1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,509 ♪ 2 00:01:04,421 --> 00:01:07,549 ♪ 3 00:01:34,014 --> 00:01:35,850 Whoa! Whoa! 4 00:01:37,184 --> 00:01:40,353 I hear ya! And don't do it again! 5 00:01:46,610 --> 00:01:47,819 Take what you want. 6 00:01:49,820 --> 00:01:51,488 Your name Trampas? 7 00:01:51,571 --> 00:01:52,906 Yeah, that's right. 8 00:01:52,989 --> 00:01:55,491 Did you stop over in Redhill? 9 00:01:55,649 --> 00:01:56,733 I was there yesterday. 10 00:01:56,859 --> 00:02:00,028 You got any visible means of support? 11 00:02:00,152 --> 00:02:02,697 $54 US silver certificates. 12 00:02:02,822 --> 00:02:05,532 That's all right, put your money back in your pocket. 13 00:02:05,615 --> 00:02:08,034 If this is not a hold-up, 14 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:10,537 you mind pointing that somewhere else? 15 00:02:10,619 --> 00:02:13,079 Just as soon as you relieve hold of your sidearm. 16 00:02:13,204 --> 00:02:14,664 You're taking my gun? 17 00:02:14,746 --> 00:02:15,914 That's right. 18 00:02:16,039 --> 00:02:19,501 Slow and easy, let's get that gun belt off. 19 00:02:19,579 --> 00:02:21,038 Mr. Wainwright over to the side's 20 00:02:21,122 --> 00:02:23,164 got a bead on the back of your head. 21 00:02:23,248 --> 00:02:24,875 You mind if I ask why? 22 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,459 I'll do the asking. 23 00:02:26,543 --> 00:02:28,044 You sound like a lawman. 24 00:02:28,169 --> 00:02:29,212 That's right. 25 00:02:29,331 --> 00:02:32,542 Howard Acton, Sheriff of Redhill. 26 00:02:32,625 --> 00:02:33,877 Mr. Wainwright's my deputy. 27 00:02:34,003 --> 00:02:36,297 I'm right with you, Mr. Wainwright. 28 00:02:36,380 --> 00:02:38,548 - No sudden moves. - Slow and easy now. 29 00:02:38,626 --> 00:02:40,587 Slow and easy. 30 00:02:45,334 --> 00:02:46,543 Am I under arrest? 31 00:02:46,627 --> 00:02:48,669 Why, yes, I'd say so. 32 00:02:48,748 --> 00:02:50,583 Any particular charge? 33 00:02:50,666 --> 00:02:52,251 I'll let you know more about that 34 00:02:52,376 --> 00:02:54,420 as soon as we match up a couple of facts. 35 00:02:54,470 --> 00:02:55,846 Come on, let's go. 36 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:01,015 Come along. 37 00:03:01,098 --> 00:03:02,224 Come on, horse. 38 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:05,518 ♪ 39 00:04:00,214 --> 00:04:02,383 You been here 'fore? 40 00:04:02,467 --> 00:04:03,885 Yeah, this morning. 41 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,042 What time? 42 00:04:05,125 --> 00:04:06,627 Uh, 6:30. 43 00:04:06,710 --> 00:04:08,003 Mm-hmm. 44 00:04:08,128 --> 00:04:10,297 Would you please place your foot 45 00:04:10,381 --> 00:04:12,716 next to that boot mark there? 46 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,468 The right or the left? 47 00:04:15,552 --> 00:04:16,804 The right, if you please. 48 00:04:18,347 --> 00:04:19,640 Mm-hmm. 49 00:04:21,973 --> 00:04:24,058 Royal? 50 00:04:24,144 --> 00:04:25,745 You and Ned go in and remove the remains. 51 00:04:25,813 --> 00:04:27,439 Use this army blanket. 52 00:04:27,523 --> 00:04:29,817 Ted, you take this shovel and dig out those exhibits 53 00:04:29,895 --> 00:04:31,813 and place them out in flat boxes. 54 00:04:31,896 --> 00:04:33,398 Be careful not to break the earth 55 00:04:33,482 --> 00:04:35,403 so Judge Carver can't complain about our methods. 56 00:04:35,484 --> 00:04:37,069 Don't have to go to all this trouble. 57 00:04:37,152 --> 00:04:38,861 I'd admit it under oath or not, I was here 58 00:04:38,980 --> 00:04:41,065 with the man that owns this place. 59 00:04:41,148 --> 00:04:42,400 Gerald Bishop? 60 00:04:42,483 --> 00:04:44,610 Yeah, we rode out here just before sunup. 61 00:04:44,696 --> 00:04:46,280 Mm-hmm. 62 00:04:52,157 --> 00:04:56,327 Uh... they carrying a dead man? 63 00:04:56,454 --> 00:04:58,540 Mm-hmm. 64 00:04:58,660 --> 00:05:00,328 Gerald Bishop. 65 00:05:06,499 --> 00:05:08,960 In exactly six days, Marshall Krug and I 66 00:05:09,076 --> 00:05:11,454 intend to complete this session of the court. 67 00:05:11,537 --> 00:05:14,247 At that time, we will travel to Governor Tyndall's ranch 68 00:05:14,338 --> 00:05:17,174 where we will enjoy our first vacation in two years. 69 00:05:17,299 --> 00:05:20,094 Now, if you think you can convince this Trampas 70 00:05:20,172 --> 00:05:21,852 this in six days' time, I'll hear the case. 71 00:05:21,965 --> 00:05:24,259 If not, wait for the next judge. 72 00:05:24,377 --> 00:05:26,629 Your Honor, does that... 73 00:05:26,713 --> 00:05:29,382 Does that six days include Saturdays and Sundays? 74 00:05:29,472 --> 00:05:31,181 We need rest, Sheriff. 75 00:05:31,306 --> 00:05:33,559 We do not intend to hold court seven days a week. 76 00:05:33,687 --> 00:05:35,689 It does not include Saturday and Sunday. 77 00:05:35,772 --> 00:05:37,274 Yes, sir. 78 00:05:37,357 --> 00:05:39,275 That leaves four working days. 79 00:05:39,386 --> 00:05:40,929 Or wait for the next judge. 80 00:05:41,055 --> 00:05:43,096 Your Honor, it ain't easy to get a first-class judge 81 00:05:43,140 --> 00:05:45,225 out here past the territory markers. 82 00:05:45,385 --> 00:05:47,512 Hate to waste your last few days on chicken thieves. 83 00:05:47,595 --> 00:05:49,213 We appreciate the compliment, Sheriff, 84 00:05:49,237 --> 00:05:52,240 - but you have our ruling. - Yes, sir. 85 00:05:52,365 --> 00:05:53,867 Four days. 86 00:05:53,984 --> 00:05:55,665 We'd have to get Abel Hewitt as prosecutor. 87 00:05:55,736 --> 00:05:58,279 If anyone can hang him, Mr. Hewitt can. 88 00:05:58,404 --> 00:06:01,616 Does Trampas have counsel to represent him? 89 00:06:01,706 --> 00:06:02,874 No, sir, Your Honor, 90 00:06:02,999 --> 00:06:05,250 he'd need a court-appointed lawyer. 91 00:06:05,437 --> 00:06:07,648 The fact that Redhill has only one lawyer, 92 00:06:07,773 --> 00:06:12,319 I hereby appoint Mr. Grover... Smith. 93 00:06:18,248 --> 00:06:19,541 Thank you. 94 00:06:19,657 --> 00:06:21,825 With Mr. Smith defending, 95 00:06:21,950 --> 00:06:23,785 it oughtn't take more than four days. 96 00:06:29,090 --> 00:06:30,757 - Mr. Smith? - Sheriff. 97 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:33,218 Mr. Smith, we're in kind of a hurry. 98 00:06:33,301 --> 00:06:34,761 We're rounding up a jury. 99 00:06:34,857 --> 00:06:37,276 Judge Carver wants to sit in one more trial before he leaves. 100 00:06:37,401 --> 00:06:39,736 I thought he'd finish off on small claims. 101 00:06:39,889 --> 00:06:41,599 No, sir, it's a case for a full jury. 102 00:06:41,724 --> 00:06:44,185 - Felony? - Yes, sir, capital crime. 103 00:06:44,238 --> 00:06:45,656 Murder? 104 00:06:45,740 --> 00:06:47,616 Yep, Gerald Bishop. 105 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:50,786 Oh, yeah, some vagrant killed and robbed him. 106 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:52,536 Well, I don't know about robbed, 107 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:55,039 but the prisoner needs counsel to defend him, 108 00:06:55,154 --> 00:06:57,989 and naturally, Judge Carver appointed you. 109 00:06:58,115 --> 00:07:00,492 Uh, ain't gonna work out. 110 00:07:00,615 --> 00:07:02,659 Tell the judge not to worry. 111 00:07:02,784 --> 00:07:05,536 - Work out, sir? - Yeah, I gotta leave town. 112 00:07:05,588 --> 00:07:08,132 - My mother's ill back in Omaha. - Aw. 113 00:07:08,257 --> 00:07:10,802 But my late partner's cousin is arriving today 114 00:07:10,956 --> 00:07:14,625 from Endicott City to handle the practice in my absence. 115 00:07:14,708 --> 00:07:16,794 That's the Finch part of the firm. 116 00:07:16,877 --> 00:07:20,422 Ah-ha. But we can go ahead with the trial? 117 00:07:20,470 --> 00:07:22,596 Oh, yeah, yeah. 118 00:07:22,679 --> 00:07:25,724 Finch's cousin graduated with honors from Lincoln Law 119 00:07:25,875 --> 00:07:28,085 and served as legislative assistant 120 00:07:28,169 --> 00:07:30,503 - to Jennings Colin Brandt. - Mm-hmm. 121 00:07:30,593 --> 00:07:33,555 Tell Judge Carver not to worry about the defense. 122 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:36,350 No, sir. 123 00:07:36,475 --> 00:07:37,643 Mm-hmm. 124 00:07:44,605 --> 00:07:47,150 Circuit Court 4, trial district 11. 125 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:50,485 Judge Elmo J. Carver presiding. All rise. 126 00:07:50,609 --> 00:07:52,820 All rise. 127 00:07:52,903 --> 00:07:56,406 His honor Judge Elmo J. Carver. 128 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,272 Court will come to order. 129 00:07:58,355 --> 00:08:00,399 The defendant will approach the bench. 130 00:08:03,121 --> 00:08:05,706 Defendant stands accused of murder in the first degree. 131 00:08:05,829 --> 00:08:07,150 Do you plead guilty or not guilty? 132 00:08:07,205 --> 00:08:08,498 Not guilty. 133 00:08:08,623 --> 00:08:10,500 I see by the deposition before me 134 00:08:10,657 --> 00:08:13,202 you record your occupation as ranch worker. 135 00:08:13,284 --> 00:08:15,369 - Is that correct? - Yes, sir, that's correct. 136 00:08:15,459 --> 00:08:17,753 You'll refer to His Honor as "His Honor." 137 00:08:17,837 --> 00:08:20,256 Yes, sir... Your Honor, sir. 138 00:08:20,338 --> 00:08:23,174 Profession of ranch worker does not render you competent 139 00:08:23,257 --> 00:08:25,301 to act as legal counsel on your own behalf. 140 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:27,021 In the interest of justice, it is my duty 141 00:08:27,047 --> 00:08:29,382 to appoint legal counsel to defend you. 142 00:08:29,428 --> 00:08:31,971 The counsel I'm about to appoint 143 00:08:32,054 --> 00:08:34,056 is a member in good standing of the Bar Association 144 00:08:34,183 --> 00:08:35,601 and fully accredited. 145 00:08:35,684 --> 00:08:38,020 Do you accept the appointment of Frances B. Finch, 146 00:08:38,145 --> 00:08:41,022 - doctor of law? - Yes, s... yes, Your Honor, I accept. 147 00:08:43,798 --> 00:08:46,425 Frances B. Finch, please step forward. 148 00:08:50,647 --> 00:08:53,317 Your Honor, I am Frances B. Finch. 149 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,360 Miss Finch, the court learned of your gender 150 00:08:56,487 --> 00:08:59,073 only an hour ago, however we have made 151 00:08:59,228 --> 00:09:00,955 the proper extent adjustments and will extend 152 00:09:00,979 --> 00:09:03,440 every courtesy consistent with our standard of ethics. 153 00:09:03,565 --> 00:09:06,567 Your Honor enjoys a reputation for fair-mindedness. 154 00:09:06,659 --> 00:09:08,661 Do I hear any objections? 155 00:09:08,744 --> 00:09:14,498 Me? Uh, no... no... Yes, sir, Your Honor, I... 156 00:09:14,615 --> 00:09:19,578 I never knew there were any, uh, women lawyers. 157 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:21,536 Would you care to inspect my credentials? 158 00:09:21,620 --> 00:09:23,621 Yeah, uh, no. 159 00:09:23,713 --> 00:09:26,633 But I... think we ought to get acquainted. 160 00:09:26,716 --> 00:09:29,052 Defendant is remanded to the Sheriff's custody. 161 00:09:29,242 --> 00:09:31,702 Miss Finch you have until Friday to prepare your case. 162 00:09:31,785 --> 00:09:33,704 Until then, court is adjourned. 163 00:09:42,754 --> 00:09:43,964 Well, uh, Miss... 164 00:09:44,121 --> 00:09:45,998 Finch. 165 00:09:46,123 --> 00:09:50,376 Would you like to, uh... sit? 166 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:53,051 You sit down, please, Trampas. 167 00:09:53,134 --> 00:09:54,761 No, I prefer to wander around. 168 00:09:54,918 --> 00:09:58,462 It, uh... helps me get a better fix on you. 169 00:09:58,546 --> 00:10:03,509 Yeah, well, I guess I need fixin'. 170 00:10:03,631 --> 00:10:06,049 Well, one thing you'll have to put up with, 171 00:10:06,132 --> 00:10:10,511 and that's my womanly intuition. 172 00:10:10,569 --> 00:10:14,280 No matter how hard I try to be logical and precise, 173 00:10:14,474 --> 00:10:18,562 I still rely on... emanations. 174 00:10:18,645 --> 00:10:20,147 Em-en-in-ations? What? 175 00:10:20,231 --> 00:10:22,316 Uh... influences. 176 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:25,777 You know, the invisible aura that surrounds people. 177 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:27,068 Understand? 178 00:10:27,152 --> 00:10:29,904 Well, yeah, my horse has it. 179 00:10:32,238 --> 00:10:35,366 Trampas, I can't defend you 180 00:10:35,494 --> 00:10:37,496 unless you tell me everything. 181 00:10:39,957 --> 00:10:41,542 Okay, what do you want to know? 182 00:10:41,625 --> 00:10:45,587 I want to know why a competent professional 183 00:10:45,706 --> 00:10:50,168 like Sheriff Acton, a plain, simple-minded man, 184 00:10:50,249 --> 00:10:52,835 thinks that you murdered Gerald Bishop. 185 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,504 I guess because I was the last man to see him alive. 186 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,893 - Wrong. - Why? 187 00:10:57,977 --> 00:11:00,479 I think it's because somebody tipped him off, 188 00:11:00,558 --> 00:11:01,809 and whoever it was, 189 00:11:01,892 --> 00:11:03,213 they didn't want to bring charges, 190 00:11:03,311 --> 00:11:05,186 but they did want you arrested. 191 00:11:05,346 --> 00:11:07,097 How do you know that? 192 00:11:07,181 --> 00:11:11,810 Well... it says here in the, uh... 193 00:11:11,890 --> 00:11:15,976 In the fact sheet prepared by the Sheriff 194 00:11:16,060 --> 00:11:20,356 that... that the body of Gerald Bishop 195 00:11:20,478 --> 00:11:24,522 was found in the west gallery of the Bishop mine. 196 00:11:24,609 --> 00:11:28,071 And here, it asks us to believe 197 00:11:29,528 --> 00:11:31,696 that the sheriff just, well, 198 00:11:31,821 --> 00:11:35,408 happened to be wandering around in a mine, 199 00:11:35,532 --> 00:11:40,286 found a dead man, found some footprints, 200 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:44,162 and guessed that they belonged to an absolute 201 00:11:44,245 --> 00:11:47,123 and total stranger, you. 202 00:11:49,914 --> 00:11:52,375 Yeah, put it that way, he's a pretty good guesser. 203 00:11:52,458 --> 00:11:54,960 The way I see it at this point, 204 00:11:55,046 --> 00:11:57,756 there's... there's no use in my interviewing you. 205 00:11:57,881 --> 00:12:01,134 I believe you know less about what happened than I do. 206 00:12:01,218 --> 00:12:02,552 Then you believe I'm innocent. 207 00:12:02,677 --> 00:12:05,304 As a newborn babe. 208 00:12:05,421 --> 00:12:07,631 Well, I'm not that innocent. 209 00:12:07,756 --> 00:12:10,426 You're innocent. And helpless. 210 00:12:12,425 --> 00:12:15,587 And you're in danger, Trampas. 211 00:12:15,611 --> 00:12:17,654 I knew that with my own intuition. 212 00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:21,867 Well, we don't have time to prepare a defense. 213 00:12:22,016 --> 00:12:25,602 So we'll prepare an attack. 214 00:12:25,695 --> 00:12:29,741 Just this one minute. Before you go saving my hide. 215 00:12:29,791 --> 00:12:33,293 I'm against a woman getting a vote. 216 00:12:33,377 --> 00:12:36,338 Well... don't worry. 217 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:38,783 We'll protect you in spite of yourself. 218 00:12:41,071 --> 00:12:42,239 Deputy? 219 00:12:44,334 --> 00:12:46,086 Who found the body of Gerald Bishop? 220 00:12:46,169 --> 00:12:47,337 I did. 221 00:12:47,421 --> 00:12:49,922 In the west gallery of the Bishop mine? 222 00:12:50,035 --> 00:12:52,163 That's right, behind the conveyor cart. 223 00:12:52,288 --> 00:12:54,790 Why did you go there to look? 224 00:12:54,915 --> 00:12:57,417 Why not look down a well or somewhere up a hay loft? 225 00:12:57,500 --> 00:13:00,295 Because the argument took place outside the mine shaft. 226 00:13:00,345 --> 00:13:01,721 What argument? 227 00:13:01,805 --> 00:13:03,765 Between Trampas and Gerald Bishop. 228 00:13:03,890 --> 00:13:06,767 Did you overhear that argument? 229 00:13:06,928 --> 00:13:09,139 No, I did not. 230 00:13:09,227 --> 00:13:11,646 Well?! 231 00:13:11,771 --> 00:13:13,148 I didn't hear it. 232 00:13:13,273 --> 00:13:16,525 Oh, Sheriff, don't make me pull teeth. 233 00:13:16,609 --> 00:13:19,612 Who did hear the argument? 234 00:13:19,661 --> 00:13:22,288 Ellie Bishop, Gerald Bishop's daughter. 235 00:13:22,413 --> 00:13:24,957 Well. 236 00:13:25,117 --> 00:13:27,870 Why has it taken so long to tell me 237 00:13:27,953 --> 00:13:30,497 that it was Gerald Bishop's daughter Ellie 238 00:13:30,621 --> 00:13:33,373 who reported the murder? 239 00:13:33,457 --> 00:13:35,208 She didn't report it. 240 00:13:35,261 --> 00:13:37,471 What? She didn't bring charges? 241 00:13:37,596 --> 00:13:38,931 Ma'am. 242 00:13:39,076 --> 00:13:41,286 She couldn't bring charges for argument, 243 00:13:41,369 --> 00:13:44,789 and she didn't know her father was dead till we told her. 244 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:49,218 So she reported an argument, 245 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:51,385 and you came running. 246 00:13:51,469 --> 00:13:53,971 A raw argument with threats of violence, 247 00:13:54,128 --> 00:13:56,796 and it scared her, and when her father 248 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,882 didn't meet her like he said he was going to, 249 00:13:59,007 --> 00:14:01,051 it worse frightened her, and she came to me. 250 00:14:06,978 --> 00:14:08,897 Did she describe Trampas? 251 00:14:08,980 --> 00:14:12,609 Described him and told us she heard her father speak his name. 252 00:14:12,691 --> 00:14:15,485 Well, why isn't this written up in your report? 253 00:14:15,598 --> 00:14:18,935 Miss Finch, Ellie is set to be a witness for the prosecution. 254 00:14:19,018 --> 00:14:21,145 Oh, I see. 255 00:14:21,231 --> 00:14:25,526 No point in warning the defense, huh? 256 00:14:25,653 --> 00:14:29,240 Ma'am, your partner in law, Mr. Smith, 257 00:14:29,362 --> 00:14:30,988 is used to our methods of procedure. 258 00:14:31,072 --> 00:14:34,032 You see, we work out things together ahead of time, 259 00:14:34,084 --> 00:14:37,171 and it saves a lot of long, overdrawn wrangling. 260 00:14:37,254 --> 00:14:40,715 We don't ram heads, and it cuts down on the paperwork. 261 00:14:40,869 --> 00:14:45,958 I see, so the trial is just a sort of, uh, formality. 262 00:14:46,044 --> 00:14:49,964 Well, it's fair, and it's fast, and it gets the job done. 263 00:14:50,007 --> 00:14:52,885 In law practice, we put called out a put-up job. 264 00:14:53,010 --> 00:14:54,178 Now look here, Miss Finch! 265 00:14:54,338 --> 00:14:55,798 Let's both look, Sheriff! 266 00:14:55,881 --> 00:14:58,174 For some reason, you want to railroad this 267 00:14:58,258 --> 00:15:00,510 right to the gallows, why? 268 00:15:02,467 --> 00:15:05,970 Ma'am, uh, your method of provoking people 269 00:15:06,051 --> 00:15:09,221 seems to sort of get them on the run. 270 00:15:09,305 --> 00:15:10,765 But not Howard Acton. 271 00:15:10,890 --> 00:15:13,059 Now I'm trying to hurry things along a little 272 00:15:13,184 --> 00:15:16,228 because Judge Carver wants it all wrapped up neatly 273 00:15:16,311 --> 00:15:18,772 in exactly four days. 274 00:15:18,897 --> 00:15:21,400 Well, he can't have it. 275 00:15:21,522 --> 00:15:24,440 Well, then, I suggest you take it up with him. 276 00:15:26,023 --> 00:15:27,400 Thank you. 277 00:15:27,525 --> 00:15:29,193 I intend to. 278 00:15:43,494 --> 00:15:46,622 I appreciate your finding time for a special consultation, 279 00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:49,415 Your Honor, and I hope you'll forgive the liberty 280 00:15:49,499 --> 00:15:52,752 I've taken in bringing you over a little of my special tea. 281 00:15:52,877 --> 00:15:54,713 Very thoughtful of you, Miss Finch. 282 00:15:54,799 --> 00:15:59,011 The traditional recipe calls for one aromatic, 283 00:15:59,094 --> 00:16:01,346 one alterative, and one demulcent. 284 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:06,632 So red clover, verbena, and wild cherry. 285 00:16:06,725 --> 00:16:09,936 Do you prefer an infusion or decoction? 286 00:16:10,057 --> 00:16:13,144 Uh... not too strong. 287 00:16:14,769 --> 00:16:18,940 I always add just a touch of fire-weed honey in a cup. 288 00:16:25,642 --> 00:16:26,976 Pussy. 289 00:16:27,060 --> 00:16:29,771 May I offer a cup to your bailiff? 290 00:16:29,848 --> 00:16:31,474 Why, Marshall Krug. 291 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:35,394 Miss Finch is offering you a cup of her special herb tea. 292 00:16:35,446 --> 00:16:39,325 Well, I, uh... that's very... Very considerate of you. 293 00:16:41,532 --> 00:16:46,245 You know, I had no idea that a judge's chambers 294 00:16:46,331 --> 00:16:49,583 could give one such a feeling of warmth and coziness. 295 00:16:49,662 --> 00:16:51,497 Thanks to you, Judge Carver. 296 00:16:54,042 --> 00:16:56,878 Now, how can we be of service to you, Miss Finch? 297 00:16:56,963 --> 00:16:59,173 Well, really, Your Honor, 298 00:16:59,329 --> 00:17:02,499 it's such a small matter that, well, 299 00:17:02,624 --> 00:17:05,043 I feel reluctant to bother you with it, but you see, 300 00:17:05,167 --> 00:17:08,169 I did promise to get back to Endicott City 301 00:17:08,294 --> 00:17:11,339 as soon as possible, and so I'm trying 302 00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:14,424 to find ways of expediting things the best I can. 303 00:17:14,507 --> 00:17:16,008 Perhaps we can help you. 304 00:17:16,092 --> 00:17:19,679 Oh, why, I really don't see how. 305 00:17:19,768 --> 00:17:22,103 I'm just so unprepared for this case 306 00:17:22,187 --> 00:17:23,812 that I don't know where to begin. 307 00:17:23,937 --> 00:17:26,732 Well, have you examined your client? 308 00:17:26,815 --> 00:17:30,527 Oh, yes, Your Honor, yes, but, uh... 309 00:17:30,649 --> 00:17:32,399 he's not much help. 310 00:17:32,483 --> 00:17:35,819 I wouldn't say he's a clod, but, well, 311 00:17:35,934 --> 00:17:39,479 he's a simple country fellow and quite uneducated. 312 00:17:39,561 --> 00:17:42,814 One can't expect much of itinerant ranch labor. 313 00:17:42,897 --> 00:17:47,652 No, so I was wondering, just because I'm... 314 00:17:47,735 --> 00:17:50,487 I'm having some real trouble in preparing this case, 315 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:54,365 if it would be possible for me to take him out of his cell 316 00:17:54,417 --> 00:17:56,419 to visit the Social Center... 317 00:17:56,503 --> 00:18:00,255 That's the name of the saloon here... 318 00:18:00,368 --> 00:18:03,413 To observe him in his natural environment. 319 00:18:03,538 --> 00:18:05,248 I can't let him out on bail. 320 00:18:05,374 --> 00:18:06,833 Oh, no, no, of course not. 321 00:18:06,916 --> 00:18:11,337 No, not while he's held for a capital crime. 322 00:18:11,417 --> 00:18:14,502 No, I wasn't thinking of bail, actually. 323 00:18:14,586 --> 00:18:19,383 I was wondering if perhaps in custody. 324 00:18:19,507 --> 00:18:20,967 But it wouldn't be safe. 325 00:18:21,050 --> 00:18:24,052 A woman alone with a suspected murderer? 326 00:18:24,177 --> 00:18:26,722 Oh, oh, no, I... 327 00:18:26,848 --> 00:18:28,558 I wouldn't dare be alone with him, 328 00:18:28,683 --> 00:18:32,769 but I was thinking perhaps with someone strong 329 00:18:32,891 --> 00:18:37,730 and impartial to act as a kind of guardian protector, 330 00:18:37,858 --> 00:18:41,819 you know, someone who knows how to keep order. 331 00:18:41,893 --> 00:18:46,732 Well, perhaps Sheriff Acton would let you have his deputy. 332 00:18:46,858 --> 00:18:51,111 Oh, Mr. Wainwright? Yes, he's a fine man. 333 00:18:51,236 --> 00:18:54,740 Ah, but I believe he's already been requested 334 00:18:54,862 --> 00:18:58,156 by Mr. Abel Hewitt to help him preparing the prosecution. 335 00:18:58,239 --> 00:19:02,410 Hmm. You do need someone impartial. 336 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,580 Marshall Krug, would you consent 337 00:19:06,706 --> 00:19:09,125 to escorting Miss Finch while she prepares her defense? 338 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:11,711 Oh... 339 00:19:11,794 --> 00:19:13,921 just say the word, Your Honor. 340 00:19:14,005 --> 00:19:15,505 Oh, thank you, Marshall. 341 00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:18,715 We'll write out a court order remanding the prisoner 342 00:19:18,798 --> 00:19:21,509 - in joint custody. - Thank you, Your Honor. 343 00:19:21,630 --> 00:19:25,966 I believe I do have a... 344 00:19:26,056 --> 00:19:27,850 An extra form here, yes. 345 00:19:30,643 --> 00:19:33,395 Custody, joint custody. 346 00:19:33,479 --> 00:19:38,442 Miss... Frances... B... Finch... 347 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,185 and... 348 00:19:41,273 --> 00:19:43,358 Marshall... 349 00:19:43,442 --> 00:19:46,695 Oh, Krug. 350 00:19:46,781 --> 00:19:47,948 Krug. 351 00:19:50,357 --> 00:19:52,859 Henry... 352 00:19:52,984 --> 00:19:54,319 Arlington. 353 00:20:06,464 --> 00:20:08,966 Oh. 354 00:20:09,050 --> 00:20:10,301 All right. 355 00:20:10,425 --> 00:20:12,093 This is where they took his footprints. 356 00:20:12,177 --> 00:20:15,304 Yes, well... 357 00:20:15,432 --> 00:20:17,643 they can prove that you were here. 358 00:20:17,768 --> 00:20:19,311 I don't deny it. 359 00:20:19,394 --> 00:20:22,147 Well, do you deny that you quarreled with Gerald Bishop? 360 00:20:22,273 --> 00:20:24,316 - Nope, he cheated me. - How? 361 00:20:24,399 --> 00:20:26,610 He bet this gold mine against all my money 362 00:20:26,691 --> 00:20:28,360 and my belongings, including my horse. 363 00:20:28,485 --> 00:20:29,778 Well, you won. 364 00:20:29,859 --> 00:20:32,486 Yeah, look what I won. Let's go on inside. 365 00:20:32,611 --> 00:20:33,737 Hup! 366 00:20:33,821 --> 00:20:35,572 Can we go inside, Marshall? 367 00:20:35,655 --> 00:20:37,782 We're going inside. Follow me. 368 00:20:56,964 --> 00:20:59,549 This mine was worthless to begin with, 369 00:20:59,675 --> 00:21:02,553 and even that gave out. 370 00:21:02,678 --> 00:21:04,263 What's that? 371 00:21:04,346 --> 00:21:07,139 That's just dirt, rotten shale, and it's worthless. 372 00:21:07,256 --> 00:21:09,842 It doesn't look as if it's ever been worked. 373 00:21:09,887 --> 00:21:13,516 Oh, say, let's get out of here. This timber's rotten here. 374 00:21:13,641 --> 00:21:16,351 - Come, come, come. - You bet it's rotten. 375 00:21:16,436 --> 00:21:18,313 The whole place is rotten. 376 00:21:18,397 --> 00:21:20,524 Did you threaten Bishop? 377 00:21:20,607 --> 00:21:23,151 I... I called him a couple of names. 378 00:21:23,234 --> 00:21:24,735 Such as? 379 00:21:24,896 --> 00:21:26,105 Well, I'd rather not say. 380 00:21:26,230 --> 00:21:30,067 Oh, come on, you can tell me. I'm your lawyer. 381 00:21:30,157 --> 00:21:32,826 Well, it had to do with livestock. 382 00:21:32,909 --> 00:21:35,245 Well, tell Marshall Krug then. 383 00:21:37,741 --> 00:21:40,285 That's not a threat. That's an accurate description. 384 00:21:40,371 --> 00:21:43,456 When you went away, Trampas, did you leave him here? 385 00:21:43,540 --> 00:21:47,210 - No. - I mean, there, in the west gallery. 386 00:21:47,332 --> 00:21:49,267 - I never went back to the west gallery. - Why not? 387 00:21:49,291 --> 00:21:51,793 I could see it's just more of the same. 388 00:21:51,884 --> 00:21:53,135 Well, you're sure now? 389 00:21:53,218 --> 00:21:54,845 You didn't leave any footprints there? 390 00:21:54,929 --> 00:21:58,557 You couldn't tell anyhow. The ground's made of bedrock. 391 00:21:58,682 --> 00:22:02,185 Well, I... I'm not very keen on this part, 392 00:22:02,266 --> 00:22:05,436 but I suppose I'd better take a look at the spot. 393 00:22:05,561 --> 00:22:08,271 They found him in back of a conveyor cart. 394 00:22:08,396 --> 00:22:11,107 Well, do you know how to use one of these? 395 00:22:11,230 --> 00:22:12,751 I'll show you. It's an overhand clutch. 396 00:22:12,815 --> 00:22:16,109 All five fingers, hold it high and out from you. 397 00:22:16,270 --> 00:22:18,689 No, no, mind your feathers, huh? 398 00:22:18,773 --> 00:22:21,943 Trampas, here. 399 00:22:24,993 --> 00:22:27,412 Are you familiar with expensive hats? 400 00:22:27,495 --> 00:22:28,997 - Well... - Oh! Don't clutch it. 401 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,801 Make a fist. Let it rest on... that's right. 402 00:22:30,951 --> 00:22:33,702 Now, keep it low and watch the plumes. 403 00:22:33,786 --> 00:22:35,120 Thank you. 404 00:22:35,172 --> 00:22:36,965 Watch your step now. 405 00:22:41,247 --> 00:22:43,041 The gouge you feel up against your liver 406 00:22:43,124 --> 00:22:44,709 is the killing end of my Whitney. 407 00:22:44,758 --> 00:22:46,718 You mind keeping it on safety? 408 00:22:46,801 --> 00:22:49,553 I mind to keep it where it'll do the most good. 409 00:22:49,636 --> 00:22:52,305 - Marshall? - What is it? 410 00:22:52,430 --> 00:22:54,974 Better take this. 411 00:22:55,133 --> 00:22:57,802 What's the matter? What is it? 412 00:22:57,927 --> 00:22:59,720 It's a bit oppressive. 413 00:22:59,771 --> 00:23:01,916 I don't know about that, but it sure is stuffy in here. 414 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:03,483 Better get you to some fresh air. 415 00:23:03,608 --> 00:23:05,318 I'll thank you to take the lady's elbow. 416 00:23:09,068 --> 00:23:11,487 - There we go. - Excuse me. 417 00:23:11,611 --> 00:23:13,404 - I'm sorry. - Oh, for goodness sakes. 418 00:23:13,488 --> 00:23:15,656 - Sorry. - There's water... 419 00:23:15,816 --> 00:23:17,985 A water pump about two miles down the road. 420 00:23:18,068 --> 00:23:19,820 No, thank you, really. I'm all right now. 421 00:23:19,944 --> 00:23:21,153 - You're sure? - Yes, quite. 422 00:23:21,237 --> 00:23:23,613 I don't ordinarily react so strongly 423 00:23:23,697 --> 00:23:25,490 to the sight of blood. 424 00:23:25,581 --> 00:23:27,458 Oh, my gosh, that's right, of course, 425 00:23:27,583 --> 00:23:28,894 he was killed with a pick handle wasn't he? 426 00:23:28,918 --> 00:23:31,128 - Oh, yes. - Let me help you in the buggy. 427 00:23:31,247 --> 00:23:33,373 - No, I'll take that. - Wait, wait, before we go. 428 00:23:33,498 --> 00:23:37,335 Just where exactly was the place where you had your argument? 429 00:23:37,422 --> 00:23:38,756 Right over there. 430 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,591 I see, and you didn't hear anybody else around? 431 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:43,368 No, no, we were alone. 432 00:23:43,493 --> 00:23:46,156 Well, no, no, because somebody overheard you argue. 433 00:23:46,180 --> 00:23:47,640 Well, how could they? 434 00:23:47,723 --> 00:23:49,100 Unless they were up there 435 00:23:49,183 --> 00:23:50,475 behind those trees or something. 436 00:23:50,631 --> 00:23:52,675 Well, we'd better inspect them. 437 00:24:01,014 --> 00:24:02,515 This grass has been tramped down. 438 00:24:02,598 --> 00:24:04,368 A horse and wagon could have set here, sure enough. 439 00:24:04,392 --> 00:24:06,144 - A wagon? - Yeah. 440 00:24:06,227 --> 00:24:07,811 But I think I would've heard it. 441 00:24:07,894 --> 00:24:09,855 Not if it was here before you got here. 442 00:24:09,944 --> 00:24:13,531 No, now, Bishop's daughter Ellie heard you arguing. 443 00:24:13,656 --> 00:24:16,700 She must've been out here or you'd have seen her. 444 00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:18,278 Yeah. 445 00:24:18,361 --> 00:24:20,447 Why didn't she make herself known? 446 00:24:20,532 --> 00:24:22,200 She said she was frightened. 447 00:24:22,325 --> 00:24:23,535 I was frightened. 448 00:24:23,659 --> 00:24:26,996 Why were you frightened, my dear? 449 00:24:27,082 --> 00:24:29,293 He threatened to kill him. 450 00:24:29,376 --> 00:24:30,669 Objection. 451 00:24:30,748 --> 00:24:32,582 Sustained. 452 00:24:32,707 --> 00:24:38,087 Miss Bishop, what exactly did Trampas say to your father? 453 00:24:38,214 --> 00:24:40,883 What were his... words? 454 00:24:40,964 --> 00:24:43,800 Well, his exact words were, 455 00:24:43,884 --> 00:24:45,719 "You have cheated me, you dirty dog. 456 00:24:45,846 --> 00:24:47,431 I ought to beat your brains out." 457 00:24:48,891 --> 00:24:50,558 That's not what I called him. 458 00:24:50,638 --> 00:24:53,975 What exactly did your father say in reply? 459 00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:56,061 My father said, "You try it, 460 00:24:56,145 --> 00:24:57,985 and you'll get yourself stamped on, Bucky Boy." 461 00:24:58,021 --> 00:25:00,899 What then transpired, Miss Bishop? 462 00:25:00,982 --> 00:25:04,861 What then transpired was cursing and shoving. 463 00:25:04,943 --> 00:25:06,986 - Objection. - Sustained. 464 00:25:07,070 --> 00:25:08,863 The witness has already testified 465 00:25:08,946 --> 00:25:10,281 that she was listening 466 00:25:10,405 --> 00:25:13,825 and not observing by visual contact. 467 00:25:13,909 --> 00:25:18,871 You say... you heard cursing. 468 00:25:18,985 --> 00:25:20,237 Yes. 469 00:25:20,287 --> 00:25:21,914 And what else did you hear? 470 00:25:22,039 --> 00:25:24,832 The sounds of "umph" and "ugh" 471 00:25:24,916 --> 00:25:27,001 and noises of thumping, 472 00:25:27,085 --> 00:25:29,921 like someone was struggling for life. 473 00:25:30,035 --> 00:25:32,453 - Objection. - Sustained. 474 00:25:32,537 --> 00:25:34,622 "Struggling for life" is a conclusion. 475 00:25:34,747 --> 00:25:36,582 Strike it. Proceed. 476 00:25:39,584 --> 00:25:41,836 What did you then do? 477 00:25:41,929 --> 00:25:43,305 Run for the Sheriff. 478 00:25:43,430 --> 00:25:46,767 Thank you, Miss Bishop. 479 00:25:48,145 --> 00:25:49,604 That will be all. 480 00:25:52,397 --> 00:25:54,858 Miss Finch, do you wish to cross-examine? 481 00:25:54,943 --> 00:25:56,111 All right. 482 00:25:59,779 --> 00:26:01,489 Miss Bishop, 483 00:26:01,614 --> 00:26:04,367 what were you doing out at the mineshaft alone? 484 00:26:04,450 --> 00:26:05,660 Listening. 485 00:26:05,786 --> 00:26:06,929 I mean before you were listening. 486 00:26:06,953 --> 00:26:08,871 What brought you out there? 487 00:26:08,955 --> 00:26:11,332 My father told me to meet him out there. 488 00:26:11,456 --> 00:26:12,958 What for? 489 00:26:13,041 --> 00:26:14,918 He told me to bring him a paper. 490 00:26:15,002 --> 00:26:16,711 What kind of paper? 491 00:26:16,795 --> 00:26:19,339 It was sealed in an envelope. 492 00:26:19,464 --> 00:26:21,299 Do you have the envelope with you? 493 00:26:21,458 --> 00:26:23,210 No, Mr. Hewitt has it. 494 00:26:23,335 --> 00:26:25,336 Your Honor, may we have it in evidence? 495 00:26:25,430 --> 00:26:27,933 Mr. Hewitt? 496 00:26:28,016 --> 00:26:29,476 It's the deed to the Bishop mine, 497 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,187 Homestead tract 321, staked out by Gerald Bishop 498 00:26:33,314 --> 00:26:35,650 and claimed for mineral rights. 499 00:26:35,744 --> 00:26:38,747 Sealed and dated, Your Honor. 500 00:26:38,831 --> 00:26:40,207 Mark it "exhibit A." 501 00:26:46,124 --> 00:26:47,250 Miss Finch. 502 00:27:00,894 --> 00:27:03,521 Miss Bishop, to the best of your knowledge, 503 00:27:03,646 --> 00:27:06,149 why did your father not take the deed with him 504 00:27:06,232 --> 00:27:07,649 when he left home? 505 00:27:07,733 --> 00:27:09,193 It wasn't at home. 506 00:27:09,318 --> 00:27:10,903 - Well, where was it? - In the bank. 507 00:27:10,998 --> 00:27:12,916 Well, why didn't he stop at the bank? 508 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,626 He left too early. The bank was still closed. 509 00:27:15,744 --> 00:27:17,037 What time does it open? 510 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:18,872 9:00 AM. 511 00:27:18,955 --> 00:27:20,832 And is that when you got the deed? 512 00:27:20,886 --> 00:27:22,262 Well, yes, ma'am. 513 00:27:22,345 --> 00:27:24,471 The bank clerk can tell you I was the first customer. 514 00:27:24,555 --> 00:27:28,058 I see, now, Miss Bishop, did you get the deed 515 00:27:28,219 --> 00:27:32,056 before you heard the argument at the mine or after? 516 00:27:32,141 --> 00:27:33,225 Before. 517 00:27:33,350 --> 00:27:35,977 That's why I went out, to deliver it. 518 00:27:36,063 --> 00:27:37,397 Uh-huh. 519 00:27:37,522 --> 00:27:39,403 What time did you have the argument with Bishop? 520 00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:42,360 Just after sunup. 521 00:27:42,413 --> 00:27:44,749 Did your father leave home before sunrise? 522 00:27:44,876 --> 00:27:47,086 Yes. 523 00:27:47,212 --> 00:27:50,422 How long does it take to ride out to the mine? 524 00:27:50,548 --> 00:27:52,008 Close to an hour. 525 00:27:52,091 --> 00:27:53,843 Objection. 526 00:27:53,927 --> 00:27:56,804 Miss Finch, are you trying to establish 527 00:27:56,891 --> 00:28:00,393 a discrepancy in Miss Bishop's testimony? 528 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,648 Your honor, my client freely admits 529 00:28:02,731 --> 00:28:04,650 to the argument at the mine, 530 00:28:04,733 --> 00:28:08,694 but he places the time at just after sunrise. 531 00:28:08,779 --> 00:28:10,489 Objection sustained. 532 00:28:10,574 --> 00:28:14,245 The jury will disregard the last remark by defense. 533 00:28:14,328 --> 00:28:16,037 Proceed. 534 00:28:16,123 --> 00:28:20,086 No further questions at this time. 535 00:28:22,422 --> 00:28:25,967 Your Honor, may I add one word of explanation? 536 00:28:26,096 --> 00:28:27,472 Proceed. 537 00:28:27,597 --> 00:28:29,438 My father told me he was going to eat breakfast 538 00:28:29,474 --> 00:28:31,434 with Trampas, then go out to the mine. 539 00:28:31,528 --> 00:28:33,905 Did you eat breakfast with Bishop? 540 00:28:34,030 --> 00:28:36,741 Uh, come to think of it, yeah. 541 00:28:36,859 --> 00:28:40,154 Don't help me anymore. 542 00:28:40,248 --> 00:28:43,041 That'll be all, Miss Bishop. You may get down. 543 00:28:52,221 --> 00:28:56,517 Those footprints match the boots of the defendant. 544 00:28:56,602 --> 00:29:01,064 Yes, sir, down to every last hobnail. 545 00:29:01,148 --> 00:29:02,858 No further questions. 546 00:29:08,357 --> 00:29:10,276 Sheriff Acton... 547 00:29:11,785 --> 00:29:14,538 why did you go to so much trouble 548 00:29:14,621 --> 00:29:17,915 spading earth into flat boxes and transporting it 549 00:29:18,002 --> 00:29:20,629 when the defendant from the outset 550 00:29:20,713 --> 00:29:24,799 freely admits that he was there at the time? 551 00:29:24,927 --> 00:29:27,305 Ma'am, that's supportive evidence. 552 00:29:27,388 --> 00:29:30,266 Evidence of what? That he makes footprints? 553 00:29:33,978 --> 00:29:35,479 Well, it's proof that he was there 554 00:29:35,605 --> 00:29:37,274 in case he changes his story. 555 00:29:37,357 --> 00:29:40,777 Now, let us be clear as what it does prove... 556 00:29:40,864 --> 00:29:44,241 That he was present outside of the mine. 557 00:29:44,325 --> 00:29:45,743 And inside ma'am. 558 00:29:45,829 --> 00:29:47,497 There was footprints aplenty inside. 559 00:29:47,581 --> 00:29:49,583 In the west gallery where the body was found? 560 00:29:49,666 --> 00:29:51,709 No, ma'am, that's solid bedrock. 561 00:29:51,805 --> 00:29:54,933 Then you cannot connect these footprints with the body. 562 00:29:55,054 --> 00:29:56,555 Objection. 563 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,766 Sustained. There's a reasonable connection. 564 00:30:03,019 --> 00:30:04,937 Did you confiscate the defendant's gun? 565 00:30:05,022 --> 00:30:07,523 Yes, ma'am. 566 00:30:07,607 --> 00:30:10,568 Was Gerald Bishop killed by the defendant's gun? 567 00:30:10,696 --> 00:30:11,822 Objection. 568 00:30:11,906 --> 00:30:13,324 Sustained. 569 00:30:13,407 --> 00:30:15,181 The murder weapon has already been established. 570 00:30:15,205 --> 00:30:17,664 Oh. 571 00:30:17,748 --> 00:30:21,377 Well, then the defendant did not shoot Gerald Bishop. 572 00:30:21,472 --> 00:30:22,848 Objection! 573 00:30:22,931 --> 00:30:24,432 Sustained. 574 00:30:24,515 --> 00:30:28,478 The fact that the defendant did not avail himself of his gun 575 00:30:28,529 --> 00:30:30,698 does not rule out the possibility 576 00:30:30,857 --> 00:30:33,484 that the assault was committed with the pick handle. 577 00:30:33,567 --> 00:30:35,444 Well, anything's possible. 578 00:30:35,561 --> 00:30:39,107 Miss Finch, you will refrain from comments. 579 00:30:41,294 --> 00:30:43,503 Please forgive me, Your Honor. 580 00:30:43,587 --> 00:30:48,342 It's just that there's so much to do in such a short time. 581 00:30:53,754 --> 00:30:57,299 May the record show that this is now Friday 582 00:30:57,381 --> 00:30:59,965 and court will be closed on Saturday and Sunday? 583 00:31:00,075 --> 00:31:03,412 We keep adequate records, Miss Finch. 584 00:31:03,495 --> 00:31:06,164 Records of preparation time, Your Honor? 585 00:31:06,217 --> 00:31:08,718 This trial will receive appropriate time 586 00:31:08,802 --> 00:31:10,053 in all respects. 587 00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:12,087 Then there is no time limit. 588 00:31:12,212 --> 00:31:14,589 There can be no time limit on justice. 589 00:31:14,714 --> 00:31:16,882 Thank you, Your Honor. 590 00:31:16,934 --> 00:31:21,146 Until Monday morning at 9:00 AM, this trial is adjourned. 591 00:31:21,260 --> 00:31:23,053 All rise. 592 00:31:23,137 --> 00:31:25,430 No offense I hope, Sheriff. 593 00:31:29,358 --> 00:31:30,901 I sure hope you know what you're doing. 594 00:31:31,016 --> 00:31:33,393 We can't let them give you a short trial. 595 00:31:33,476 --> 00:31:35,228 Who cares how short or long it is 596 00:31:35,313 --> 00:31:36,666 as long as it comes out not guilty? 597 00:31:36,690 --> 00:31:37,983 - Look. - Look at what? 598 00:31:38,108 --> 00:31:39,776 Ellie and that young man. 599 00:31:39,901 --> 00:31:40,944 What about him? 600 00:31:41,064 --> 00:31:43,816 She gave him a look. Who is he? 601 00:31:43,941 --> 00:31:46,277 That's Claude Willis. He works in the tannery. 602 00:31:46,406 --> 00:31:48,087 He's a good old boy. Now come on, let's go. 603 00:31:48,116 --> 00:31:50,284 Wait a minute. Trampas is in my custody. 604 00:31:50,406 --> 00:31:51,782 Yeah. 605 00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:54,410 Well, the Sheriff said to collect him, now come on. 606 00:31:54,493 --> 00:31:57,955 Joint custody, signed by Judge Carver. 607 00:31:58,081 --> 00:32:00,166 Well, I'll have to check with the Sheriff. 608 00:32:00,287 --> 00:32:01,806 Now you stick with me. Please, come on. 609 00:32:01,830 --> 00:32:04,791 And I'll expect him back here at this table in 5 minutes. 610 00:32:04,875 --> 00:32:07,209 I do what the Sheriff tells me. 611 00:32:07,295 --> 00:32:09,672 You get the feeling we're getting folks a little upset? 612 00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:16,301 You can't trust 'em! Not for 2 seconds. 613 00:32:16,386 --> 00:32:18,472 You saw her box me into a corner. 614 00:32:18,555 --> 00:32:20,724 No time limit. It's right there on the record. 615 00:32:20,806 --> 00:32:22,766 Well, how long you figure she'll drag it out? 616 00:32:22,850 --> 00:32:24,893 As long as she can squeeze it. 617 00:32:24,976 --> 00:32:26,936 You ain't gonna let her get away with anything. 618 00:32:27,018 --> 00:32:29,353 And she isn't gonna let us get away on vacation. 619 00:32:29,479 --> 00:32:31,522 I'm telling you, Marshall, I've dealt with all kinds 620 00:32:31,647 --> 00:32:34,316 of counsel, but this one's a weasel. 621 00:32:34,399 --> 00:32:36,818 Elmo, they should never have lowered the requirement. 622 00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:38,276 They didn't! 623 00:32:38,359 --> 00:32:40,153 They raised the requirement to keep them out! 624 00:32:40,275 --> 00:32:42,443 But there's no way! They wriggle right in! 625 00:32:47,113 --> 00:32:49,407 Ah, there you are, Marshall. Are you ready? 626 00:32:49,491 --> 00:32:51,575 - Ready? - Our prisoner is waiting. 627 00:32:51,657 --> 00:32:54,827 That was to help you prepare your case for the... 628 00:32:54,911 --> 00:32:59,289 Your Honor, my compliments on a superb day in court. 629 00:32:59,370 --> 00:33:03,791 I don't know when I've seen such dignity in the courtroom. 630 00:33:03,872 --> 00:33:06,625 It was an honor, sir, and a pleasure. 631 00:33:06,740 --> 00:33:08,533 It's no more than usual. 632 00:33:08,616 --> 00:33:10,910 Ah, but that's what makes it so exceptional. 633 00:33:10,999 --> 00:33:13,668 You keep the standards up where they belong 634 00:33:13,793 --> 00:33:15,629 and even higher. 635 00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:17,286 You won't mind if I write about this 636 00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:19,247 for the quarterly law journal? 637 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:22,542 Well, uh... I have no objection. 638 00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:24,967 I'm sorry to borrow the Marshall again, 639 00:33:25,051 --> 00:33:28,137 but I see now why you allowed Saturday and Sunday 640 00:33:28,224 --> 00:33:30,893 - to complete reparation. - Complete preparation? 641 00:33:31,013 --> 00:33:33,890 Yes, I hope my request to expedite things 642 00:33:34,015 --> 00:33:36,184 hasn't caused too much inconvenience. 643 00:33:36,310 --> 00:33:38,854 No, of course not. 644 00:33:38,938 --> 00:33:41,773 Well, we'll really roll up our sleeves and pitch in, 645 00:33:41,848 --> 00:33:43,517 won't we, Marshall? 646 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,894 Well, as they say in the territory, 647 00:33:46,051 --> 00:33:48,845 uh, okay, pardner, let's get rolling! 648 00:33:48,929 --> 00:33:51,847 Hmm? Well! 649 00:33:51,927 --> 00:33:54,555 It'll help expedite the trial. 650 00:34:02,316 --> 00:34:05,152 No, sir, we do not release them. 651 00:34:05,268 --> 00:34:09,187 That paper applied to pretrial preparation only. 652 00:34:09,271 --> 00:34:11,398 But it was signed by the judge. 653 00:34:11,477 --> 00:34:14,063 It said "joint custody." 654 00:34:14,146 --> 00:34:17,983 That means Miss Finch and Marshall Krug. 655 00:34:18,063 --> 00:34:20,232 I'm too dangerous to leave that alone? 656 00:34:21,901 --> 00:34:24,736 Boy... 657 00:34:24,820 --> 00:34:27,906 boy, she's wrecking your chances. 658 00:34:27,991 --> 00:34:30,451 She's got Judge Carver turning purple 659 00:34:30,541 --> 00:34:32,834 and Marshall Krug? 660 00:34:32,918 --> 00:34:35,358 Well, I can tell you right now, Marshall Krug is going fishing 661 00:34:35,409 --> 00:34:38,287 over this weekend, and there's no power on earth 662 00:34:38,412 --> 00:34:41,748 that's gonna tie him down to riding shotgun on you. 663 00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:44,833 You mind telling her that, Sheriff? 664 00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:46,418 I'll tell her. 665 00:34:49,211 --> 00:34:50,461 Well, here we are. 666 00:34:50,586 --> 00:34:52,671 Delivered in person by Sheriff Acton. 667 00:34:52,754 --> 00:34:54,923 - Look, Miss Finch... - I'll take over from here. 668 00:34:55,007 --> 00:34:56,800 Thought you were going fishing. 669 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,760 Shall we go? 670 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,425 So long, Sheriff. 671 00:35:32,317 --> 00:35:34,943 Wake up, Trampas. 672 00:35:35,068 --> 00:35:36,445 Tea. 673 00:35:36,605 --> 00:35:38,023 Oh, tea. 674 00:35:41,947 --> 00:35:44,366 Somehow, I don't feel on trial for my life. 675 00:35:44,450 --> 00:35:47,745 Well, we've gotta keep Marshall Krug happy. 676 00:35:47,831 --> 00:35:51,667 I'd be a lot happier if I'd see some progress toward not guilty. 677 00:35:51,825 --> 00:35:55,496 Well, at least we've sown some seeds of reasonable doubt. 678 00:35:55,580 --> 00:35:58,124 Hewitt can't prove that you ever were 679 00:35:58,208 --> 00:35:59,875 in the west gallery of the mine. 680 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,503 Seems pretty slim since I was everywhere else. 681 00:36:02,580 --> 00:36:04,123 Do you know Claude Willis? 682 00:36:04,207 --> 00:36:07,543 I'm not sure it's whether seeing him in the courtroom, 683 00:36:07,634 --> 00:36:09,719 but I do get the feeling I've seen him before. 684 00:36:09,802 --> 00:36:13,431 Here in Redhill? 685 00:36:13,543 --> 00:36:15,379 Yeah, at the saloon. 686 00:36:15,505 --> 00:36:17,130 What they call the Social Center. 687 00:36:17,214 --> 00:36:18,941 That's it, he was leaning up against the wall 688 00:36:18,965 --> 00:36:20,316 when I was playing cards that night 689 00:36:20,340 --> 00:36:21,591 with Bishop and the others. 690 00:36:21,675 --> 00:36:24,678 That's him, he was chewing on a cinnamon bar. 691 00:36:24,802 --> 00:36:26,929 We've got to check him out. 692 00:36:27,013 --> 00:36:28,598 Why? 693 00:36:28,682 --> 00:36:32,018 That look that Ellie gave him in the courtroom, 694 00:36:32,104 --> 00:36:33,896 she's in love with him. 695 00:36:34,021 --> 00:36:36,023 - In love. - Mm-hmm. 696 00:36:38,858 --> 00:36:42,069 How we gonna drag the Marshall away from his catfish? 697 00:36:42,188 --> 00:36:44,190 Leave him to me. 698 00:37:01,737 --> 00:37:02,863 Marshall? 699 00:37:04,698 --> 00:37:06,074 Marshall! 700 00:37:06,122 --> 00:37:08,915 Shh, try... try not to call out. 701 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,836 I got a sun perchie nibbling. 702 00:37:12,917 --> 00:37:15,795 Would it be all right if I take Trampas to go to the tannery? 703 00:37:15,908 --> 00:37:17,909 You could stay here and go on fishing. 704 00:37:17,993 --> 00:37:20,412 You don't wanna mess with the tannery. 705 00:37:20,503 --> 00:37:21,838 Besides, it's closed on Saturdays. 706 00:37:21,921 --> 00:37:24,215 Oh, but we want to interrogate Claude Willis. 707 00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:26,383 Well, shoot, Claude don't know nothing. 708 00:37:26,509 --> 00:37:28,803 Look, just go back and make yourself comfortable, 709 00:37:28,886 --> 00:37:30,805 and when these sun perchies stop nibbling, 710 00:37:30,885 --> 00:37:33,054 we'll go and you can poke around as much as you like. 711 00:37:33,138 --> 00:37:35,264 We would like to go now. 712 00:37:35,390 --> 00:37:38,727 All right, fine, maybe... Maybe toward sundown. 713 00:37:38,810 --> 00:37:40,061 Now. 714 00:37:40,145 --> 00:37:42,980 But look here now. Hush, Miss Finch. 715 00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:46,940 Don't go stomping your foot. You'll lose a shoe in the mud. 716 00:37:47,067 --> 00:37:48,902 Oh, no, no. 717 00:37:49,027 --> 00:37:52,739 Oh, oh. Oh, shoot. 718 00:37:52,925 --> 00:37:55,629 Miss, I wanna tell you something. 719 00:37:55,653 --> 00:37:57,071 I approve, I really do, 720 00:37:57,155 --> 00:37:58,436 of women working the same as men, 721 00:37:58,531 --> 00:37:59,882 and I always try and treat them equal, 722 00:37:59,906 --> 00:38:01,387 but I'm gonna tell you something else. 723 00:38:01,450 --> 00:38:03,452 There is no man alive who would ever cut in 724 00:38:03,577 --> 00:38:05,454 on another man's fishing, it just ain't done. 725 00:38:05,613 --> 00:38:08,782 Now look here, just go back up there 726 00:38:08,865 --> 00:38:10,950 and keep Trampas company, will you? 727 00:38:19,133 --> 00:38:20,133 Well? 728 00:38:20,217 --> 00:38:21,886 He won't budge. 729 00:38:21,998 --> 00:38:23,041 How come? 730 00:38:23,124 --> 00:38:25,626 He's acting like a man. 731 00:38:25,718 --> 00:38:28,179 Well, that's not exactly a fault. 732 00:38:28,262 --> 00:38:30,139 Some people are born that way. 733 00:38:30,264 --> 00:38:32,224 Well, I told him that we had to go 734 00:38:32,306 --> 00:38:34,432 and interrogate potential witnesses. 735 00:38:34,515 --> 00:38:39,270 But he prefers to stay and fiddle about with sun perch. 736 00:38:39,428 --> 00:38:41,722 Oh, well. It's your funeral. 737 00:38:44,354 --> 00:38:46,940 Hmm, maybe I better take a run at him. 738 00:38:53,278 --> 00:38:54,529 Well, you get him? 739 00:38:54,613 --> 00:38:57,115 No. No. 740 00:38:57,238 --> 00:39:00,240 Snapping turtle down under there chasing 'em away. 741 00:39:00,324 --> 00:39:02,242 Maybe you're snagged on a branch. 742 00:39:02,325 --> 00:39:05,286 I could hold your pole for you if you want to go get loose. 743 00:39:05,411 --> 00:39:08,580 No. Swamp grass, probably. 744 00:39:12,281 --> 00:39:13,866 Hey, looky there, see that one? 745 00:39:13,991 --> 00:39:15,493 One just jumped right over there. 746 00:39:15,650 --> 00:39:17,985 See where that dragonfly is jumping? 747 00:39:18,068 --> 00:39:20,320 Oh, yeah. 748 00:39:20,404 --> 00:39:22,698 That gouge you feel next to your liver 749 00:39:22,786 --> 00:39:24,496 is the killing end of your Whitney. 750 00:39:24,621 --> 00:39:26,163 She put you up to it, didn't she? 751 00:39:26,278 --> 00:39:28,005 - Never mind who put who up to what. - Oh, yes. 752 00:39:28,029 --> 00:39:29,865 There's no man alive that would cut in 753 00:39:29,990 --> 00:39:31,366 on another man's fishing. 754 00:39:31,457 --> 00:39:33,560 Yeah, well, our mistake is letting you near this water. 755 00:39:33,584 --> 00:39:35,605 Now we're all going to work at saving my neck, come on. 756 00:39:35,629 --> 00:39:37,631 What, by holding a gun on a Marshall? 757 00:39:37,714 --> 00:39:40,259 No, by interrogating whoever we got to interrogate. 758 00:39:40,342 --> 00:39:42,512 Oh, you're lucky I like you, Trampas, you're really lucky. 759 00:39:42,536 --> 00:39:45,289 Yes, sir, yes, sir, I might take offense, 760 00:39:45,372 --> 00:39:46,915 about anyone picking my holster, 761 00:39:47,011 --> 00:39:49,013 but I know there's a female behind it 762 00:39:49,138 --> 00:39:52,808 pushing you beyond your reason, poor devil. 763 00:39:52,917 --> 00:39:54,794 - Let's get moving. - Well, what about my pole? 764 00:39:54,878 --> 00:39:56,170 - Bring it. - Bring it?! 765 00:39:56,257 --> 00:39:58,384 - Bring it. - Well, for heaven sakes. 766 00:39:58,467 --> 00:40:00,635 There. I got it. 767 00:40:00,682 --> 00:40:01,683 Come on. 768 00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:02,766 All right, all right. 769 00:40:02,851 --> 00:40:04,352 Let's go. 770 00:40:10,893 --> 00:40:12,102 What are you doing? 771 00:40:12,227 --> 00:40:13,729 Getting him away from his catfish. 772 00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:15,397 Are you raving mad? 773 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:16,814 Not that I know of. 774 00:40:16,899 --> 00:40:18,942 But you can't hold a gun on a Marshall. 775 00:40:19,067 --> 00:40:21,060 - What'd I tell you? - You stay out of this. 776 00:40:21,084 --> 00:40:23,628 He's not about to come without some persuasion. 777 00:40:23,711 --> 00:40:25,671 If you don't give him back his gun this minute, 778 00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:27,450 I resign as your attorney. 779 00:40:27,575 --> 00:40:29,911 Resign? But you started it when you went... 780 00:40:30,036 --> 00:40:31,454 She put it up to you it, didn't she? 781 00:40:31,575 --> 00:40:32,993 I did no such thing. 782 00:40:33,076 --> 00:40:35,578 Are we going to check out Claude Willis or not? 783 00:40:35,704 --> 00:40:39,458 I trust you will overlook this breach of fair play, 784 00:40:39,583 --> 00:40:41,627 Marshall Krug, and I do want you to know 785 00:40:41,777 --> 00:40:43,945 that I am not in any way a party to it, 786 00:40:44,070 --> 00:40:46,614 but in the interests of compromise, 787 00:40:46,707 --> 00:40:49,126 if you will accept our apologies, 788 00:40:49,251 --> 00:40:51,753 then perhaps we can work together, 789 00:40:51,842 --> 00:40:54,720 as Judge Carver expects us to? 790 00:40:54,803 --> 00:40:56,388 Certainly. 791 00:40:59,007 --> 00:41:00,257 Trampas? 792 00:41:00,341 --> 00:41:02,593 Marshall Krug's waiting for your apology. 793 00:41:02,675 --> 00:41:04,052 That's right. 794 00:41:04,135 --> 00:41:07,764 I sure hope you know what you're doing. 795 00:41:07,814 --> 00:41:10,232 All right, I apologize. 796 00:41:10,316 --> 00:41:11,859 Oh, here's your Whitney. 797 00:41:11,974 --> 00:41:14,936 Your apology is accepted. Shall we go, Miss Finch? 798 00:41:15,019 --> 00:41:17,228 Thank you, Marshall. 799 00:41:17,310 --> 00:41:18,436 - Kettle. - Huh? 800 00:41:18,561 --> 00:41:21,064 - Kettle! - Kettle. Excuse me. 801 00:41:22,904 --> 00:41:24,572 Basket. 802 00:41:24,655 --> 00:41:27,240 Blanket. 803 00:41:27,358 --> 00:41:28,442 Here. 804 00:41:30,764 --> 00:41:32,349 I'll carry these. 805 00:41:32,474 --> 00:41:33,975 I'll carry the pole. 806 00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:37,103 ♪ 807 00:41:47,646 --> 00:41:48,939 Hello, Arnold, how are you? 808 00:41:49,022 --> 00:41:50,857 Marshall, if I was you, I'd have them pull up 809 00:41:50,982 --> 00:41:52,382 a couple of feet and spare your wife 810 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:53,984 the fragrance of this here hide. 811 00:41:54,067 --> 00:41:55,402 Couple of feet ain't gonna do it. 812 00:41:55,485 --> 00:41:58,321 This ain't my wife. This is a lady lawyer. 813 00:41:58,405 --> 00:42:00,531 - A lady lawyer? - Yes, Miss Frances B. Finch. 814 00:42:00,656 --> 00:42:04,159 - This is Arnold Boyle. - Mr. Boyle, how do you do? 815 00:42:04,242 --> 00:42:06,494 Well, now, a lady lawyer. 816 00:42:06,618 --> 00:42:09,745 I'm a bit of a freethinker myself, yes, sirree. 817 00:42:09,829 --> 00:42:11,831 Supporter of the Owens Valley experiment. 818 00:42:11,957 --> 00:42:15,252 Bigamy, trigamy, you name it, I've tried it. 819 00:42:15,335 --> 00:42:18,379 You got a man working here by the name Claude Willis? 820 00:42:18,505 --> 00:42:20,966 You the husband? 821 00:42:21,047 --> 00:42:23,133 No, no, no, I'm... I'm the prisoner. 822 00:42:23,216 --> 00:42:24,509 I know what you mean. 823 00:42:24,634 --> 00:42:25,843 No, you don't, Arnold. 824 00:42:25,928 --> 00:42:27,847 Is Mr. Willis here? 825 00:42:27,972 --> 00:42:30,391 No, ma'am, Mr. Willis ain't here. 826 00:42:30,516 --> 00:42:33,477 I took the pleasure of firing him as of last Friday. 827 00:42:33,559 --> 00:42:35,476 - Why'd you fire him? - Because of his lip. 828 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,479 Got to sassing me, come to questioning my judgment. 829 00:42:38,532 --> 00:42:40,826 I warned him about his big mouth, but he didn't take heed. 830 00:42:40,933 --> 00:42:42,476 Got nothing to blame but his lip. 831 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,395 Where can we find him, Mr. Boyle? 832 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,397 Find Ellie Bishop, you'll find him. 833 00:42:47,525 --> 00:42:50,778 Ah. Well, we appreciate your help. 834 00:42:50,857 --> 00:42:52,691 Always glad to help a freethinker. 835 00:42:52,774 --> 00:42:53,984 Thank you, Arnold. 836 00:42:54,067 --> 00:42:55,402 Mind my chickens on your way out. 837 00:42:55,527 --> 00:42:58,989 Don't crush 'em. 838 00:42:59,073 --> 00:43:00,782 Hah! 839 00:43:05,118 --> 00:43:08,370 There it is. Right down there. 840 00:43:08,451 --> 00:43:11,662 Whoa. We better stay back. 841 00:43:11,745 --> 00:43:13,705 I'm not exactly a welcome sight. 842 00:43:13,788 --> 00:43:15,331 Let me give you a hand down. 843 00:43:15,415 --> 00:43:17,041 Watch out for your umbrella there. 844 00:43:17,167 --> 00:43:19,836 Easy does it. Up! There you go. 845 00:43:19,919 --> 00:43:22,255 - All right? - Uh-huh. 846 00:43:22,378 --> 00:43:23,838 Watch your step. 847 00:44:04,270 --> 00:44:07,232 Good afternoon. I'm Francis B. Finch. 848 00:44:07,285 --> 00:44:08,577 Attorney for the defense. 849 00:44:08,660 --> 00:44:10,913 Yes, that's right. You're Mr. Willis. 850 00:44:10,994 --> 00:44:13,747 That's right, Claude Willis. 851 00:44:13,830 --> 00:44:15,415 Is Miss Bishop at home? 852 00:44:15,499 --> 00:44:17,249 - Well... - Who is it, Claude? 853 00:44:17,368 --> 00:44:19,620 Mrs. Finch from the courtroom. 854 00:44:25,756 --> 00:44:26,882 Yes, ma'am? 855 00:44:26,966 --> 00:44:29,219 Oh, good afternoon, Miss Bishop. 856 00:44:29,302 --> 00:44:31,888 May I speak to you for a moment? 857 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,794 Uh, no, that's all right. 858 00:44:33,877 --> 00:44:36,045 Mr. Willis is helping me with the arrangements. 859 00:44:36,131 --> 00:44:39,300 I need a copy of your father's last will and testament. 860 00:44:39,425 --> 00:44:43,053 Um... Ellie's father didn't leave one. 861 00:44:43,094 --> 00:44:45,137 Are you sure? 862 00:44:45,262 --> 00:44:48,432 Quite sure, we looked here and at the bank. 863 00:44:48,552 --> 00:44:51,054 Ellie is the sole surviving kin. 864 00:44:51,136 --> 00:44:53,345 So she inherits everything. 865 00:44:53,470 --> 00:44:55,430 If that's what the law says. 866 00:44:57,309 --> 00:45:00,270 Well, I really was hoping there would be a will 867 00:45:00,353 --> 00:45:03,690 or a letter or something with some mention of the Bishop mine. 868 00:45:03,809 --> 00:45:05,144 What about it? 869 00:45:05,227 --> 00:45:07,396 There's bound to be a question of ownership. 870 00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:11,525 You see, my client won it in a card game. 871 00:45:11,617 --> 00:45:14,745 Well, if you take the word of a murderer. 872 00:45:14,829 --> 00:45:17,455 A man accused of murder. 873 00:45:17,572 --> 00:45:21,534 But even if he's convicted, he still owns the mine, 874 00:45:21,656 --> 00:45:23,283 and his heirs will inherit it. 875 00:45:23,366 --> 00:45:25,201 Provided you believe him. 876 00:45:25,326 --> 00:45:29,746 Oh, it's not up to me, Mr. Willis. 877 00:45:29,831 --> 00:45:31,666 No, it's up to the jury. 878 00:45:31,791 --> 00:45:34,459 I heard him threaten my father. 879 00:45:34,543 --> 00:45:36,003 Yes, I know you did, yes. 880 00:45:36,125 --> 00:45:38,627 You testified under oath. 881 00:45:38,711 --> 00:45:43,173 "You have cheated me, you dirty dog," and so on. 882 00:45:43,297 --> 00:45:47,634 Now that doesn't mean that they were arguing over the mine. 883 00:45:47,718 --> 00:45:50,512 Oh, no, no. No, it doesn't. 884 00:45:50,596 --> 00:45:53,181 Could've been about money or... 885 00:45:53,263 --> 00:45:56,183 Well, it doesn't matter. Ellie holds the title. 886 00:45:56,265 --> 00:45:58,350 And your client will have to go to court to claim it. 887 00:45:58,475 --> 00:46:00,268 If he goes free. 888 00:46:00,351 --> 00:46:02,645 But if he's convicted, then he'll... 889 00:46:02,726 --> 00:46:04,644 - He'll hang. - Yes. 890 00:46:06,811 --> 00:46:08,521 It's ironic, isn't it? 891 00:46:08,646 --> 00:46:12,107 All this suffering over a worthless tunnel of dirt. 892 00:46:12,192 --> 00:46:15,028 Well, thank you, Miss Bishop. 893 00:46:15,153 --> 00:46:17,362 Mr. Willis. 894 00:46:17,448 --> 00:46:19,366 Oh, please be sure and tell Mr. Hewitt 895 00:46:19,450 --> 00:46:21,035 that I was here, will you? 896 00:46:21,113 --> 00:46:23,240 I wouldn't want him to think that I would do 897 00:46:23,365 --> 00:46:25,659 anything unethical behind his back. 898 00:46:27,118 --> 00:46:28,536 Good afternoon. 899 00:46:33,705 --> 00:46:37,625 Well, looks like Willis is taking charge. 900 00:46:37,709 --> 00:46:39,377 Oh, yes, he's making all the arrangements 901 00:46:39,461 --> 00:46:42,422 for everything, including Ellie's inheritance. 902 00:46:42,541 --> 00:46:44,083 Yeah, but her father was broke. 903 00:46:44,209 --> 00:46:46,336 Well, that house is worth something. 904 00:46:46,421 --> 00:46:47,773 Yeah, but it was mortgaged to the bank 905 00:46:47,797 --> 00:46:50,008 or I would've taken it instead of the mine. 906 00:46:50,091 --> 00:46:52,927 Or, poor Ellie, she's in for a surprise. 907 00:46:53,047 --> 00:46:56,884 When Willis discovers that she's inherited her father's debts... 908 00:46:57,002 --> 00:46:59,922 I thought your intuition told you it was love. 909 00:47:00,005 --> 00:47:02,715 Yes, on her side it is, 910 00:47:02,793 --> 00:47:05,587 but he's just out to take advantage of her. 911 00:47:05,671 --> 00:47:07,214 He told you all this? 912 00:47:07,297 --> 00:47:11,467 Mm-hmm, by the way he stands and the way he holds his head, 913 00:47:11,554 --> 00:47:13,306 and the look in his eyes. 914 00:47:13,389 --> 00:47:15,683 Why it's written all over him. 915 00:47:15,767 --> 00:47:17,567 I'll tell you what I see written all over him. 916 00:47:17,718 --> 00:47:20,346 - A man holding a pat hand. - What? 917 00:47:20,429 --> 00:47:23,641 I tell you, a pat hand. A poker term, men. 918 00:47:23,764 --> 00:47:25,349 Men use it when they play poker. 919 00:47:25,432 --> 00:47:27,058 Fella'd put on a face, you know, 920 00:47:27,109 --> 00:47:29,904 so's not to let on that he's a winner. 921 00:47:29,987 --> 00:47:31,572 I wish I knew what he was holding. 922 00:47:31,726 --> 00:47:34,812 Aces back-to-back in the Bishop's mine, I'll bet. 923 00:47:39,191 --> 00:47:41,318 Where's the nearest assay office? 924 00:47:41,467 --> 00:47:44,928 Weighing gold? That's in Fort Comstock. 925 00:47:45,012 --> 00:47:46,500 That's a couple hundred miles from here. 926 00:47:46,524 --> 00:47:48,276 Yes, but people don't just ride over there 927 00:47:48,359 --> 00:47:50,611 if they know they got a real winner, you know, 928 00:47:50,736 --> 00:47:52,586 and they struck it rich, but the fella that tells them 929 00:47:52,610 --> 00:47:53,891 if their goods is worth anything, 930 00:47:53,945 --> 00:47:56,155 he lives in Indian Springs. 931 00:47:56,279 --> 00:47:57,947 A geologist? 932 00:47:58,072 --> 00:48:00,740 I don't know. But he sure knows dirt. 933 00:48:02,572 --> 00:48:05,075 Let's take him a sample. 934 00:48:06,284 --> 00:48:09,452 ♪ 935 00:48:57,974 --> 00:48:59,976 - Come on. - All right. 936 00:49:09,188 --> 00:49:12,107 Will you lay into it and get out here? 937 00:49:12,222 --> 00:49:13,473 Hurry up! 938 00:49:23,613 --> 00:49:24,894 All right, let's get out of here. 939 00:49:24,989 --> 00:49:26,198 All right. 940 00:49:30,317 --> 00:49:31,485 Go on. 941 00:49:31,534 --> 00:49:34,787 ♪ 942 00:50:47,495 --> 00:50:50,748 Uh... are you the geologist? 943 00:50:50,832 --> 00:50:53,876 J.D. Drover, paydirt appraiser. 944 00:50:53,958 --> 00:50:56,085 We want your professional advice. 945 00:50:56,169 --> 00:50:58,129 Glad you put it that way. 946 00:50:58,220 --> 00:51:01,097 My services require cash in advance. 947 00:51:01,222 --> 00:51:03,266 - Oh? - How much? 948 00:51:03,421 --> 00:51:05,506 Oh, 2% of your strike 949 00:51:05,631 --> 00:51:09,801 or $3 in silver coin, US mint. 950 00:51:09,886 --> 00:51:11,637 You accept silver certificates? 951 00:51:11,761 --> 00:51:13,096 No, sir, don't deal in paper. 952 00:51:13,180 --> 00:51:14,931 I'm Marshall Krug. 953 00:51:27,731 --> 00:51:29,024 - Marshall. - How are ya? 954 00:51:29,149 --> 00:51:30,817 This official business? Yes, it is. 955 00:51:30,901 --> 00:51:33,195 This is possible evidence in a court case. 956 00:51:33,282 --> 00:51:35,908 This is Miss Finch. She's a lady lawyer. 957 00:51:35,992 --> 00:51:37,660 Mr. Drover. 958 00:51:37,819 --> 00:51:39,779 It's none of my business how people 959 00:51:39,863 --> 00:51:41,823 desert their family and home. 960 00:51:41,904 --> 00:51:45,490 They tried to open a dance hall here in town 961 00:51:45,573 --> 00:51:50,161 with hostess types, drinking, and smoking. 962 00:51:50,214 --> 00:51:52,254 - But we closed 'em down. - Now look here, Drover... 963 00:51:52,328 --> 00:51:56,081 I assure you, Mr. Drover, I neither drink nor smoke. 964 00:51:56,165 --> 00:51:58,834 Moreover, I have three silver dollars, 965 00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,420 - US mint. - Keep your money, 966 00:52:01,468 --> 00:52:04,762 I offer my services to the law free of charge. 967 00:52:04,846 --> 00:52:07,182 - Oh. - This come out of a mine? 968 00:52:07,374 --> 00:52:08,625 That's right. 969 00:52:13,752 --> 00:52:15,712 Smell rotten, stuffy? 970 00:52:15,796 --> 00:52:17,881 I nearly fainted. 971 00:52:17,940 --> 00:52:19,317 It's fairly poor. 972 00:52:19,442 --> 00:52:21,360 I know it's not gold-bearing. 973 00:52:21,550 --> 00:52:23,969 The only thing you can do to make that pay off 974 00:52:24,052 --> 00:52:25,762 is process it down. 975 00:52:25,887 --> 00:52:29,557 Couple of tons might yield 50 pounds pure. 976 00:52:29,639 --> 00:52:31,266 Pure? Pure what? 977 00:52:31,391 --> 00:52:33,518 - Sulfur. - Sulfur? 978 00:52:33,566 --> 00:52:35,192 Then it is worth something. 979 00:52:35,275 --> 00:52:37,069 Well, not to a small claim. 980 00:52:37,227 --> 00:52:39,479 One man can't work it enough to pay off. 981 00:52:39,563 --> 00:52:42,107 Takes bulk machines. 982 00:52:42,197 --> 00:52:43,697 The best thing to do is sell it off 983 00:52:43,822 --> 00:52:45,658 to a big company equipped to process it. 984 00:52:45,741 --> 00:52:47,159 Who'd buy it? 985 00:52:47,242 --> 00:52:50,495 Oh, chemical companies, medicinals, explosives. 986 00:52:50,578 --> 00:52:51,871 For how much? 987 00:52:51,919 --> 00:52:54,378 It depends on the extent of the strike. 988 00:52:54,504 --> 00:52:58,466 Now that there is about 31%. 989 00:52:58,614 --> 00:53:01,032 Sells around $40, 100 weight. 990 00:53:01,116 --> 00:53:06,079 You can figure on the average strike to be worth around... 991 00:53:06,170 --> 00:53:09,548 $40 to $60,000 silver, US mint. 992 00:53:09,707 --> 00:53:12,376 60... $60,000? 993 00:53:12,458 --> 00:53:15,420 Why didn't you ask the owner? That's what I told him. 994 00:53:15,545 --> 00:53:17,171 You told the owner? 995 00:53:17,258 --> 00:53:19,092 Yeah, he was in here a week ago. 996 00:53:19,175 --> 00:53:21,052 I recognize the goods. 997 00:53:21,136 --> 00:53:23,847 Not much raw sulfur comes across the counter. 998 00:53:23,924 --> 00:53:25,509 Would you recognize the owner? 999 00:53:25,593 --> 00:53:27,594 - Yes, ma'am. - What did he look like? 1000 00:53:27,679 --> 00:53:32,434 Oh, young feller, tall, curly hair. 1001 00:53:32,511 --> 00:53:35,430 Bishop was about 50, with, gray hair. 1002 00:53:35,513 --> 00:53:37,849 You got the wrong man. 1003 00:53:37,929 --> 00:53:40,807 We got the right one. Claude Willis. 1004 00:53:40,932 --> 00:53:44,226 He didn't give his name, but he paid cash on the barrel. 1005 00:53:44,302 --> 00:53:48,514 Well, thank you. Say, can I see you a minute? 1006 00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:49,767 Sure. 1007 00:53:53,015 --> 00:53:55,434 Here, um... here. 1008 00:53:55,559 --> 00:53:56,852 Keep your money, Marshall. 1009 00:53:56,936 --> 00:53:58,938 No, no, no, I want that brooch right there. 1010 00:53:59,063 --> 00:54:00,565 That blue... Blue brooch right there. 1011 00:54:00,648 --> 00:54:04,693 - Oh, that's four and a quarter. - All right, fine, fine. 1012 00:54:04,772 --> 00:54:07,525 That's turquoise set in pure silver. 1013 00:54:07,644 --> 00:54:09,145 Fine. 1014 00:54:10,812 --> 00:54:12,397 You don't have to wrap it. 1015 00:54:12,447 --> 00:54:14,324 The, um... 1016 00:54:14,449 --> 00:54:17,619 The lady, uh, she's, um... 1017 00:54:17,702 --> 00:54:20,746 gonna wear it. 1018 00:54:20,829 --> 00:54:23,290 Oh, Marshall, I... I can't... 1019 00:54:23,372 --> 00:54:24,790 I mean, you really ought not... 1020 00:54:24,915 --> 00:54:27,876 Shoot, it's just turquoise set in silver. 1021 00:54:27,990 --> 00:54:29,158 It's nothing. 1022 00:54:29,241 --> 00:54:30,785 Oh, I see. 1023 00:54:30,868 --> 00:54:32,620 Oh, it... it's lovely. 1024 00:54:32,671 --> 00:54:34,798 Oh, well, thank you. 1025 00:54:34,923 --> 00:54:36,799 Thank you for your services. 1026 00:54:36,885 --> 00:54:38,136 Take your goods. 1027 00:54:38,261 --> 00:54:39,137 Oh, yeah. 1028 00:54:39,262 --> 00:54:40,555 Thank you, Mr. Drover. 1029 00:54:40,639 --> 00:54:42,557 Yeah, yeah... 1030 00:54:44,468 --> 00:54:47,095 I'll get the door there. 1031 00:54:47,208 --> 00:54:49,043 There you go. 1032 00:54:53,506 --> 00:54:54,965 Well, what do we do? 1033 00:54:55,049 --> 00:54:57,259 Bring this whole rock fall back to identify Willis? 1034 00:54:57,344 --> 00:54:58,512 It won't help. 1035 00:54:58,637 --> 00:55:00,305 All it'll do is prove that Willis knew 1036 00:55:00,389 --> 00:55:02,723 the mine was valuable, but Bishop didn't know. 1037 00:55:02,814 --> 00:55:04,149 He wouldn't have bet it. 1038 00:55:04,274 --> 00:55:06,610 He'd have sold it to get out of debt. 1039 00:55:06,724 --> 00:55:09,078 At least we know a good reason why Willis wants to marry Ellie. 1040 00:55:09,102 --> 00:55:10,519 Yes, and an even better one 1041 00:55:10,644 --> 00:55:12,896 why he wants you out of the way. 1042 00:55:13,021 --> 00:55:15,982 All he needs is one piece of evidence 1043 00:55:16,066 --> 00:55:18,401 to prove that you were there in the west gallery. 1044 00:55:20,163 --> 00:55:23,667 Why don't we give it to him? 1045 00:55:23,782 --> 00:55:25,826 - Trap him? - Exactly. 1046 00:55:25,909 --> 00:55:27,576 How about it, Marshall? 1047 00:55:27,703 --> 00:55:31,623 It's... oh. It's like fishing. 1048 00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:33,660 If he bites, we've got the murderer 1049 00:55:33,743 --> 00:55:36,954 and the judge'll dismiss my case. 1050 00:55:37,005 --> 00:55:40,008 Well, you know how I feel about fishing. 1051 00:55:52,082 --> 00:55:54,709 You're not afraid of a woman working. 1052 00:55:54,792 --> 00:55:56,043 Afraid? 1053 00:55:56,168 --> 00:55:59,964 No, no, no, no. I just don't approve. 1054 00:56:00,049 --> 00:56:01,133 Oh? 1055 00:56:01,216 --> 00:56:04,261 Well, I believe a woman's place is... 1056 00:56:04,384 --> 00:56:06,386 Well, it's... It's in a man's pack roll. 1057 00:56:09,774 --> 00:56:10,900 Oh. 1058 00:56:17,394 --> 00:56:19,687 This jacket belongs to Trampas, 1059 00:56:19,770 --> 00:56:22,565 and he asked to have a split in the sleeve repaired. 1060 00:56:22,688 --> 00:56:24,481 Split? Which sleeve? 1061 00:56:24,565 --> 00:56:26,191 We'll make one. 1062 00:56:26,275 --> 00:56:28,067 Huh? 1063 00:56:28,191 --> 00:56:30,318 You want to help help a freethinker, now don't you? 1064 00:56:30,402 --> 00:56:32,154 By ripping a jacket? 1065 00:56:32,236 --> 00:56:35,989 No, by telling Claude Willis that this is Trampas' jacket 1066 00:56:36,072 --> 00:56:38,241 and that a piece of fringe from here found 1067 00:56:38,366 --> 00:56:40,243 in the west gallery of the mine 1068 00:56:40,326 --> 00:56:42,245 would prove that Trampas was there. 1069 00:56:42,368 --> 00:56:45,203 I'm afraid I don't follow you, ma'am. 1070 00:56:45,287 --> 00:56:48,206 Well, we're trying to set a trap for Claude Willis, 1071 00:56:48,291 --> 00:56:49,917 and we need your help. 1072 00:56:50,042 --> 00:56:51,627 What'd Willis do? 1073 00:56:51,751 --> 00:56:53,793 Looks like he killed Gerald Bishop. 1074 00:56:53,918 --> 00:56:55,587 But we want to make quite sure, 1075 00:56:55,670 --> 00:56:57,422 and you know him better than anyone. 1076 00:56:57,504 --> 00:56:58,756 I just fired him. 1077 00:56:58,881 --> 00:57:00,924 Well, go try and hire him back. 1078 00:57:01,008 --> 00:57:02,425 He'll think I'm crazy. 1079 00:57:02,505 --> 00:57:04,299 No, he won't, no, not if you say 1080 00:57:04,424 --> 00:57:06,050 exactly what I tell you to say. 1081 00:57:06,134 --> 00:57:08,762 That this buckskin here belongs to Trampas. 1082 00:57:08,890 --> 00:57:10,766 And that a piece of fringe from here 1083 00:57:10,891 --> 00:57:13,101 found in the west gallery of the mine 1084 00:57:13,184 --> 00:57:15,853 would prove that Trampas was there. 1085 00:57:15,936 --> 00:57:17,578 You think he'll take a piece of this fringe 1086 00:57:17,602 --> 00:57:19,311 and plant it out there in the mine? 1087 00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:21,229 He will, especially if you tell him 1088 00:57:21,313 --> 00:57:24,691 that you're going to leave this on your workbench all night. 1089 00:57:24,775 --> 00:57:27,401 Well, do tell him I want to be paid off? 1090 00:57:27,516 --> 00:57:29,476 When he cashes in. 1091 00:57:29,601 --> 00:57:31,311 When he cashes in. 1092 00:57:44,365 --> 00:57:45,533 He's told Willis. 1093 00:57:45,617 --> 00:57:46,951 How do you know? 1094 00:57:47,069 --> 00:57:48,445 Well, he knows we're watching. 1095 00:57:48,529 --> 00:57:49,964 I told him to signal with his bandanna. 1096 00:57:49,988 --> 00:57:52,824 - We may be here all night. - Look. 1097 00:57:52,903 --> 00:57:56,281 - Ellie? - Is she in on it? 1098 00:57:56,365 --> 00:57:59,952 - Go on. - Wait a minute, now wait, wait. 1099 00:58:00,036 --> 00:58:03,539 You can't trail a suspect with a crowd of folks like this. 1100 00:58:03,659 --> 00:58:05,828 Well, then, Marshall, why don't you go? 1101 00:58:05,911 --> 00:58:07,496 And we'll meet you back at my horse. 1102 00:58:07,656 --> 00:58:09,449 You know I can't leave you alone with him. 1103 00:58:09,533 --> 00:58:11,909 Don't worry, I'll go straight back to my cell. 1104 00:58:11,963 --> 00:58:14,049 He will, he will, Marshall, and we'll meet you there. 1105 00:58:14,132 --> 00:58:17,719 Don't worry, I'll go right back to my cell, I promise. 1106 00:58:17,836 --> 00:58:19,646 - I give you my word. - Promise you won't tell the judge. 1107 00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:21,129 Oh. 1108 00:58:21,213 --> 00:58:22,339 All right, goodbye. 1109 00:58:22,430 --> 00:58:24,766 Good luck, Henry. Oh. 1110 00:58:24,849 --> 00:58:26,142 I need it. 1111 00:58:31,177 --> 00:58:33,680 Well... 1112 00:58:33,764 --> 00:58:35,516 now's your chance to escape. 1113 00:58:35,641 --> 00:58:37,016 Yeah. 1114 00:58:37,143 --> 00:58:39,729 Might be a lot safer if I did get out of here. 1115 00:58:39,855 --> 00:58:41,523 Well? 1116 00:58:41,606 --> 00:58:44,525 I don't know, I guess I feel I have to clear my name. 1117 00:58:44,567 --> 00:58:46,236 Supposing it doesn't work. 1118 00:58:46,319 --> 00:58:48,696 Supposing they find you guilty and hang you. 1119 00:58:50,441 --> 00:58:52,694 Well, one thing for sure, 1120 00:58:52,817 --> 00:58:55,193 I'd never trust another lady lawyer. 1121 00:59:07,075 --> 00:59:11,662 There you are, prisoner returned at 8:40 PM. 1122 00:59:11,745 --> 00:59:13,038 Mm-hmm. 1123 00:59:16,409 --> 00:59:18,702 - Will you sign this, please? - What is it? 1124 00:59:18,755 --> 00:59:20,716 It's just a receipt to show that he's safe 1125 00:59:20,799 --> 00:59:23,051 back in the Sheriff's custody. 1126 00:59:29,317 --> 00:59:31,903 Royal... 1127 00:59:32,064 --> 00:59:34,358 Wainwright... 1128 00:59:34,442 --> 00:59:36,318 - Deputy. - Thank you, Deputy. 1129 00:59:36,401 --> 00:59:39,446 Now, may I wait here outside his cell? 1130 00:59:39,574 --> 00:59:41,492 Well, visiting hours are over. 1131 00:59:41,576 --> 00:59:43,745 I'm not a visitor. I'm his lawyer. 1132 00:59:43,828 --> 00:59:46,079 And we're waiting for Marshall Krug. 1133 00:59:46,204 --> 00:59:48,248 Well, in that case, permission granted. 1134 00:59:48,375 --> 00:59:49,627 Excuse me. 1135 00:59:54,466 --> 00:59:57,719 Maybe we made a mistake coming back here. 1136 00:59:57,804 --> 00:59:59,723 Marshall said he'd meet us here. 1137 01:00:10,286 --> 01:00:13,247 We sent Ned out here to make a last inspection for clues, 1138 01:00:13,408 --> 01:00:15,577 Your Honor, and what he found made me think 1139 01:00:15,661 --> 01:00:17,523 it was important enough to ask you out to take a look 1140 01:00:17,547 --> 01:00:19,147 before court comes to order this morning. 1141 01:00:19,173 --> 01:00:20,549 Well, I hope it's important. 1142 01:00:20,633 --> 01:00:22,593 I don't like to ride any more than I have to. 1143 01:00:22,752 --> 01:00:27,798 Ned? Light a lantern and show us what you found. 1144 01:00:41,784 --> 01:00:45,745 There, Your Honor, along here is where 1145 01:00:45,828 --> 01:00:48,289 we found Trampas' footprints. 1146 01:00:48,376 --> 01:00:51,671 In the west gallery where the body was found, 1147 01:00:51,796 --> 01:00:55,298 there weren't any footprints because it's solid bedrock. 1148 01:00:55,425 --> 01:00:58,303 Trampas denied ever going into that west gallery. 1149 01:00:58,390 --> 01:01:01,476 We had trouble proving him out to be a liar 1150 01:01:01,559 --> 01:01:03,811 until Ned here made his final inspection. 1151 01:01:03,937 --> 01:01:05,146 Ned? 1152 01:01:09,945 --> 01:01:11,112 Excuse me, Your Honor. 1153 01:01:12,906 --> 01:01:16,118 Your Honor, here behind this conveyor cart 1154 01:01:16,201 --> 01:01:17,661 is where this body was found. 1155 01:01:17,747 --> 01:01:20,249 You can still see some of the bloodstains. 1156 01:01:20,332 --> 01:01:23,669 And here on the edge of the cart, 1157 01:01:23,796 --> 01:01:26,716 you see a rusted strip of metal pulled loose, 1158 01:01:26,841 --> 01:01:29,884 and caught under it is a fresh piece of leather, 1159 01:01:30,013 --> 01:01:33,016 a strip of fringe torn off a buckskin jacket. 1160 01:01:33,143 --> 01:01:34,561 You know who it belongs to? 1161 01:01:34,686 --> 01:01:37,187 Yes, sir, the defendant, Trampas. 1162 01:01:37,314 --> 01:01:39,025 And his jacket got a piece tore off 1163 01:01:39,150 --> 01:01:40,985 that matches this exactly. 1164 01:01:43,363 --> 01:01:44,989 Have you notified Mr. Hewitt? 1165 01:01:45,072 --> 01:01:46,157 Yes, Your Honor. 1166 01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:48,701 The prosecution is fully prepared. 1167 01:01:48,786 --> 01:01:50,872 All right. 1168 01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:58,214 Ned, I'm gonna ask you to come into town. 1169 01:01:58,310 --> 01:02:01,022 You may be required to take the witness stand. 1170 01:02:01,105 --> 01:02:03,189 - Yes, sir. - Go ahead. 1171 01:02:07,397 --> 01:02:10,150 This piece of buckskin fringe was found 1172 01:02:10,233 --> 01:02:12,485 within inches of the spot where the body was found, 1173 01:02:12,569 --> 01:02:14,404 - is that correct? - Yes, sir. 1174 01:02:14,488 --> 01:02:17,991 Is this the jacket from which the fringe was torn? 1175 01:02:18,045 --> 01:02:19,128 That is correct, sir. 1176 01:02:19,211 --> 01:02:21,714 To whom does it belong? 1177 01:02:21,797 --> 01:02:23,632 To the defendant, Trampas. 1178 01:02:25,551 --> 01:02:27,635 That will be all. 1179 01:02:35,024 --> 01:02:38,735 Sheriff Acton, you have testified in good faith 1180 01:02:38,862 --> 01:02:44,576 but I regret to inform the court that you were mistaken. 1181 01:02:44,661 --> 01:02:47,163 The piece of fringe 1182 01:02:47,247 --> 01:02:52,586 found at the scene of the crime so conveniently 1183 01:02:52,671 --> 01:02:57,300 is indeed of buckskin, but I am now going to prove 1184 01:02:57,428 --> 01:03:00,848 that it was not left there by the defendant. 1185 01:03:00,932 --> 01:03:03,975 It was left there by... by... 1186 01:03:04,103 --> 01:03:05,437 By someone else. 1187 01:03:05,521 --> 01:03:08,107 - Objection. - Sustained. 1188 01:03:08,192 --> 01:03:10,444 Miss Finch, do you have witnesses or evidence 1189 01:03:10,568 --> 01:03:12,487 unknown to the court? 1190 01:03:12,613 --> 01:03:16,325 Not unknown, Your Honor, but, uh... 1191 01:03:16,450 --> 01:03:17,910 somewhat unexpected. 1192 01:03:17,996 --> 01:03:21,541 Very well, approach the bench and explain yourself. 1193 01:03:23,762 --> 01:03:26,765 I wish to call Trampas to the stand. 1194 01:03:26,848 --> 01:03:29,475 But we've already heard his testimony. 1195 01:03:29,604 --> 01:03:32,190 He admits being everywhere except in the west gallery, 1196 01:03:32,238 --> 01:03:34,908 and now we have proof that he has perjured himself. 1197 01:03:34,991 --> 01:03:36,992 He has proof to the contrary, Your Honor. 1198 01:03:37,113 --> 01:03:40,741 Such as? Oh. Very well. 1199 01:03:40,825 --> 01:03:42,118 Objection. 1200 01:03:42,224 --> 01:03:44,143 Noted. Proceed. 1201 01:03:44,268 --> 01:03:46,060 Sheriff, you may step down. 1202 01:03:50,021 --> 01:03:53,024 Trampas, please step to the stand. 1203 01:03:53,146 --> 01:03:54,980 Krug keeps shaking his head. 1204 01:03:55,063 --> 01:03:56,773 Wonder why he didn't come to meet us. 1205 01:03:56,857 --> 01:03:59,860 - You are still under oath. - Yes, your honor. 1206 01:03:59,983 --> 01:04:02,985 Now, Trampas, Sheriff Acton has identified 1207 01:04:03,065 --> 01:04:04,650 this buckskin jacket as yours. 1208 01:04:04,775 --> 01:04:06,777 - Is this your jacket? - No, ma'am. 1209 01:04:06,861 --> 01:04:09,405 - Objection. - Sustained. 1210 01:04:09,485 --> 01:04:12,154 Denial of ownership does not alter the fact. 1211 01:04:12,236 --> 01:04:15,489 Your Honor, as a matter of fact, 1212 01:04:15,614 --> 01:04:18,325 the defendant happens to have his own jacket with him 1213 01:04:18,412 --> 01:04:20,288 right here in the courtroom. 1214 01:04:20,371 --> 01:04:22,331 Where is it, Trampas? 1215 01:04:22,413 --> 01:04:24,331 It's on my chair. I was sitting on it. 1216 01:04:24,456 --> 01:04:26,500 Please bring it to the bench. 1217 01:04:32,585 --> 01:04:34,170 Thank you. 1218 01:04:34,253 --> 01:04:36,088 Your Honor... 1219 01:04:36,172 --> 01:04:38,590 you will see that this jacket is indeed buckskin 1220 01:04:38,673 --> 01:04:41,509 and it is the same color as this other. 1221 01:04:41,593 --> 01:04:45,345 But you will note that there is no fringe missing. 1222 01:04:45,466 --> 01:04:46,676 Noted. 1223 01:04:46,759 --> 01:04:48,011 Objection. 1224 01:04:48,137 --> 01:04:49,805 Overruled. 1225 01:04:49,889 --> 01:04:52,683 Now, regarding this other jacket, 1226 01:04:52,798 --> 01:04:55,884 from which the piece was torn, do you know the owner? 1227 01:04:56,009 --> 01:04:59,304 - Yes, ma'am. - Please state his name. 1228 01:04:59,355 --> 01:05:02,357 And point him out if present in court. 1229 01:05:02,438 --> 01:05:05,691 Mr. Boyle, he's sitting right over there. 1230 01:05:05,774 --> 01:05:06,775 That's right. 1231 01:05:06,859 --> 01:05:09,195 Mine's cut from horsehide. 1232 01:05:09,313 --> 01:05:11,356 Trampas' is cut from buckskin. 1233 01:05:11,439 --> 01:05:13,816 Order. Strike that from the record. 1234 01:05:18,784 --> 01:05:20,619 Thank you, Trampas, you may step down. 1235 01:05:20,702 --> 01:05:22,871 Your Honor, this is highly irregular. 1236 01:05:22,986 --> 01:05:26,573 Am I being denied access to the witness? 1237 01:05:26,657 --> 01:05:29,158 Your Honor, we have not quite finished. 1238 01:05:29,209 --> 01:05:30,585 We have another witness. 1239 01:05:30,710 --> 01:05:32,462 I call on Marshall Krug 1240 01:05:32,540 --> 01:05:34,375 to give evidence for the defense. 1241 01:05:34,459 --> 01:05:35,960 Krug? What's going on here? 1242 01:05:36,044 --> 01:05:37,920 I know this is irregular, Your Honor, 1243 01:05:38,047 --> 01:05:41,217 but it's a chance to finish this trial in short order. 1244 01:05:41,342 --> 01:05:42,384 I object. 1245 01:05:42,537 --> 01:05:43,956 Noted. 1246 01:05:44,081 --> 01:05:46,499 The court recognizes the irregularity, 1247 01:05:46,582 --> 01:05:48,459 but a man of Marshall Krug's integrity 1248 01:05:48,551 --> 01:05:50,553 is an unimpeachable witness. 1249 01:05:50,678 --> 01:05:52,472 - Short order? - Short order. 1250 01:05:52,584 --> 01:05:54,835 Very well, take the stand. We'll continue. 1251 01:05:54,919 --> 01:05:56,420 Thank you, Your Honor. 1252 01:05:59,259 --> 01:06:00,760 Under protest. 1253 01:06:00,843 --> 01:06:03,762 Noted, Hewitt, now sit down. 1254 01:06:08,018 --> 01:06:10,437 - I'll swear you in myself. - Yes, Your Honor. 1255 01:06:10,521 --> 01:06:12,897 Place your left hand on the... Raise your right hand. 1256 01:06:12,980 --> 01:06:15,148 - Oh, right. - Do you solemnly swear the evidence 1257 01:06:15,274 --> 01:06:16,709 you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, 1258 01:06:16,733 --> 01:06:19,152 - and nothing but the truth? - I do so swear. 1259 01:06:19,277 --> 01:06:22,612 Be seated. Miss Finch. 1260 01:06:22,737 --> 01:06:25,282 Marshall Krug, we have had no opportunity 1261 01:06:25,365 --> 01:06:27,909 to review the testimony you are about to give, 1262 01:06:27,994 --> 01:06:30,788 - is that correct? - That is correct. 1263 01:06:30,913 --> 01:06:33,249 You failed to show up for a meeting 1264 01:06:33,331 --> 01:06:35,208 to develop this line of questioning. 1265 01:06:35,292 --> 01:06:38,043 - That is correct. - Where were you? 1266 01:06:38,125 --> 01:06:40,919 I was holding someone under surveillance. 1267 01:06:41,003 --> 01:06:42,129 Why? 1268 01:06:42,202 --> 01:06:44,955 - Objection. - Sustained. 1269 01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:48,124 We like to know who before why. 1270 01:06:50,207 --> 01:06:52,584 Who were you keeping under surveillance? 1271 01:06:52,667 --> 01:06:54,001 Claude Willis. 1272 01:06:54,126 --> 01:06:55,460 Why? 1273 01:06:55,544 --> 01:06:58,964 Well, because I expected him to go to Boyle's tannery 1274 01:06:59,046 --> 01:07:02,632 and steal a piece of buckskin fringe. 1275 01:07:02,714 --> 01:07:04,799 And why did you expect him to do that? 1276 01:07:04,924 --> 01:07:07,010 Because he thought it was Trampas' jacket. 1277 01:07:07,135 --> 01:07:08,803 Objection. 1278 01:07:08,927 --> 01:07:11,470 Sustained. Marshall, you know better than that. 1279 01:07:11,554 --> 01:07:13,431 You can't read a man's thoughts. 1280 01:07:13,513 --> 01:07:16,308 Well, I stand corrected, I'm sorry, Your Honor. 1281 01:07:16,391 --> 01:07:18,977 Well, I repeat the question, Your Honor. 1282 01:07:19,058 --> 01:07:21,310 Why did you expect Claude Willis 1283 01:07:21,393 --> 01:07:23,478 to steal a piece of buckskin fringe? 1284 01:07:23,601 --> 01:07:28,814 Well, because I... I heard him say so in his own words. 1285 01:07:28,900 --> 01:07:31,486 Where did he say it and to whom? 1286 01:07:31,611 --> 01:07:35,073 I followed him to a house on Will Road, 1287 01:07:35,153 --> 01:07:37,237 and I listened close to the window, 1288 01:07:37,321 --> 01:07:40,490 and I heard him say... And I'm gonna quote here... 1289 01:07:40,574 --> 01:07:45,995 That "Trampas' jacket will be at Boyle's tannery" 1290 01:07:46,145 --> 01:07:48,022 all night," end of the quote there. 1291 01:07:48,145 --> 01:07:51,231 Did you hear him use the name of the person he was talking to? 1292 01:07:51,357 --> 01:07:55,068 No, but he called him, quote, cousin. 1293 01:07:55,188 --> 01:07:58,483 And then he said that he needed more help 1294 01:07:58,534 --> 01:08:00,619 and that blood kin should stick together, 1295 01:08:00,703 --> 01:08:04,164 and they'd come out of it together rich. 1296 01:08:04,241 --> 01:08:07,286 And what did the man he called cousin say to that? 1297 01:08:07,404 --> 01:08:09,281 Well, he said... And I'm quoting here again... 1298 01:08:09,365 --> 01:08:12,283 He said "I'm pushing the Sheriff as hard as I can," 1299 01:08:12,367 --> 01:08:14,869 and then he said that he's going to steal 1300 01:08:14,952 --> 01:08:17,622 a piece of the buckskin fringe and plant it 1301 01:08:17,708 --> 01:08:19,834 in the west gallery of the mine. 1302 01:08:19,918 --> 01:08:22,545 And then he was gonna order out one of the men 1303 01:08:22,634 --> 01:08:24,845 to make a final inspection of the conveyor cart 1304 01:08:24,970 --> 01:08:28,723 and report back any new developments to the Sheriff. 1305 01:08:28,879 --> 01:08:30,756 - That's enough! - Cover the Marshall! 1306 01:08:30,881 --> 01:08:33,467 Nobody move! Marshall! Sit tight! 1307 01:08:33,517 --> 01:08:34,798 - What are you doing?! - Ellie... 1308 01:08:34,852 --> 01:08:36,479 Claude! Please! 1309 01:08:40,893 --> 01:08:42,937 Claude! Stop it! Please! 1310 01:08:44,608 --> 01:08:46,400 Drop it, son, drop it! 1311 01:08:51,572 --> 01:08:52,865 All right, get him, Sheriff. 1312 01:08:52,980 --> 01:08:54,564 Thank you, Marshall. All right, Claude. 1313 01:08:54,648 --> 01:08:58,568 Let's go, come on, out. Out the door. 1314 01:09:03,236 --> 01:09:05,947 Order. Order in the court. 1315 01:09:06,072 --> 01:09:08,157 The defendant is found not guilty. 1316 01:09:08,239 --> 01:09:09,907 The case is dismissed. 1317 01:09:09,990 --> 01:09:12,409 Well! That's one way to end trial. 1318 01:09:12,490 --> 01:09:14,033 Trampas. 1319 01:09:14,117 --> 01:09:15,785 - Oh... - Aw. 1320 01:09:15,910 --> 01:09:18,121 Oh! 1321 01:09:18,242 --> 01:09:20,785 Miss Finch, I gotta say this to you. 1322 01:09:20,910 --> 01:09:24,247 I hope this shows you that this is simply no life for a woman. 1323 01:09:24,329 --> 01:09:26,164 Well, maybe you're right, Marshall. 1324 01:09:26,248 --> 01:09:28,374 Do you have any other suggestions? 1325 01:09:28,454 --> 01:09:29,914 Well, shoot, Frances, 1326 01:09:29,997 --> 01:09:31,916 there's 100 things a woman can do. 1327 01:09:32,041 --> 01:09:34,085 She can, well, be a mother and a wife. 1328 01:09:34,166 --> 01:09:37,752 - Well? Keep talking. - Well, a wife and a mother. 1329 01:09:37,909 --> 01:09:39,661 What's that all about? 1330 01:09:39,786 --> 01:09:43,790 Yeah, according to the law, who gets who? 1331 01:09:43,837 --> 01:09:47,923 Well, I guess you might call that mutual custody. 1332 01:09:48,008 --> 01:09:49,593 Here. 1333 01:09:49,718 --> 01:09:51,512 No, no, that's yours. 1334 01:09:57,797 --> 01:10:00,800 ♪