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Now, to the political news.
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Attention focused this morning
on the pre-convention caucus
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meeting in the Los Angeles Hotel
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to select nominees
for the slate of state officers.
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Of particular concern is
the nominee for the office
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of lieutenant governor.
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Most experts agreed the shoo-in
for the job was the man
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who has unsuccessfully sought it
for the past 12 years,
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Victor Kendall,
publisher of "The Clarion."
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But a sudden dark horse
has loomed into contention.
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The feeling in informed circles
is that the party needs
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to create a new image,
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an image of unshakable
integrity.
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Will that new image take
the form
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of the most highly respected
judge in the state,
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Judge Daniel Redmond, of the
District Court of Appeals?
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Mr. Mason,
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I'm sorry your first experience
in my court was a losing one.
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You argued well.
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But unfortunately
you argued the wrong law.
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Candidly, Your Honor,
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I think as little of the legal
precedent you cited
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as you did of the one I cited.
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If "Jones vs. Hart" was wrong
250 years ago,
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you think "Priestly vs. Fowler"
was just as wrong 126 years ago?
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Don't you think so?
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It's still the law, Mr. Mason.
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Words on paper.
The oxcart in an atomic age.
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As you know,
the law is more than a record
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of upheld decisions.
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It's a testament to the people
who created those words
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I like that argument.
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Use it when you have
your rehearing
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before the State Supreme Court.
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The State Supreme Court
has never overruled
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a decision of yours,
not once in 20 years.
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I doubt if they will
in this case, either.
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But there's always a first time.
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Good luck, Mr. Mason.
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Chalk it up to the wrong judge
on the wrong day, Perry.
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What do you mean?
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Well, if he had even
a remote chance
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for that nomination
as lieutenant governor,
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he should have heard
about it hours ago.
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Pleasant or not, I think that's
really what was on his mind.
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No, not Daniel Redmond.
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Nothing could or would interfere
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with his impartial consideration
of a case.
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I'd take an oath any day
on his absolute integrity
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and devotion to the bench.
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[Footsteps approaching]
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These decisions need
your signature right away.
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Thank you, Marian.
I'll sign them in a minute.
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That law symposium
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at the University of
San Fernando Valley--
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write them I'll be free
to attend and participate.
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But you were holding off
until you found out
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whether you were going
to get the nomination.
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They can set their own date.
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Marian,
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at best that nomination was only
a one-in-a-million long-shot
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that didn't come in.
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It didn't mean that much to me,
not really.
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- [Door opens]
- Yes, sir.
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Mr. Torrey, you've come
from the caucus. Have they--
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Congratulations!
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Mr. Nominee
for lieutenant governor!
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Aren't you going
to say anything?
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Nothing to say!
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It didn't mean that much to him,
not really.
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Mr. Weston, let me commend you
on your conduct
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as a witness this past week.
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The area of military contract
negotiation is a complex one.
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Your understanding
and cooperation
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have been of inestimable help.
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Thank you, Senator Deering.
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All right, Mr. Wall,
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suppose you continue the questioning.
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Senator Deering, I ask permission
to deviate from our agenda.
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Now, I've obtained some
Navy procurement information,
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dating back to March of 1943,
that's of utmost importance.
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The 4 years you spent in
Washington during World War II,
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you were, Mr. Weston, employed
by the accounting department
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of the United States Navy?
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Yes, the Navy.
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You were employed there during
the month of March 1943,
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were you not?
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Oh, that is...
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Oh, come on now, Mr. Weston.
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Specifically,
were you or were you not
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employed by the Navy
in Washington in March of 1943,
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when several million dollars'
worth of marine engines
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belonging to the Navy were
fraudulently appropriated?
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I know the Navy had a lot
of those engines, all right.
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I don't know. That is--
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If necessary
to obtain all the facts
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we may be prepared
to offer you personal immunity.
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I refuse to answer.
That's right!
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I take the 5th Amendment!
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A witness can't select
the questions he will
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or will not answer.
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Once he answers
one material question,
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he waives the 5th Amendment.
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That's not fair!
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You talk about immunity,
and then you say
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I can't take the 5th!
What is this?!
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Mr. Wall, this line of inquiry
is very promising
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and must, at any cost,
be continued
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despite the fact
that your witness
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is obviously startled
and unprepared.
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Mr. Weston, I want to give you
every opportunity
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to refresh your memory,
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and, if you like,
consult an attorney.
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This hearing stands adjourned
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until tomorrow morning
at 10:00am
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Hello, Victor.
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Your Honor.
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A little formal, aren't you?
It used to be "Dan."
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I hope you aren't going
to let politics reduce us
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to a status
of painful politeness.
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You expected the gracious loser
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to graciously close ranks
and beat drums for the winner?
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I would have, Victor.
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In the past I have, too,
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when the man
who beat me out was,
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well, if not the better man,
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at least a man fit for the job.
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Trying to be both judge
and jury, aren't you?
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So I'm not fit, am I?
I gather you think you are.
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I wouldn't have permitted myself
to be considered
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for the nomination
if I thought my past
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could come back to haunt me.
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Now, Look here, Mr. Kendall,
you can't--
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It's all right, Marian.
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What are you talking about,
Victor?
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The Senate hearings in town.
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One of my reporters
dug out the fact
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that apparently these hearings
are aimed at you!
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That's ridiculous!
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It would be even more ridiculous
to have the nominee
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for the second highest office
in the state exposed as a crook.
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You said something
about my past.
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What do you mean?
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"The rock of integrity!"
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That's what they call you,
isn't it?
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Well, it's just possible
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that rock has
a great big crack in it,
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a crack of dishonor, Your Honor!
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Prosecution for fraud
against the government,
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for which there's no statute of
limitations, would frighten me.
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I'm surprised it obviously
doesn't seem to frighten you.
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Notice the look of panic
on your friend's face.
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My what?
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Friend.
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Didn't you know him years ago?
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Didn't you know him
when you were in
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the U.S. attorney general's
office in Washington?
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A Mr. Martin Weston?
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Weston?
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You know him?
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Washington, 20 years ago.
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I don't know.
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There's something familiar
about the face. Something...
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Marian, this Weston,
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see if you can get me
his address.
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I've done nothing wrong.
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But I do want to find out
what this is all about.
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Please, get me his address.
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It's not fair.
No sir, it's not fair.
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You meet a distinguished friend
you haven't seen in 20 years
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and what happens, huh?
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He comes in,
and he drags a gentleman
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out of his favorite bar,
that's what.
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I couldn't talk to you
in that bar.
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And I'm afraid you've had
more than enough to drink.
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I must protest!
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That's what you think,
Your Honor!
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This is very important to me,
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Weston.
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Does our knowing each other
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casually in Washington
20 years ago
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have anything to do
with those Senate hearings
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you're involved in?
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You mean you don't remember?
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Heh, that's a shame.
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You see, there was a group of us
at a party, a very nice party,
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all very refined types.
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And we cheated little ol' Uncle Sam
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out of a considerable number
of Navy engines.
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Of course, you wouldn't
know about that, would you?
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Now, look, Weston!
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If you please!
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Look, please,
those Navy engines...
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20 years ago we--we were two
bright young men in government.
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With...bright futures.
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And...then brightness
went out for me.
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That's right. I envied you.
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Respect!
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A good man, Judge Redmond!
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A man everybody looks up to
and--and trusts.
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An honest man!
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The biggest crook.
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You don't know
what you're saying!
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Don't know what I'm sayin', huh?
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That's what you think!
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But I know! Heh heh.
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Yes, sir, I--I know!
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I got my cut, all right.
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But so did you!
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Weston!
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Weston!
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Weston!
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If you're--if you're looking
for Mr. Weston,
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I'm afraid he's not well
at the moment.
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I saw the story in the paper.
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Thought I'd talk to him.
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He's drunk again, I suppose.
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Yes.
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It's a shame he doesn't have
your strength, Daniel.
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But then few people do.
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Madge!
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It's Madge-- Madge Eberly!
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It's only 20 years, Dan.
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For a moment I didn't think
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you wanted to remember
that many years back.
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Assistant city attorney
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to assistant
United States attorney general,
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and now a famous judge.
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It's been a long road.
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And lonely?
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I don't know, Madge.
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Perhaps at times.
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Did you know that
I almost proposed to you
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in Washington 20 years ago?
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Knew it, expected it,
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was disappointed
when it didn't happen.
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Now you know.
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Madge, I...
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There was even one night
at a party,
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you tried so hard to impress me
with your romantic ardor
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that you spent over an hour
discussing the finer points of,
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what was it?
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Oh, yes, statutory fraud.
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Wait a minute, Madge.
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Weston said something
about a party.
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I seem to recall a night
that you took me to a party.
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At Gus Sawyer's apartment,
of course.
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That was the night you met
Martin Weston and Gus Sawyer.
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Lobbyists are so generous.
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Gus gave me a flacon
of perfume that night.
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Madge, please!
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That night.
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It's coming back to me now.
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Wasn't I talking about fraud,
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talking about how stupid
some people were
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in their attempts
to cheat the government?
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That's right.
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You were explaining it all
to Martin Weston and Gus Sawyer.
259
00:13:16,904 --> 00:13:19,031
Of course! Of course!
260
00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:21,403
That's what Weston
was babbling about.
261
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A tempest in a teapot!
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00:13:23,944 --> 00:13:25,172
Was it, Dan?
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00:13:25,312 --> 00:13:27,041
Well, of course. You were there.
264
00:13:27,181 --> 00:13:29,706
You know I was only answering
some questions about a case
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I'd handled in court.
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00:13:30,984 --> 00:13:32,952
Do I?
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00:13:36,857 --> 00:13:38,552
What are you trying to say?
268
00:13:39,660 --> 00:13:43,426
The "loner,"
the man who needed nobody--
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not me, not anybody!
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00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:49,228
Are you saying
how you want help, Dan. My help?
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I'm sorry, Madge.
Perhaps I'd better leave.
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00:13:53,107 --> 00:13:56,941
Dan, I'm not bitter, really.
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As a matter of fact,
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now that I'm a California
resident I've even opened up
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00:14:01,415 --> 00:14:05,146
my own business, a gift shop,
Dan, this week.
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00:14:05,285 --> 00:14:08,914
Now that I can,
I'll even vote for you.
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00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:15,722
Gus Sawyer, the lobbyist.
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00:14:15,863 --> 00:14:18,798
You know, I've always been
dying to ask you, Dear,
279
00:14:18,932 --> 00:14:22,265
how much of a pay-off
did he arrange for you?
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00:14:28,849 --> 00:14:30,544
[Door opens]
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00:14:30,684 --> 00:14:32,618
[Footsteps]
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00:14:34,721 --> 00:14:36,746
Evening, Judge.
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00:14:36,890 --> 00:14:40,257
I heard something out here
and thought it might be you.
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00:14:40,394 --> 00:14:42,862
Quinn? Is that you, Quinn?
285
00:14:42,996 --> 00:14:44,691
Yes. I couldn't locate you
at your club,
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00:14:44,831 --> 00:14:46,765
figured you might be here.
I'm glad we caught you.
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00:14:46,900 --> 00:14:48,868
- Come on in.
- We?
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00:14:49,002 --> 00:14:52,403
That's right.
Gus Sawyer's here with me.
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00:15:01,114 --> 00:15:04,083
Well, well, well.
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00:15:04,217 --> 00:15:06,708
Daniel come to judgment.
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00:15:06,853 --> 00:15:09,845
It's good, very good to see you,
Your Honor.
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00:15:09,990 --> 00:15:12,049
Get out of my chair!
293
00:15:12,192 --> 00:15:15,093
Afraid I'll contaminate it?
294
00:15:15,228 --> 00:15:19,392
Quinn, you know what this man
said about me once?
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00:15:19,533 --> 00:15:21,694
He said,
"Someday, Gus Sawyer's
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00:15:21,835 --> 00:15:23,962
"going to slide into hell
on the melted grease
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00:15:24,104 --> 00:15:25,867
of his own bloated evil!"
298
00:15:26,006 --> 00:15:28,497
Thank you, Quinn,
you've made my day complete!
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00:15:28,642 --> 00:15:31,577
A threatening blackmailer,
an hysterical alcoholic,
300
00:15:31,711 --> 00:15:32,905
a vindictive woman,
301
00:15:33,046 --> 00:15:36,277
and now you bring this--this
cheap panderer to corruption!
302
00:15:36,416 --> 00:15:39,715
Oh, now, Danny Boy,
take it easy.
303
00:15:39,853 --> 00:15:41,081
You know something?
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00:15:41,221 --> 00:15:43,883
I'll bet they make you captain
of the debating team
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00:15:44,024 --> 00:15:45,252
up at federal prison.
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00:15:45,392 --> 00:15:46,757
- Why, you--
- Dan!
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00:15:46,893 --> 00:15:49,088
Quinn, what's--what's going on?!
What's happening?!
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00:15:49,229 --> 00:15:50,253
Don't you know yet?
309
00:15:50,397 --> 00:15:51,625
I don't know
what I know any more!
310
00:15:51,765 --> 00:15:53,198
The fact that one night
20 years ago,
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00:15:53,333 --> 00:15:54,425
I answered
a few simple questions,
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00:15:54,568 --> 00:15:56,866
something's become kind of--
of a nightmare!
313
00:15:57,003 --> 00:15:58,470
Simple questions, Dan?
314
00:15:59,606 --> 00:16:03,042
20 years ago someone devised
a foolproof scheme
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00:16:03,176 --> 00:16:05,974
to defraud the government
of a fortune.
316
00:16:06,112 --> 00:16:09,275
That scheme was put in operation
and succeeded.
317
00:16:09,416 --> 00:16:12,180
Everybody connected
with that scheme profited.
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00:16:12,319 --> 00:16:13,718
Everybody.
319
00:16:13,854 --> 00:16:16,618
This is what Weston
is going to testify about?
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00:16:16,756 --> 00:16:19,554
Yes. How do you plan
to stop him?
321
00:16:19,693 --> 00:16:21,558
Why should I?
I have nothing to do
322
00:16:21,695 --> 00:16:23,060
with whatever
he's involved with!
323
00:16:23,196 --> 00:16:26,000
You and only you are the one he
plans to name publicly tomorrow!
324
00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,262
Now, you'd better stop him.
325
00:16:27,401 --> 00:16:29,801
You're out of your mind, Quinn!
Name me? For what?!
326
00:16:29,937 --> 00:16:31,905
Don't play games, Dan,
especially with us!
327
00:16:32,039 --> 00:16:34,030
I'm the one that paid you off,
remember?
328
00:16:34,175 --> 00:16:36,166
Judge Daniel Redmond!
329
00:16:36,310 --> 00:16:37,971
Your appointment to the bench--
330
00:16:38,112 --> 00:16:39,943
it was bought and paid for!
331
00:16:40,081 --> 00:16:43,608
I called Quinn,
told him your price.
332
00:16:43,751 --> 00:16:46,242
He gave me $10,000.
333
00:16:46,387 --> 00:16:48,287
As you might guess, Judge,
334
00:16:48,422 --> 00:16:52,085
I obviously used it
where it did the most good.
335
00:16:52,226 --> 00:16:56,026
Who told you I wanted you
to buy me a judgeship? Who?!
336
00:16:56,163 --> 00:16:57,960
The man that's going
to crucify you
337
00:16:58,099 --> 00:17:00,499
the minute he opens his mouth
and talks--
338
00:17:00,635 --> 00:17:02,728
Martin Weston!
339
00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:05,752
Mason: Well, that was fast.
340
00:17:08,093 --> 00:17:09,390
What is it, Della?
341
00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,553
Marian Lamont, Judge Redmond's
secretary, is outside.
342
00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:12,721
To see me?
343
00:17:12,864 --> 00:17:14,388
She's on the verge
of a collapse, Perry.
344
00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,728
She's frightened,
badly frightened.
345
00:17:16,868 --> 00:17:19,234
Something about Judge Redmond
in trouble.
346
00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:20,804
Bring her in.
347
00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:24,602
Mr. Mason, please,
I must see you!
348
00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:26,210
Come in, Miss Lamont.
349
00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:28,142
The judge has no family
350
00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,804
and no one that you could call
a close friend.
351
00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:31,916
And I didn't know who else
to turn to, Mr. Mason.
352
00:17:32,050 --> 00:17:33,677
Won't you please help?
353
00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:35,912
Well, did the judge ask you
to come to see me?
354
00:17:36,054 --> 00:17:38,249
No. And he'd be furious if
he knew that I came to see you.
355
00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:39,550
But I had to!
356
00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:42,717
I've been his secretary,
Mr. Mason, for 20 years.
357
00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:46,422
20 years with the finest,
most unselfish man
358
00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:49,033
that I have ever known.
359
00:17:49,167 --> 00:17:53,001
He should've let me go when I
had my heart attack 3 years ago.
360
00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:54,036
But he didn't.
361
00:17:54,172 --> 00:17:56,072
Even though
it meant more work for him,
362
00:17:56,208 --> 00:18:00,269
he insisted upon helping me.
And I have got to help him now.
363
00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:03,438
Miss Lamont, there are certain
standards of legal behavior--
364
00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:06,073
He's in trouble, Mr. Mason,
desperate trouble!
365
00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:07,810
- He needs help!
- What kind of trouble?
366
00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:09,580
I don't know for sure.
367
00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:11,518
It has something to do
with that Senate hearing
368
00:18:11,656 --> 00:18:13,021
that they moved here
from Washington.
369
00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:14,819
Whatever it is that they're
trying to uncover,
370
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,087
I'm afraid that the judge
may be involved.
371
00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:19,390
I find that difficult
to believe, Miss Lamont,
372
00:18:19,531 --> 00:18:21,089
Judge Redmond and scandal.
373
00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:23,326
He cancelled his calendar
374
00:18:23,468 --> 00:18:26,164
and dictated 2 letters
this morning.
375
00:18:26,304 --> 00:18:28,499
The first was his withdrawal
376
00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,232
as a nominee
for lieutenant governor.
377
00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:34,835
And the second letter,
Mr. Mason, was his resignation
378
00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:37,346
as a judge of the
District Court of Appeals.
379
00:18:37,482 --> 00:18:39,677
Della, get Paul.
380
00:18:39,818 --> 00:18:42,218
Come on, Miss Lamont.
381
00:18:46,258 --> 00:18:47,589
Hi, Perry.
382
00:18:47,726 --> 00:18:49,284
Good morning, Paul.
383
00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:50,895
Miss Lamont,
this is Paul Drake,
384
00:18:51,029 --> 00:18:52,690
a private investigator
who works with me.
385
00:18:52,831 --> 00:18:54,025
It will save time
if he's with us.
386
00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:57,033
He should be in his chambers.
That's where I left him.
387
00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:02,396
Marian, what are these gentlemen
doing here?
388
00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:03,599
I asked them to come.
389
00:19:03,742 --> 00:19:04,709
Why?
390
00:19:04,843 --> 00:19:07,277
I...Dan, please.
391
00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:08,777
Miss Lamont was concerned.
392
00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:11,405
She thought you might need
some assistance, Judge Redmond.
393
00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:15,042
I appreciate her concern
and your response to it.
394
00:19:15,187 --> 00:19:18,315
But I'm afraid
the effort was wasted.
395
00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:21,051
I thank you anyway.
Good day, gentlemen.
396
00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:24,685
I understand you didn't plan
an active political campaign,
397
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:27,390
that you intended
to remain on the bench.
398
00:19:27,532 --> 00:19:31,491
I'm sure Marian unburdened
herself to you completely.
399
00:19:31,636 --> 00:19:34,503
I'm tired. I'm upset.
400
00:19:34,639 --> 00:19:38,598
I'm in no mood to undergo one of
your famous cross-examinations.
401
00:19:38,743 --> 00:19:41,803
Even the devil
has his advocate.
402
00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:43,778
I assume your case
is better than his.
403
00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:46,879
That assumption
is the first step
404
00:19:47,018 --> 00:19:49,452
in the unlawful solicitation
of a client!
405
00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:52,250
I suggest you leave,
Mr. Mason, now.
406
00:19:52,390 --> 00:19:54,915
So that you can roll over
and play dead?
407
00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:56,288
Is that what you want?
408
00:19:56,428 --> 00:19:58,225
You have no right to meddle!
409
00:19:58,363 --> 00:20:00,126
On the contrary!
410
00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:02,631
Not only a right but a duty!
411
00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:05,702
A duty to maintain the respect
due the courts of justice
412
00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:07,168
and judicial officers.
413
00:20:07,305 --> 00:20:11,867
"Words on paper." Isn't that
the expression that you used?
414
00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:14,137
Let me read you something.
415
00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:17,612
Part of a decision handed down
by a very famous judge--
416
00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:20,377
"Truth is found only
where dedicated men
417
00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:22,316
"are free to enquire after it.
418
00:20:22,454 --> 00:20:25,890
"If we refuse to fight
for the dignity of truth,
419
00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:29,050
we have substituted
expediency for justice."
420
00:20:29,194 --> 00:20:30,786
"Kleeman vs. Craig."
421
00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:33,523
Presiding--Judge Daniel Redmond.
422
00:20:37,335 --> 00:20:40,327
3 witnesses are prepared
to corroborate
423
00:20:40,472 --> 00:20:43,964
Martin Weston's testimony,
at this moment
424
00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:45,337
in a Senate hearing
425
00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:50,244
that--that I planned
the fraudulent appropriation
426
00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:52,043
of government property.
427
00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:56,012
And that my...
428
00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:58,554
my "payoff"...
429
00:20:58,690 --> 00:21:01,056
was appointment to the bench
as a judge.
430
00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:03,093
Is it true?
431
00:21:04,829 --> 00:21:06,319
No.
432
00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:10,134
All right, Paul, start digging--
here and in Washington.
433
00:21:10,268 --> 00:21:11,360
Use an army if you have to.
434
00:21:11,503 --> 00:21:12,868
All right, Perry.
435
00:21:13,004 --> 00:21:15,632
The two letters Judge Redmond
dictated this morning--
436
00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:17,833
- have you mailed them yet?
- No.
437
00:21:17,976 --> 00:21:20,444
- Tear them up.
- Yes, sir, Mr. Mason.
438
00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:23,514
I don't understand.
439
00:21:25,984 --> 00:21:28,714
"If we refuse to fight
for the dignity of truth,
440
00:21:28,853 --> 00:21:31,686
we have substituted
expediency for justice."
441
00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:32,721
Did you mean that?
442
00:21:32,857 --> 00:21:34,222
Of course.
443
00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:40,654
If I'm going to represent you,
I'll need all your trust.
444
00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,168
Redmond, you won't get
away with this, believe me!
445
00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:53,368
Get away with what?
446
00:21:53,511 --> 00:21:55,877
Weston--he didn't show up
this morning!
447
00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:58,448
As a disinterested publisher
of the news, Mr. Kendall,
448
00:21:58,583 --> 00:22:00,346
aren't you jumping to a
conclusion that Judge Redmond
449
00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:01,474
is responsible?
450
00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:03,144
You may get away
with hiding Weston
451
00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:04,414
but you won't hide the truth!
452
00:22:04,556 --> 00:22:07,923
Not even the great Perry Mason
can help you with that.
453
00:22:18,803 --> 00:22:21,135
[Whispering]
454
00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:24,565
Ladies and gentlemen,
455
00:22:24,702 --> 00:22:27,933
these hearings
are temporarily postponed.
456
00:22:28,072 --> 00:22:29,334
Mr. Martin Weston,
457
00:22:29,474 --> 00:22:31,601
the sub-committee's
principal witness,
458
00:22:31,743 --> 00:22:34,610
has just been found
in his apartment--dead!
459
00:22:34,746 --> 00:22:37,044
[Murmuring]
460
00:22:39,117 --> 00:22:42,052
Weston's death
is very convenient for you.
461
00:22:42,187 --> 00:22:43,814
How did you arrange it?
462
00:22:43,955 --> 00:22:46,048
That's a serious accusation,
Mr. Kendall.
463
00:22:46,191 --> 00:22:48,182
Save it for
the courtroom, Mason.
464
00:22:48,326 --> 00:22:50,317
Redmond, I'm going to ride
the police on this
465
00:22:50,461 --> 00:22:51,689
until they're saddle-sore!
466
00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:54,264
And if you had anything to do
with Weston's death,
467
00:22:54,399 --> 00:22:56,230
I guarantee,
if it's the last thing I do,
468
00:22:56,367 --> 00:22:59,825
I'll see every last dirty fact
brought to light!
469
00:23:03,842 --> 00:23:05,537
You can take him.
470
00:23:05,677 --> 00:23:06,905
Well, Doc?
471
00:23:07,045 --> 00:23:08,410
Death by poison.
472
00:23:08,546 --> 00:23:09,535
Possible suicide?
473
00:23:09,681 --> 00:23:12,377
Always possible.
My guess is no.
474
00:23:12,517 --> 00:23:15,247
It, uh, wasn't the kind of
poison most people would likely
475
00:23:15,386 --> 00:23:17,377
have around the house
or have easy access to.
476
00:23:17,522 --> 00:23:18,580
Well, what was it?
477
00:23:18,723 --> 00:23:20,691
Can't tell for sure
until I do a post mortem.
478
00:23:20,825 --> 00:23:21,985
But I'd guess morphine sulfate.
479
00:23:23,228 --> 00:23:24,252
Sounds familiar.
480
00:23:24,395 --> 00:23:27,421
Specific for chest pains
related to heart trouble.
481
00:23:27,565 --> 00:23:30,033
Be very interesting to find out
if Martin Weston
482
00:23:30,168 --> 00:23:31,601
was that severe a cardiac case.
483
00:23:31,736 --> 00:23:34,227
Here. Take a look at this.
It's all right.
484
00:23:34,372 --> 00:23:37,170
We've already lifted
the few prints that were on it.
485
00:23:42,247 --> 00:23:43,578
Hard to tell.
486
00:23:43,715 --> 00:23:45,376
We'll have to run
a chemical analysis on it.
487
00:23:45,516 --> 00:23:48,076
However, it could very easily
be morphine sulfate.
488
00:23:48,219 --> 00:23:49,413
We found it under the bed.
489
00:23:49,554 --> 00:23:50,953
Who is Marian Lamont?
490
00:23:51,089 --> 00:23:53,580
I don't know.
491
00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:55,625
But I'll find out.
492
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,059
I keep thinking about
what Kendall said.
493
00:23:59,197 --> 00:24:01,688
Is it possible there was something...
494
00:24:01,833 --> 00:24:04,529
something unusual
about Weston's death?
495
00:24:04,669 --> 00:24:07,194
We'll find out soon enough
if there was.
496
00:24:07,338 --> 00:24:09,203
Now, did Weston say anything
to you when you went back
497
00:24:09,340 --> 00:24:10,307
to see him?
498
00:24:10,441 --> 00:24:13,638
Yes, he kept muttering
something about, uh,
499
00:24:13,778 --> 00:24:17,214
immunity. Yes, immunity.
500
00:24:17,348 --> 00:24:21,876
Then when the sub-committee
counsel showed up--Mr. Wall--
501
00:24:22,020 --> 00:24:26,081
Weston said something about
"You'll pay.
502
00:24:26,224 --> 00:24:27,657
You'll pay."
503
00:24:27,792 --> 00:24:30,056
Your earlier visit,
after you'd seen Kendall,
504
00:24:30,194 --> 00:24:32,424
Weston intimated that you'd been paid off.
505
00:24:32,563 --> 00:24:34,690
Did Madge Eberly
make that same accusation?
506
00:24:34,832 --> 00:24:37,562
- Yes.
- Gus Sawyer? Quinn Torrey?
507
00:24:37,702 --> 00:24:41,138
They all made reference
to the same allegation of fraud.
508
00:24:41,272 --> 00:24:45,038
That's all it was-- an allegation?
509
00:24:45,176 --> 00:24:46,700
Now, look here, Mason!
510
00:24:46,844 --> 00:24:48,141
Save the fight!
511
00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:51,840
Just remember,
I'm with you, not against you.
512
00:24:51,983 --> 00:24:55,749
Heh heh. I'd like to watch you
working in court sometime,
513
00:24:55,887 --> 00:24:57,252
if I ever--
514
00:24:57,388 --> 00:24:59,413
when I get out of this mess.
515
00:24:59,557 --> 00:25:02,856
Let's go over the facts again.
20 years ago. Washington, D.C.
516
00:25:02,994 --> 00:25:04,621
You were
an assistant attorney general.
517
00:25:04,762 --> 00:25:07,629
Madge Eberly took you to a party
at Gus Sawyer's house.
518
00:25:07,765 --> 00:25:09,494
Start there.
519
00:25:09,634 --> 00:25:13,695
I'd just successfully prosecuted
a fraud case in procurement.
520
00:25:13,838 --> 00:25:19,435
Now, as I recall, Weston was
very curious about the facts,
521
00:25:19,577 --> 00:25:21,511
some of the accounting
procedures involved.
522
00:25:21,646 --> 00:25:23,671
Weston was at the party.
You explained to him
523
00:25:23,815 --> 00:25:25,544
the mistakes that led
to the discovery
524
00:25:25,683 --> 00:25:27,048
and conviction on that fraud?
525
00:25:27,185 --> 00:25:28,812
That's right. And that's all!
526
00:25:28,953 --> 00:25:31,751
I merely pointed out,
in detail, the stupid mistakes
527
00:25:31,889 --> 00:25:34,119
made by this man that
I'd just prosecuted!
528
00:25:34,258 --> 00:25:37,193
By getting a recital from you
about what shouldn't be done,
529
00:25:37,328 --> 00:25:39,159
they work out a concept
of what could be done.
530
00:25:39,297 --> 00:25:42,994
Now, you had no idea
that there was a plan for fraud
531
00:25:43,134 --> 00:25:44,658
or that it was about to be
put into practice?
532
00:25:44,802 --> 00:25:48,533
I never dreamed of it!
Quinn Torrey says there was.
533
00:25:48,673 --> 00:25:50,800
You never personally profited
from it?
534
00:25:50,942 --> 00:25:52,967
How could I?
I knew nothing about it!
535
00:25:53,111 --> 00:25:54,601
- You didn't call Weston?
- No.
536
00:25:54,746 --> 00:25:56,611
You didn't ask him
to call Gus Sawyer
537
00:25:56,748 --> 00:25:57,737
about making you a judge?
538
00:25:57,882 --> 00:25:58,940
No, no, no, no!
539
00:25:59,083 --> 00:25:59,981
[Intercom buzzer]
540
00:26:00,118 --> 00:26:01,050
[Lifts phone]
541
00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:03,585
Yes, Della.
542
00:26:03,721 --> 00:26:06,087
Bring him in.
543
00:26:06,224 --> 00:26:07,213
[Sets phone down]
544
00:26:07,358 --> 00:26:08,791
The moment of reckoning.
545
00:26:12,463 --> 00:26:13,691
Judge Redmond.
546
00:26:13,831 --> 00:26:17,790
This is Lt. Anderson,
homicide, Los Angeles Police.
547
00:26:19,537 --> 00:26:22,665
I'm, um, I'm sorry to interrupt.
548
00:26:22,807 --> 00:26:24,707
That's all right, Lieutenant.
549
00:26:24,842 --> 00:26:30,212
Your Honor, I'm afraid I'll have
to ask you to come with me.
550
00:26:32,283 --> 00:26:34,615
I assume you have a warrant?
551
00:26:36,921 --> 00:26:38,479
Yes, Your Honor.
552
00:26:39,657 --> 00:26:41,352
The charge?
553
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,057
Murder.
554
00:26:45,263 --> 00:26:46,287
But...
555
00:26:46,431 --> 00:26:49,059
Wait a minute.
What's this about?
556
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,499
The first degree murder of...
Martin Weston.
557
00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,894
Mr. Kendall,
you are the publisher of
558
00:27:02,036 --> 00:27:03,196
"The Daily Clarion?"
559
00:27:03,337 --> 00:27:04,463
That's right.
560
00:27:04,605 --> 00:27:09,235
Now, on the day before
Martin Weston was discovered
561
00:27:09,376 --> 00:27:11,037
in his hotel room murdered,
562
00:27:11,178 --> 00:27:13,578
did you have occasion
to visit the chambers
563
00:27:13,714 --> 00:27:16,478
of the defendant,
Judge Daniel Redmond?
564
00:27:16,617 --> 00:27:17,675
I did.
565
00:27:17,818 --> 00:27:20,150
And would you, please,
tell this court, Mr. Kendall,
566
00:27:20,287 --> 00:27:22,881
what you said to the defendant
on that occasion?
567
00:27:23,023 --> 00:27:25,753
I told him that I was aware
of what was to be brought out
568
00:27:25,893 --> 00:27:27,918
in the course of the Senate
Sub-committee Hearings
569
00:27:28,062 --> 00:27:29,996
on Business and Procedure
in Los Angeles.
570
00:27:30,131 --> 00:27:31,655
And that was what?
571
00:27:31,799 --> 00:27:33,699
Your Honor, I object to
the question on the ground
572
00:27:33,834 --> 00:27:35,563
it assumes facts
not in evidence.
573
00:27:35,703 --> 00:27:38,433
The witness is just about
to put the facts into evidence,
574
00:27:38,572 --> 00:27:39,436
Mr. Mason.
575
00:27:39,573 --> 00:27:41,040
Just hearsay.
576
00:27:41,175 --> 00:27:42,369
The witness has
no first-hand knowledge
577
00:27:42,510 --> 00:27:43,977
of the Senate committee's work.
578
00:27:44,111 --> 00:27:46,102
Your Honor, this is nonsense.
579
00:27:46,247 --> 00:27:49,876
The testimony of the witness
on this point--hearsay or not--
580
00:27:50,017 --> 00:27:52,918
is a necessary prelude
to his testimony
581
00:27:53,053 --> 00:27:55,453
on how the defendant reacted.
582
00:27:55,589 --> 00:27:57,216
I object to the question,
further,
583
00:27:57,358 --> 00:27:59,792
on the ground that
the information to be revealed
584
00:27:59,927 --> 00:28:00,916
was obtained illegally.
585
00:28:01,061 --> 00:28:03,495
Illegally?! Come on, Mr. Mason.
586
00:28:03,631 --> 00:28:06,191
We're concerned
with the reaction and the intent
587
00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:09,166
of the defendant
after the witness spoke to him.
588
00:28:09,303 --> 00:28:10,770
I take it then, Mr. Burger,
589
00:28:10,905 --> 00:28:14,136
you are asking the court--
in lieu of proper foundation--
590
00:28:14,275 --> 00:28:17,608
to take judicial notice of the
Senate hearings and witness'
591
00:28:17,745 --> 00:28:18,734
knowledge of those hearings?
592
00:28:18,879 --> 00:28:20,506
Exactly, Your Honor!
593
00:28:20,648 --> 00:28:22,616
Judicial notice cannot be taken
594
00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:25,446
of facts not common knowledge
or easily verified.
595
00:28:25,586 --> 00:28:28,282
However, defense will stipulate
596
00:28:28,422 --> 00:28:31,323
as to the admissibility of
the evidence on one condition.
597
00:28:31,458 --> 00:28:33,153
What's that condition,
Mr. Mason?
598
00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:36,195
That the witness swear
he was not politically motivated
599
00:28:36,330 --> 00:28:38,000
in illegally obtaining
the information and,
600
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,969
further more, that it was
not obtained in collusion
601
00:28:41,103 --> 00:28:42,434
with the Senate committee.
602
00:28:42,572 --> 00:28:44,369
Mason knows full well
that's a loaded question!
603
00:28:44,507 --> 00:28:45,906
I refuse to answer it!
604
00:28:46,042 --> 00:28:48,875
Exercising your privilege
as a journalist?
605
00:28:49,011 --> 00:28:50,171
That's right, Your Honor.
606
00:28:50,313 --> 00:28:53,578
Mr. Mason, I'm going to permit
the witness to answer
607
00:28:53,716 --> 00:28:55,877
Mr. Burger's question
without regard to his source
608
00:28:56,018 --> 00:28:57,212
of information.
609
00:28:57,353 --> 00:29:01,915
We are concerned not with what
the committee was going to do,
610
00:29:02,058 --> 00:29:04,390
but only with what defendant
may have believed
611
00:29:04,527 --> 00:29:06,392
the committee would do.
612
00:29:06,529 --> 00:29:07,655
Mr. Kendall.
613
00:29:09,465 --> 00:29:12,901
I told Dan Redmond that the
Senate subcommittee was about
614
00:29:13,035 --> 00:29:15,595
to question him in regard
to his participation
615
00:29:15,738 --> 00:29:19,037
in criminal fraud against
the United States government.
616
00:29:20,710 --> 00:29:22,974
Were you questioned
by anyone else
617
00:29:23,112 --> 00:29:25,342
concerning what happened
that night in Washington
618
00:29:25,481 --> 00:29:26,448
20 years ago?
619
00:29:26,582 --> 00:29:28,777
Yes, sir. Counsel for
the Senate committee,
620
00:29:28,918 --> 00:29:31,011
Mr. James Wall,
also questioned me.
621
00:29:31,153 --> 00:29:33,246
What did you tell
Mr. James Wall?
622
00:29:33,389 --> 00:29:34,378
The truth--
623
00:29:34,523 --> 00:29:36,855
that I was present
with Daniel Redmond
624
00:29:36,993 --> 00:29:39,257
while a plan was worked out
to defraud
625
00:29:39,395 --> 00:29:40,885
the United States government.
626
00:29:41,030 --> 00:29:42,861
Burger: Thank you, Miss Eberly.
627
00:29:42,999 --> 00:29:44,830
Your witness, Mr. Mason.
628
00:29:44,967 --> 00:29:46,867
Miss Eberly, you were present,
and you heard this plan.
629
00:29:47,003 --> 00:29:49,096
Tell me--
did you also profit from it?
630
00:29:49,238 --> 00:29:51,502
Burger: Your Honor, I request
that this witness be advised
631
00:29:51,641 --> 00:29:53,768
of her privilege against
self incrimination!
632
00:29:53,910 --> 00:29:56,811
Your Honor, may I ask the court
to clarify for me
633
00:29:56,946 --> 00:29:59,244
whether or not the privilege
against self incrimination
634
00:29:59,382 --> 00:30:02,545
can be invoked only for those
offenses subject to prosecution
635
00:30:02,685 --> 00:30:03,617
in the same forum?
636
00:30:03,753 --> 00:30:05,277
This is a state court.
637
00:30:05,421 --> 00:30:08,185
Can a witness here rely on
a rule that would make possible
638
00:30:08,324 --> 00:30:10,155
subsequent prosecution
in a federal court?
639
00:30:10,293 --> 00:30:12,488
Your Honor, the question
the defense counsel
640
00:30:12,628 --> 00:30:16,086
asked the witness goes
far beyond the area of fraud.
641
00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:18,757
It lays the groundwork
for malice aforethought
642
00:30:18,901 --> 00:30:22,064
and premeditation
in a murder charge.
643
00:30:22,204 --> 00:30:24,798
Your Honor,
since the district attorney
644
00:30:24,941 --> 00:30:27,102
has virtually stipulated
that the witness had a motive
645
00:30:27,243 --> 00:30:30,735
for the murder of Martin Weston,
I withdraw the question.
646
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,405
And I'm finished
with the witness.
647
00:30:33,549 --> 00:30:36,746
Call your next witness,
Mr. Burger.
648
00:30:38,554 --> 00:30:41,387
I found this glass on
the night table beside the bed.
649
00:30:41,524 --> 00:30:43,754
There was what appeared
to be the remnants of a drink
650
00:30:43,893 --> 00:30:45,155
still in the glass.
651
00:30:45,294 --> 00:30:46,989
What was done with the glass,
Lieutenant?
652
00:30:47,129 --> 00:30:48,687
Well, the contents
were poured and sealed
653
00:30:48,831 --> 00:30:50,458
for toxicological examination
654
00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:53,932
and the glass itself was dusted
with contrast dusting powder
655
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:56,334
so that possible fingerprints
could be photographed.
656
00:30:56,472 --> 00:30:59,464
Burger: Now, what did
the toxicological tests reveal
657
00:30:59,608 --> 00:31:01,132
about the contents
of that glass?
658
00:31:01,277 --> 00:31:02,904
Well, it contained--
besides water--
659
00:31:03,045 --> 00:31:06,537
whiskey and traces of a drug
called morphine sulfate.
660
00:31:06,682 --> 00:31:08,377
And what about fingerprints?
661
00:31:08,517 --> 00:31:09,916
2 identifiable sets--
662
00:31:10,052 --> 00:31:12,316
the prints of the decedent,
Martin Weston,
663
00:31:12,455 --> 00:31:15,652
and prints of the defendant,
Daniel Redmond.
664
00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:18,316
I show you now
this medicine container,
665
00:31:18,461 --> 00:31:21,658
marked for identification
People's exhibit 2.
666
00:31:21,797 --> 00:31:23,287
I ask if you recognize it.
667
00:31:23,432 --> 00:31:26,868
Yes, sir. It was found under the
bed on which decedent was lying.
668
00:31:27,003 --> 00:31:29,938
I notice the container
has some pills left in it.
669
00:31:30,072 --> 00:31:31,334
Were they checked?
670
00:31:31,474 --> 00:31:34,170
Yes, sir. Both in our lab
and with the druggist
671
00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:35,277
who issued the prescription.
672
00:31:35,411 --> 00:31:36,901
And with what results?
673
00:31:37,046 --> 00:31:38,843
The medicine contained
morphine sulfate.
674
00:31:38,981 --> 00:31:41,006
And to whom was it sold?
675
00:31:41,150 --> 00:31:42,981
To a Miss Marian Lamont.
676
00:31:43,119 --> 00:31:46,054
But it was picked up for her
at the druggist's
677
00:31:46,188 --> 00:31:49,817
by her employer,
the defendant Daniel Redmond.
678
00:31:49,959 --> 00:31:53,486
Doctor, did you perform
a toxicological examination
679
00:31:53,629 --> 00:31:55,256
on the remains of Martin Weston?
680
00:31:55,398 --> 00:31:57,923
Yes. Prior to his death,
Martin Weston
681
00:31:58,067 --> 00:32:00,331
absorbed at least 2/10 of a gram
of morphine sulfate.
682
00:32:00,469 --> 00:32:01,868
What is morphine sulfate?
683
00:32:02,004 --> 00:32:04,529
An alkaloid, frequently
prescribed for pain relief
684
00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:05,833
in heart conditions.
685
00:32:05,975 --> 00:32:09,035
Would morphine sulfate dissolve
in a drink of, say,
686
00:32:09,178 --> 00:32:10,304
whiskey and water?
687
00:32:10,446 --> 00:32:11,708
Doctor: Yes.
688
00:32:11,847 --> 00:32:13,712
Burger: Was there anything else
in your examination
689
00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:14,873
worthy of note?
690
00:32:15,017 --> 00:32:18,714
Doctor: Yes, I found
a blood alcohol level of 0.34.
691
00:32:18,854 --> 00:32:20,412
Burger: Is that regarded
as high?
692
00:32:20,556 --> 00:32:22,854
Yes. Normally the person have
693
00:32:22,992 --> 00:32:25,051
great difficulty
in walking and talking.
694
00:32:25,194 --> 00:32:27,719
He would probably be nearing
the state of unconsciousness.
695
00:32:27,863 --> 00:32:31,492
Well, Doctor, is 2/10 of a gram
of morphine sulfate
696
00:32:31,634 --> 00:32:33,295
ordinarily considered
a fatal dose?
697
00:32:33,436 --> 00:32:34,528
Ordinarily not.
698
00:32:34,670 --> 00:32:37,468
But if a non-fatal dose is
absorbed with a substantial
699
00:32:37,606 --> 00:32:40,905
amount of alcohol, the alcohol
would accentuate the effects
700
00:32:41,043 --> 00:32:44,137
of the morphine sulfate,
converting a non-fatal dose
701
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,714
into a fatal dose.
702
00:32:46,849 --> 00:32:48,544
Martin Weston
was obviously drunk
703
00:32:48,684 --> 00:32:51,380
drunk almost to the point
of unconsciousness.
704
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,318
I stood there in the open
doorway, watching for a moment.
705
00:32:54,457 --> 00:32:58,689
It didn't begin to dawn on me
then what he was doing or why.
706
00:32:58,828 --> 00:33:02,286
But I watched Judge Redmond
lift Weston up
707
00:33:02,431 --> 00:33:06,299
and force the liquid
in his glass down his throat!
708
00:33:06,435 --> 00:33:09,768
Well, here we go. I'll start
with Sacramento first.
709
00:33:09,905 --> 00:33:12,601
Memo to the State Bar,
for comment by the governor,
710
00:33:12,741 --> 00:33:16,040
February 1943, Daniel Redmond
proposed to fill a vacancy
711
00:33:16,178 --> 00:33:17,475
on the bench.
712
00:33:17,613 --> 00:33:20,377
Here's some capsulized reports
on Mr. Gus Sawyer,
713
00:33:20,516 --> 00:33:22,643
one of the busiest men
Sacramento has ever seen!
714
00:33:22,785 --> 00:33:23,979
Item--lobbyist.
715
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,315
Item--fixer.
716
00:33:26,455 --> 00:33:28,787
Item-- heh, you name it,
you got it.
717
00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:31,051
Brother Gus not only had
the weight to throw around,
718
00:33:31,193 --> 00:33:32,490
he threw it.
719
00:33:32,628 --> 00:33:36,359
Did you check out any of his
specific lobbies or job fixing?
720
00:33:36,499 --> 00:33:38,490
I did thoroughly
and got nowhere.
721
00:33:38,634 --> 00:33:41,159
Everybody
was uncomfortably evasive
722
00:33:41,303 --> 00:33:43,794
about what Gus Sawyer
did or did not do for them.
723
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:46,339
Despite the fact that
he registered as their lobbyist,
724
00:33:46,475 --> 00:33:48,841
one outfit denied ever knowing
dear old Gus,
725
00:33:48,978 --> 00:33:49,876
much less hiring him.
726
00:33:50,012 --> 00:33:53,277
All of which adds up
to one great big zero.
727
00:33:53,415 --> 00:33:57,977
No, Della, 2 zeros. But with
a one in front of them--100%
728
00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,280
You spotted something!
729
00:33:59,421 --> 00:34:01,855
Yes, I have. Washington, Paul.
Am I right?
730
00:34:01,991 --> 00:34:04,357
On the nose.
There's no question.
731
00:34:04,493 --> 00:34:07,018
There was absolutely nothing
in the Navy records
732
00:34:07,163 --> 00:34:09,028
pointing to fraud in 1943.
733
00:34:09,165 --> 00:34:10,189
What?
734
00:34:10,332 --> 00:34:11,424
It's not hard to find fraud
735
00:34:11,567 --> 00:34:12,693
if you know
what you're looking for.
736
00:34:12,835 --> 00:34:14,325
And they're really
tearing those records apart
737
00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:16,199
back in Washington.
738
00:34:16,338 --> 00:34:18,806
An hour ago,
their job was made easier.
739
00:34:18,941 --> 00:34:20,238
What happened an hour ago?
740
00:34:20,376 --> 00:34:22,606
I got a tip
that Quinn Torrey and counsel
741
00:34:22,745 --> 00:34:25,805
paid a visit to the local office
of the federal attorney general.
742
00:34:25,948 --> 00:34:27,711
Torrey's attorney must have advised him
743
00:34:27,850 --> 00:34:29,408
that the truth would come out
anyway and he'd be smart
744
00:34:29,552 --> 00:34:30,780
to cop some sort of a plea.
745
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,684
Now, I'm not sure.
But I've been told
746
00:34:33,822 --> 00:34:36,882
that Quinn Torrey made
a full confession to that fraud.
747
00:34:37,026 --> 00:34:38,015
Naming?
748
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,094
Naming Judge Daniel Redmond.
749
00:34:43,811 --> 00:34:47,178
On advice of counsel,
I make the following statement.
750
00:34:47,314 --> 00:34:49,942
"The night of March 26, 1943,
751
00:34:50,084 --> 00:34:51,984
"I was present at the residence
752
00:34:52,119 --> 00:34:53,848
"of Gus Sawyer
in Washington, D.C.,
753
00:34:53,988 --> 00:34:56,252
"when Daniel Redmond
was involved in a discussion
754
00:34:56,390 --> 00:34:59,689
"of a unique method of handling
marine engine procurement.
755
00:34:59,827 --> 00:35:01,818
I was not..."
756
00:35:04,798 --> 00:35:07,926
"I was not aware that the
method, which I put into effect,
757
00:35:08,068 --> 00:35:09,695
"involved statutory fraud.
758
00:35:09,837 --> 00:35:12,965
"Subsequently, purely as
a token of personal friendship,
759
00:35:13,107 --> 00:35:15,837
"and in no way involved with
the procurement in question,
760
00:35:15,976 --> 00:35:20,470
"I employed Gus Sawyer to
represent my company for a year.
761
00:35:20,614 --> 00:35:24,516
"I paid for a mortgage due
on the home of Martin Weston.
762
00:35:24,652 --> 00:35:28,713
"And... I contributed
to a campaign
763
00:35:28,856 --> 00:35:30,118
"to have Daniel Redmond
appointed
764
00:35:30,257 --> 00:35:32,020
to the California bench."
765
00:35:32,159 --> 00:35:34,923
May the record show, please,
that on advice of counsel,
766
00:35:35,062 --> 00:35:37,189
the witness
has nothing further to say.
767
00:35:37,331 --> 00:35:39,265
He has said quite enough.
768
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,460
Your witness, Mr. Mason.
769
00:35:42,603 --> 00:35:47,063
Mr. Torrey,
did you give Madge Eberly
770
00:35:47,207 --> 00:35:49,573
the money to open
the gift shop she now operates
771
00:35:49,710 --> 00:35:51,678
in Los Angeles?
772
00:35:51,812 --> 00:35:52,972
Answer "no."
773
00:35:53,113 --> 00:35:54,375
No.
774
00:35:54,515 --> 00:35:56,881
Mason:
In 1943, did Daniel Redmond
775
00:35:57,017 --> 00:36:01,044
ever personally ask
for your help in any way?
776
00:36:01,188 --> 00:36:03,418
[Whispering]
777
00:36:03,557 --> 00:36:04,649
No.
778
00:36:04,792 --> 00:36:06,259
Then how did you know he wanted,
779
00:36:06,393 --> 00:36:08,327
as a token of friendship,
of course,
780
00:36:08,462 --> 00:36:10,521
your help in becoming a judge?
781
00:36:10,664 --> 00:36:13,155
[Whispering]
782
00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:15,768
Gus Sawyer told me.
783
00:36:17,471 --> 00:36:19,302
20 years ago, a couple of days
784
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,998
after that party in Washington,
785
00:36:21,141 --> 00:36:23,575
Marty Weston called me--
he was all upset--
786
00:36:23,711 --> 00:36:27,238
to say that Redmond hadn't told
him the complete truth,
787
00:36:27,381 --> 00:36:30,908
that the procurement deal
could conceivably involve
788
00:36:31,051 --> 00:36:32,541
fraud against the government.
789
00:36:32,686 --> 00:36:36,417
Not that it did,
but that it could.
790
00:36:36,557 --> 00:36:39,458
And I asked him what Redmond
planned to do about it.
791
00:36:39,593 --> 00:36:41,652
And Marty told me very bluntly
792
00:36:41,795 --> 00:36:45,196
that Redmond had stated
he'd do absolutely nothing
793
00:36:45,332 --> 00:36:48,790
if he was appointed
a judge in California.
794
00:36:48,936 --> 00:36:50,961
Did you tell this
to Mr. Quinn Torrey?
795
00:36:51,105 --> 00:36:53,335
Yes. We talked about it
at the time.
796
00:36:53,474 --> 00:36:55,908
I told him that I thought
that Redmond was bluffing.
797
00:36:56,043 --> 00:36:58,603
But, well since he was
such a good friend,
798
00:36:58,746 --> 00:37:00,111
why not give him what he wanted?
799
00:37:00,247 --> 00:37:01,214
And did you?
800
00:37:01,348 --> 00:37:06,547
Well through me Quinn made
some contributions
801
00:37:06,687 --> 00:37:08,382
to certain political campaigns.
802
00:37:08,522 --> 00:37:10,752
Everything strictly above-board,
803
00:37:10,891 --> 00:37:13,917
with the suggestion
that Daniel Redmond
804
00:37:14,061 --> 00:37:16,222
would make an excellent judge.
805
00:37:16,363 --> 00:37:19,230
Obviously, these people agreed.
806
00:37:19,366 --> 00:37:23,166
Very well, Mr. Sawyer.
Now, just who were these people?
807
00:37:23,303 --> 00:37:27,637
Well, I never did keep records,
Mr. Burger.
808
00:37:27,775 --> 00:37:30,369
It's so many years ago, I--
809
00:37:30,511 --> 00:37:32,479
I just don't remember now.
810
00:37:32,613 --> 00:37:35,081
How very convenient.
811
00:37:35,215 --> 00:37:37,706
Cross-examine, Mr. Mason.
812
00:37:40,754 --> 00:37:44,713
As a paid lobbyist, did you
report on your income tax
813
00:37:44,858 --> 00:37:46,689
all the monies
that were put into your hands?
814
00:37:46,827 --> 00:37:47,953
Of course not.
815
00:37:48,095 --> 00:37:51,087
Only that part of it that
was mine, personal income.
816
00:37:51,231 --> 00:37:53,256
How much did Quinn Torrey
contribute
817
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,391
toward making Daniel Redmond
a judge?
818
00:37:55,536 --> 00:37:56,764
Well, that wasn't exactly--
819
00:37:56,904 --> 00:37:59,202
How much?
820
00:37:59,339 --> 00:38:00,806
$10,000.
821
00:38:00,941 --> 00:38:03,603
How much of that $10,000 did you
report on your income taxes?
822
00:38:03,744 --> 00:38:06,076
None of it. I was under salary
to Mr. Torrey.
823
00:38:06,213 --> 00:38:08,613
And all the money
was to be disbursed.
824
00:38:08,749 --> 00:38:12,378
Was your contract with
Quinn Torrey an exclusive one?
825
00:38:12,519 --> 00:38:15,113
No. I worked
for lot of other companies.
826
00:38:15,255 --> 00:38:19,089
Including, in 1943,
the Arlington Industries?
827
00:38:19,226 --> 00:38:21,194
I'm looking at a lobbyist
registration report
828
00:38:21,328 --> 00:38:22,727
you filed that year.
829
00:38:22,863 --> 00:38:25,331
Yes, I believe
I did represent them.
830
00:38:25,465 --> 00:38:27,399
At a retainer of $10,000.
831
00:38:27,534 --> 00:38:28,330
That's right.
832
00:38:28,468 --> 00:38:29,958
Is it?
833
00:38:30,103 --> 00:38:32,401
I have here a deposition
from Mr. Arlington,
834
00:38:32,539 --> 00:38:33,631
president of the company.
835
00:38:33,774 --> 00:38:35,742
He swears he never met you,
doesn't know you,
836
00:38:35,876 --> 00:38:36,808
never employed you.
837
00:38:36,944 --> 00:38:40,175
Are you sure
that was his $10,000?
838
00:38:40,314 --> 00:38:41,576
Well, there must be
some mistake.
839
00:38:41,715 --> 00:38:44,377
When was Daniel Redmond
made a judge?
840
00:38:44,518 --> 00:38:49,615
In...April of 1943.
841
00:38:49,756 --> 00:38:52,281
A month after that famous
Washington party?
842
00:38:52,426 --> 00:38:53,950
Yes.
843
00:38:54,094 --> 00:38:56,119
According to this notarized
and authenticated statement
844
00:38:56,263 --> 00:38:58,629
from Sacramento,
Daniel Redmond's appointment
845
00:38:58,765 --> 00:39:01,325
to the bench was considered
and forwarded for comment
846
00:39:01,468 --> 00:39:05,199
to the State Bar
in February 1943,
847
00:39:05,339 --> 00:39:06,465
a month before that party!
848
00:39:06,607 --> 00:39:07,665
What?
849
00:39:07,808 --> 00:39:10,003
The decision to appoint him
had already been made
850
00:39:10,143 --> 00:39:12,168
a month before the party.
The formal appointment
851
00:39:12,312 --> 00:39:14,177
and the public announcement
wasn't made
852
00:39:14,314 --> 00:39:15,781
until a month after the party!
853
00:39:15,916 --> 00:39:18,009
Well, I--I don't understand.
854
00:39:18,151 --> 00:39:20,551
Can it be the $10,000
you reported getting
855
00:39:20,687 --> 00:39:23,349
from Arlington Industries
was actually the $10,000
856
00:39:23,490 --> 00:39:26,152
Quinn Torrey gave you to buy
Daniel Redmond a judgeship
857
00:39:26,293 --> 00:39:27,419
he'd already been given?
858
00:39:27,561 --> 00:39:30,257
Is it possible Daniel Redmond
never asked Martin Weston
859
00:39:30,397 --> 00:39:31,455
to be made a judge?
860
00:39:31,598 --> 00:39:33,691
Is it possible Martin Weston
never called you
861
00:39:33,834 --> 00:39:34,892
and told you he had?
862
00:39:35,035 --> 00:39:37,333
Is it possible you invented
the whole story
863
00:39:37,471 --> 00:39:40,099
just to steal $10,000
from Quinn Torrey?
864
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:41,537
I don't remember.
865
00:39:41,675 --> 00:39:43,233
Of course you don't remember!
866
00:39:43,377 --> 00:39:46,403
Of course
I offered Weston immunity.
867
00:39:46,546 --> 00:39:47,740
That's a normal procedure.
868
00:39:47,881 --> 00:39:50,179
Besides, his part in the fraud
was minuscule
869
00:39:50,317 --> 00:39:52,842
more that of a spectator,
profiting after the fact,
870
00:39:52,986 --> 00:39:55,113
rather than that
of an actual participant.
871
00:39:55,255 --> 00:39:57,280
I certainly didn't feel
any breach of public trust
872
00:39:57,424 --> 00:39:58,448
was involved.
873
00:39:58,592 --> 00:40:00,492
If his involvement
was so minuscule,
874
00:40:00,627 --> 00:40:03,118
so small, so remote
from the felony,
875
00:40:03,263 --> 00:40:06,494
how did you plan to induce him
to become a willing witness?
876
00:40:06,633 --> 00:40:09,932
Ah, there! There were
the Navy records, of course.
877
00:40:10,070 --> 00:40:13,699
Of course. But exactly what
Navy records, Mr. Wall?
878
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,070
Oh, now that, Mr. Mason,
879
00:40:16,209 --> 00:40:19,042
I'm afraid is privileged
information.
880
00:40:19,179 --> 00:40:21,773
You can't turn around in this
case without stubbing your toe
881
00:40:21,915 --> 00:40:23,405
on somebody's privilege.
882
00:40:23,550 --> 00:40:25,518
But I think this is one
privilege too many, Mr. Wall.
883
00:40:25,652 --> 00:40:27,279
That's not for you to decide.
884
00:40:27,421 --> 00:40:29,446
No, but Senator Deering can decide.
885
00:40:29,589 --> 00:40:30,817
I've spoken to him.
886
00:40:30,958 --> 00:40:34,257
He's ready to appear
and testify, if we need him.
887
00:40:34,394 --> 00:40:36,123
Mm-hmm. I see.
888
00:40:36,263 --> 00:40:37,855
Were there any Navy records?
889
00:40:37,998 --> 00:40:39,966
Records mentioning
Martin Weston,
890
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:41,431
Daniel Redmond, or anybody?
891
00:40:41,568 --> 00:40:43,866
Were there records even
indicating that there
892
00:40:44,004 --> 00:40:44,834
had been a fraud?
893
00:40:44,972 --> 00:40:46,098
Not exactly.
894
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:47,501
Mason: What do you mean by
"not exactly?"
895
00:40:47,641 --> 00:40:52,135
I did have...well, a document,
a confidential report
896
00:40:52,279 --> 00:40:54,440
based on an investigation
made in Washington.
897
00:40:54,581 --> 00:40:56,242
Do you still have it?
898
00:40:57,284 --> 00:40:59,718
No, I had to give it back.
899
00:40:59,853 --> 00:41:02,651
That document gave you
all the information you needed
900
00:41:02,789 --> 00:41:04,086
to question Martin Weston?
901
00:41:04,224 --> 00:41:07,819
No, not all.
More or less just a statement
902
00:41:07,961 --> 00:41:09,724
that a fraud had been committed.
903
00:41:09,863 --> 00:41:13,321
And that it involved
Martin Weston, Daniel Redmond,
904
00:41:13,467 --> 00:41:14,525
and some marine engines.
905
00:41:14,668 --> 00:41:18,331
The bulky folder you referred to
during the hearings,
906
00:41:18,472 --> 00:41:20,337
the one the newspaper photos
pictured you holding--
907
00:41:20,474 --> 00:41:22,738
that was just window dressing,
wasn't it?
908
00:41:22,876 --> 00:41:26,573
Yes. But there was enough
of truth there to warrant
909
00:41:26,713 --> 00:41:28,146
the questioning.
You can't deny that!
910
00:41:28,281 --> 00:41:29,475
And neither could Weston!
911
00:41:29,616 --> 00:41:31,447
Weston didn't deny it
at the hearing.
912
00:41:31,585 --> 00:41:33,143
Did he deny it later
when you paid him a visit?
913
00:41:33,286 --> 00:41:35,186
Not really. He just...
914
00:41:35,322 --> 00:41:36,254
Mason: Just "what?"
915
00:41:36,390 --> 00:41:38,858
He said the document
was a complete forgery
916
00:41:38,992 --> 00:41:40,687
and that he could prove it.
917
00:41:40,827 --> 00:41:42,089
He laughed.
918
00:41:42,229 --> 00:41:47,792
He admitted he had participated
in a fraud back in 1943,
919
00:41:47,934 --> 00:41:49,333
And then challenged me,
920
00:41:49,469 --> 00:41:53,030
dared me to produce one single
bona fide record to prove it!
921
00:41:53,173 --> 00:41:54,037
Could you?
922
00:41:54,174 --> 00:41:55,163
No.
923
00:41:55,308 --> 00:41:57,674
So you returned
the forged document
924
00:41:57,811 --> 00:41:59,369
to the person
who had given it to you.
925
00:41:59,513 --> 00:42:02,277
Yes. I told him that we would
handle the investigation
926
00:42:02,416 --> 00:42:04,748
ourselves from then on,
fully and completely!
927
00:42:04,885 --> 00:42:06,079
And what did Mr. Kendall say?
928
00:42:06,219 --> 00:42:08,050
Nothing. He just--
929
00:42:08,188 --> 00:42:09,155
Mason: That's right.
930
00:42:09,289 --> 00:42:12,122
The man who gave you
that forged document,
931
00:42:12,259 --> 00:42:14,420
that man was Victor Kendall.
932
00:42:15,929 --> 00:42:17,624
You found out about the fraud
933
00:42:17,764 --> 00:42:20,255
when Madge Eberly
told you about it?
934
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,526
Yes.
935
00:42:21,668 --> 00:42:24,364
Told you for a price!
936
00:42:24,504 --> 00:42:27,598
A gift shop for her and for you,
937
00:42:27,741 --> 00:42:30,403
ammunition that would destroy
a political opponent.
938
00:42:30,544 --> 00:42:34,139
I knew Redmond was not really
involved in that fraud,
939
00:42:34,281 --> 00:42:38,741
that his appointment was beyond
any shadow of wrongdoing.
940
00:42:38,885 --> 00:42:41,445
I only wanted to force him
out of the race.
941
00:42:41,588 --> 00:42:43,283
12 years
942
00:42:43,423 --> 00:42:45,414
I worked for that nomination!
943
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,254
Quinn Torrey came to see me
about a month ago,
944
00:42:50,397 --> 00:42:51,955
with a deal for the nomination.
945
00:42:52,099 --> 00:42:54,761
He warned me then that the party
was considering Redmond,
946
00:42:54,901 --> 00:42:58,029
that he'd throw his support
behind Dan.
947
00:42:58,171 --> 00:43:00,401
I turned him down.
948
00:43:00,540 --> 00:43:03,634
Then that woman, Madge Eberly,
949
00:43:03,777 --> 00:43:06,177
gave me a chance
to destroy them both.
950
00:43:06,313 --> 00:43:07,974
But only with that forged report
951
00:43:08,115 --> 00:43:10,777
could you've fooled Wall
into questioning Weston.
952
00:43:10,917 --> 00:43:13,351
When Wall showed him the report,
Weston knew he was safe.
953
00:43:13,487 --> 00:43:15,955
And when Madge Eberly
later admitted to him
954
00:43:16,089 --> 00:43:17,613
what she'd told you about it,
955
00:43:17,757 --> 00:43:20,317
Weston knew enough
to turn the tables.
956
00:43:20,460 --> 00:43:22,690
Then he started
blackmailing you.
957
00:43:22,829 --> 00:43:24,262
Yes. He--
958
00:43:24,397 --> 00:43:27,264
he threatened to do to me what
I was trying to do to Redmond.
959
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:31,268
He wanted to destroy
my reputation, destroy me!
960
00:43:31,404 --> 00:43:34,430
And so you stole
from Daniel Redmond's chambers
961
00:43:34,574 --> 00:43:36,906
a container of pills he'd picked
up for his secretary?
962
00:43:37,043 --> 00:43:41,480
I knew that...Dan knew about
Marian's heart trouble,
963
00:43:41,615 --> 00:43:43,173
the medicine she took.
964
00:43:45,018 --> 00:43:47,248
Yes.
965
00:43:47,387 --> 00:43:50,015
Yes, I knew what those pills
would do to a man
966
00:43:50,157 --> 00:43:52,216
who drank as much as Weston.
967
00:43:54,661 --> 00:44:00,327
And to destroy Daniel Redmond
and to save your own neck,
968
00:44:01,501 --> 00:44:03,935
you killed Weston.
969
00:44:04,070 --> 00:44:06,231
Yes.
970
00:44:08,074 --> 00:44:09,769
The Defense rests, Your Honor.
971
00:44:14,100 --> 00:44:16,660
[Humming]
972
00:44:19,706 --> 00:44:21,367
Hi, Miss Lamont!
973
00:44:21,507 --> 00:44:23,668
Oh! Hello, Della, Mr. Drake.
974
00:44:23,810 --> 00:44:26,404
Marian, we have a luncheon date
with our esteemed boss.
975
00:44:26,546 --> 00:44:28,343
Have you, by any chance,
seen the gentleman?
976
00:44:28,481 --> 00:44:29,539
Mr. Mason?
977
00:44:29,682 --> 00:44:31,013
The same.
978
00:44:38,191 --> 00:44:41,922
Of all the antiquated,
horse-and-buggy concepts of law,
979
00:44:42,061 --> 00:44:43,255
that one takes the cake!
980
00:44:43,396 --> 00:44:45,694
I tell you, Dan,
the fellow-servant doctrine,
981
00:44:45,832 --> 00:44:47,527
in the age of workmen's
compensation law
982
00:44:47,667 --> 00:44:51,034
is like Christopher Columbus
piloting a space ship to Mars!
983
00:44:51,170 --> 00:44:53,536
Respondeat superior, huh?
984
00:44:53,673 --> 00:44:57,200
I suppose that makes sense.
Of course.
985
00:44:57,343 --> 00:45:01,643
Perry, your syllogistic
space ship just blew a tire!
986
00:45:01,781 --> 00:45:03,339
Mixed metaphors!
You're fumbling, Dan,
987
00:45:03,483 --> 00:45:04,677
just fumbling!
988
00:45:04,817 --> 00:45:06,546
Oh, fumbling, am I?
989
00:45:06,686 --> 00:45:09,951
Here. Read Holmes,
Cardozo, Meecham,
990
00:45:10,089 --> 00:45:11,920
then tell me that I'm fumbling.
991
00:45:12,058 --> 00:45:15,858
Well, we're back in business!
992
00:45:15,908 --> 00:45:20,458
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