have a moment, please?
652
00:42:37,043 --> 00:42:38,522
Go ahead.
653
00:42:40,207 --> 00:42:41,242
How'd it go, Paul?
654
00:42:41,456 --> 00:42:44,095
They wouldn't let me take
Briggs' copies out of the building.
655
00:42:44,370 --> 00:42:46,406
I found the date of the papers
and got my own copies
656
00:42:46,659 --> 00:42:47,808
at the newspaper morgue.
657
00:42:48,033 --> 00:42:49,705
It's just what you hoped it'd be,
Perry.
658
00:42:49,948 --> 00:42:52,018
See, I marked the spot.
659
00:42:52,903 --> 00:42:54,461
Mm-hm.
660
00:42:55,193 --> 00:42:56,182
Now it all fits.
661
00:42:57,732 --> 00:42:58,801
Thank you, Your Honour.
662
00:42:59,022 --> 00:43:01,980
I have no further questions
of this witness.
663
00:43:03,351 --> 00:43:06,741
Your Honour,
the prosecution rests its case.
664
00:43:07,098 --> 00:43:11,091
I would now like to call
Mrs. Martha Norris.
665
00:43:21,376 --> 00:43:24,049
- You are the wife of George Norris?
- Yes.
666
00:43:24,331 --> 00:43:25,923
You were married before?
667
00:43:26,163 --> 00:43:28,677
My first husband was David Latwell.
668
00:43:28,952 --> 00:43:30,783
What became of your first husband,
Mrs. Norris?
669
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:35,915
He was killed, murdered,
right here in Logan City.
670
00:43:36,986 --> 00:43:39,898
Are you still familiar with the facts
surrounding that case?
671
00:43:40,691 --> 00:43:43,125
One doesn't forget things like that
so easily.
672
00:43:43,396 --> 00:43:45,751
I object to this entire line
of questioning.
673
00:43:46,019 --> 00:43:48,249
Counsel is changing the issue
to another crime
674
00:43:48,516 --> 00:43:51,633
long since solved
and handled in the court.
675
00:43:51,930 --> 00:43:54,000
Your Honour, the evidence I seek
676
00:43:54,261 --> 00:43:56,650
is only for the purpose of showing
a connection with the crime
677
00:43:56,925 --> 00:43:58,358
for which the defendant is on trial.
678
00:43:58,590 --> 00:44:02,663
Very well. I will overrule the objection
with the understanding
679
00:44:03,003 --> 00:44:06,234
that pertinent facts relating
to this present case are forthcoming.
680
00:44:06,541 --> 00:44:08,338
Thank you, Your Honour.
681
00:44:08,664 --> 00:44:10,973
Now, Mrs. Norris,
682
00:44:11,245 --> 00:44:13,759
I believe you stated
during the Ben Deveraux trial
683
00:44:14,034 --> 00:44:16,787
that the day before your husband
was killed, you'd sprained your ankle
684
00:44:17,072 --> 00:44:18,300
and were unable to walk.
685
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,834
Yes, that's right.
I'd fallen off a tractor.
686
00:44:22,609 --> 00:44:24,088
Did you call a physician in?
687
00:44:25,314 --> 00:44:28,784
On a farm we learn to take care
of those things with no outside help.
688
00:44:29,102 --> 00:44:31,855
But the sprain
was completely disabling,
689
00:44:32,141 --> 00:44:34,291
to the point that it would have been
impossible for you
690
00:44:34,556 --> 00:44:36,786
to have gotten out of bed
the night your husband was shot
691
00:44:37,053 --> 00:44:38,566
on the road leading to your farm.
692
00:44:38,802 --> 00:44:39,791
Of course.
693
00:44:43,922 --> 00:44:45,674
Mrs. Norris,
694
00:44:47,210 --> 00:44:50,247
what was the relationship
between you and your husband?
695
00:44:50,540 --> 00:44:53,134
I mean, were you happy together?
696
00:44:53,413 --> 00:44:54,732
CORTLAND:
Your Honour, I object.
697
00:44:54,953 --> 00:44:58,229
Counsel has no right to delve
into the private life of this witness.
698
00:44:59,490 --> 00:45:01,242
If the--
699
00:45:01,488 --> 00:45:04,924
If the court will allow the witness
to answer this one question,
700
00:45:05,235 --> 00:45:09,069
I shall be able to make clear my reason
for this line of enquiry.
701
00:45:09,647 --> 00:45:12,639
Your Honour,
I want to answer the question.
702
00:45:12,935 --> 00:45:15,574
Very well. Go ahead, Miss Martha.
703
00:45:19,637 --> 00:45:22,674
My husband and I
were very much in love,
704
00:45:22,968 --> 00:45:24,879
before our marriage,
705
00:45:25,132 --> 00:45:27,043
during our marriage,
706
00:45:27,546 --> 00:45:28,820
and right up until--
707
00:45:29,045 --> 00:45:30,717
MAN:
Oh, well...
708
00:45:33,832 --> 00:45:35,504
Order.
709
00:45:42,449 --> 00:45:46,237
If you were very much in love,
710
00:45:46,820 --> 00:45:48,299
then how do you account for the fact
711
00:45:48,526 --> 00:45:51,324
that your husband
was planning to divorce you
712
00:45:51,607 --> 00:45:53,723
and marry another woman
at the time he was murdered?
713
00:45:53,979 --> 00:45:55,128
That's not so.
714
00:45:58,017 --> 00:46:00,577
Your Honour, I should like to show
the witness this letter.
715
00:46:00,848 --> 00:46:02,042
CORTLAND:
Objection.
716
00:46:02,846 --> 00:46:05,918
The letter should first be shown
to the prosecution.
717
00:46:16,999 --> 00:46:20,150
I... I still object to this procedure,
Your Honour,
718
00:46:20,454 --> 00:46:22,968
since no proper foundation
has been laid for such evidence.
719
00:46:23,243 --> 00:46:25,962
I am trying to establish a motive
other than a fist fight
720
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:28,549
which could have brought
about the murder of Donald Briggs.
721
00:46:28,821 --> 00:46:31,381
Objection overruled.
722
00:46:32,068 --> 00:46:33,217
What about this letter?
723
00:46:33,941 --> 00:46:37,013
Your Honour, this is a trial copy
of a typewritten letter
724
00:46:37,313 --> 00:46:40,111
from David Latwell
to his wife, Martha Norris.
725
00:46:40,393 --> 00:46:42,702
It has been held all these years
by Mrs. Deveraux,
726
00:46:42,974 --> 00:46:45,966
under the mistaken impression that
it was written by Ben Deveraux to her.
727
00:46:46,263 --> 00:46:48,299
That is pure hearsay
and inadmissible.
728
00:46:48,552 --> 00:46:51,191
Such evidence was never introduced
at the original murder trial.
729
00:46:51,466 --> 00:46:53,263
Exactly. It was never introduced
730
00:46:53,506 --> 00:46:55,337
because the defence
failed to introduce Miss X,
731
00:46:55,587 --> 00:46:57,703
the one person
who could have testified to that fact.
732
00:46:57,960 --> 00:46:59,916
Mr. Mason, you are trying
to use this court
733
00:47:00,166 --> 00:47:02,680
as a stage for some
of your well-known theatrics.
734
00:47:02,955 --> 00:47:06,709
Gentlemen, there will be no more
outbursts like that in this court.
735
00:47:07,034 --> 00:47:10,788
Mr. Mason, I'm inclined to agree
with the prosecutor in this matter.
736
00:47:12,238 --> 00:47:15,355
If you have any more questions,
I'll listen.
737
00:47:16,234 --> 00:47:18,111
Your Honour,
738
00:47:18,357 --> 00:47:20,712
it is my contention
739
00:47:22,145 --> 00:47:26,104
that the marriage of David Latwell
and his wife was a far from happy one.
740
00:47:26,432 --> 00:47:29,469
Which would have no bearing
on this case even if it were so.
741
00:47:29,763 --> 00:47:31,719
It would have bearing
if she murdered her husband
742
00:47:31,969 --> 00:47:33,448
and Donald Briggs
found out about it.
743
00:47:36,381 --> 00:47:40,294
Harry, you were there,
you know I was in bed for a week.
744
00:47:40,627 --> 00:47:43,858
- Are you gonna let him--?
- Then, Mrs. Norris,
745
00:47:45,165 --> 00:47:47,679
there is no doubt
that you were incapacitated
746
00:47:47,953 --> 00:47:50,672
at the time
of your husband's murder?
747
00:47:51,159 --> 00:47:53,878
Everyone in town knew I was.
748
00:47:58,610 --> 00:48:00,248
Your Honour,
749
00:48:00,816 --> 00:48:04,445
I submit to the court
this newspaper clipping.
750
00:48:04,771 --> 00:48:07,490
It shows some of the crowd
at a stock auction
751
00:48:07,768 --> 00:48:10,487
during the county fair at Midland.
752
00:48:10,931 --> 00:48:12,922
It was taken from a newspaper
dated the same night
753
00:48:13,179 --> 00:48:14,373
of David Latwell's murder.
754
00:48:15,011 --> 00:48:18,083
It shows David Latwell in the crowd
with a young woman
755
00:48:18,383 --> 00:48:21,295
who was the Miss X
of the Ben Deveraux trial,
756
00:48:21,588 --> 00:48:23,067
the present Lois Reed.
757
00:48:27,832 --> 00:48:30,665
And standing
in the background there
758
00:48:31,495 --> 00:48:33,929
is the woman who swore
at the Deveraux trial
759
00:48:34,201 --> 00:48:36,431
and has also sworn
here again today
760
00:48:36,698 --> 00:48:39,166
that she was unable to walk
at that time,
761
00:48:39,446 --> 00:48:41,243
Martha Norris.
762
00:48:42,235 --> 00:48:44,385
That clipping is identical
with the one found
763
00:48:44,649 --> 00:48:46,446
in the possession of Donald Briggs.
764
00:48:46,689 --> 00:48:47,838
It led Briggs to believe
765
00:48:48,063 --> 00:48:50,623
that Martha Norris
had murdered her husband.
766
00:48:50,893 --> 00:48:53,532
Briggs approached Martha Norris
for reasons of blackmail
767
00:48:53,807 --> 00:48:55,684
and Martha Norris
768
00:48:57,054 --> 00:48:59,045
killed him as well.
769
00:49:01,508 --> 00:49:03,658
She had no right to him.
770
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,235
She had no right to any of them.
771
00:49:08,002 --> 00:49:10,311
David's better off dead.
772
00:49:10,957 --> 00:49:13,073
Look what he would have had.
773
00:49:13,788 --> 00:49:15,460
Just look.
774
00:49:23,029 --> 00:49:25,987
[SOBBING]
775
00:49:33,602 --> 00:49:35,433
Mr. Mason,
776
00:49:36,183 --> 00:49:40,335
there seems to be no probable cause
for action against the defendant
777
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:43,518
and he is ordered to be released
from custody.
778
00:49:45,133 --> 00:49:49,445
And I instruct the district attorney
to take the necessary steps
779
00:49:49,795 --> 00:49:53,265
to instigate further investigation
in this case
780
00:49:53,874 --> 00:49:55,910
as soon as possible.
781
00:50:00,077 --> 00:50:01,954
Court's adjourned.
782
00:50:09,693 --> 00:50:13,322
I still can't believe that Martha's
responsible for all this.
783
00:50:13,647 --> 00:50:15,285
To think that she could murder
her husband
784
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,398
and then keep his picture around
as a constant reminder.
785
00:50:18,684 --> 00:50:20,914
That was the key
to the whole thing, Helen.
786
00:50:21,182 --> 00:50:22,581
The only reason to keep the picture
787
00:50:22,805 --> 00:50:24,523
was to remember
his great devotion for her.
788
00:50:24,761 --> 00:50:26,752
But Mr. Latwell
wasn't devoted to her.
789
00:50:27,009 --> 00:50:28,727
He was planning to run away
with Lois Reed.
790
00:50:28,966 --> 00:50:32,197
So Martha had no valid reason
and it must have been a cover-up.
791
00:50:32,504 --> 00:50:35,302
And my father was executed because
nobody here would believe him.
792
00:50:35,584 --> 00:50:37,575
Oh, Marv, you've gotta try
not to think about that.
793
00:50:37,832 --> 00:50:39,629
How can I help it?
794
00:50:39,872 --> 00:50:42,147
My mother died because of it.
795
00:50:42,411 --> 00:50:44,402
Now, listen to me, Marv.
796
00:50:44,659 --> 00:50:46,809
Eighteen years ago,
a mistake was made,
797
00:50:47,073 --> 00:50:49,348
a horrible mistake.
798
00:50:49,613 --> 00:50:52,650
But you won't undo the wrong
if you let it colour the rest of your life.
799
00:50:52,943 --> 00:50:55,503
I only saw the whole town
turn against me overnight.
800
00:50:55,773 --> 00:50:57,604
Did you, Marv?
801
00:50:58,479 --> 00:50:59,912
Helen's part of the town.
802
00:51:03,849 --> 00:51:06,647
Well, don't just stand there,
do something.
803
00:51:06,697 --> 00:51:11,247
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