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William!
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The duel, it was over Lady Sarah.
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Damn you!
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Runners! You bitch!
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Am I a cuckold?
No, sir, you are not.
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The way you shot at me marks you as
a loathsome cad. Steady, Garrow, I could challenge you.
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This is torment.
For now, yes, but given time. William, there is no hope.
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You are ill-prepared...
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Be reckless with your own life,
not your client's.
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Filthy murderer! Poacher!
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You have trained me
but you do not own me!
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If this association is
no longer beneficial...
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Very well.
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Susannah Wagstaffe is indicted
for that she, on the 27th October,
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in the parish of St Clement Danes,
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not having the fear
of God before her eyes,
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but being moved and seduced
by the instigation of the Devil,
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on Francis Kotzwara -
composer, musician -
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feloniously, wilfully, and with
malice, did make an assault.
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And that she,
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with use of a length of cord,
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valued one penny,
did strangle and murder
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the said Francis Kotzwara.
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You bought brandy, porter,
ham and beef with two shillings given you by Mr Kotzwara? I did.
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You then returned with it
to the back room at number five Vine Street?
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And was it at this point that he
asked you to cut off his member?
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Yes, sir.
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And you refused? I did.
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Mr Kotzwara then produced a length
of cord and expressed the wish to be hanged for five minutes.
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He said...
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it would raise his passions.
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By which he intended...?
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My Lord, it was long observed true
at Tyburn
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that while in every other region
of the hanged man's
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stretched and nerveless body
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the vital sparks
were entirely extinguished.
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In those other areas and centrical
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and critical parts
that Mr Kotzwara had in mind,
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the symptoms of life and vigour
were...
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..expressly evident.
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The cock
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was upstanding?
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LAUGHTER
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My Lord, yes.
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Were you then instructed
by Mr Kotzwara on how to hang him?
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No, he tied himself up
to the back parlour door.
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He tied HIMSELF to the door handle.
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My Lord, this surely must reduce
the indictment
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which is already unsteady
in its foundation, from murder to manslaughter?
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My Lord, how unsteady?
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Meaning what by that?
My Lord, I am mindful of the hour.
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Perhaps a few moments in camera
might hasten my Lord's dinner?
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Very well. Mr Silvester?
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Joseph?
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Joseph, do you hear me?
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Mary, are the children well?
They're fine, don't worry.
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They kept it from me you were
moved from the Tower!
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Did my letters not get to you? No!
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Come on. Out of the way.
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The petition for your
release holds 1,500 names.
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Support stays strong from the North!
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Still no news of a date
to face the court?
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Go on, that's enough!
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I should not have put you
through this Mary! They say
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our case must be put before
the Prime Minister himself!
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The point of law
is surely assistance
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to suicide, itself a criminal act,
must make this woman also culpable.
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My Lord,
this was a grossly immoral act, but suicide was not the intention
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and so culpability
cannot be attached.
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How may the prisoner not be
culpable? No more than were I to sell Mr Silvester a horse
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and he, seeking pleasure, jumps
a ditch and breaks his neck. Where is my culpability?
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And you have a second contention?
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My Lord, I have a fear for the
moral climate should this episode
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catch the public's attention
via the excitable press
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and encourage
the depraved part of mankind
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from seeking similar...
indecent stimulatives.
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And you would have me do what?
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I propose this charge be dismissed
and suppression of this material.
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My Lord, I trust you to remind
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Mr Garrow he does not decide
what is or is not a trial!
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Thank you, Mr Silvester.
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All records of the proceedings
to be struck.
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None to be reproduced whatsoever,
that includes you, Mr Rawlings.
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The Crown versus
Wagstaffe is dismissed.
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The accused is free to go.
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Am I to take this as fraud
Mr Southouse?
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Or will your genius Mr Garrow stand
up to his self-proclaimed reputation?
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Madam, I cannot speak
for Mr Garrow. We have, quite recently parted our...
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This bill states you as his procurer.
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It does. I was.
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And as I have tried to explain...
Then why will you not show my trouble to him?
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This great city is aflood with a
thousand tales of innocence, madam.
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At every turn, I hear fresh accounts
of this or that desperate husband stealing to feed his family.
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You do not listen, sir.
My husband was dragged from his home and put in the Tower. Why?
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For meeting with like-minded men
to exercise his freedom to speak.
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And now, without charge,
they throw him in Newgate amongst common, unprincipled criminals.
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In which case there is nothing
I might do until your husband has charges against him.
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But that is my despair.
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Joseph is held in this limbo
while his children starve and his business dies.
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You have my sincere sympathies.
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Truly. But until your husband stands
before a judge there is nothing even the great Mr Garrow can do.
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BABY GURGLES
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Sir? I owe you my life.
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I thank you. I have my fee
and you have your freedom.
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But I might give you such
satisfaction with a screw.
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Sir, some small coin for
a pleasure I might give,
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so I can eat?
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I will decline
your extravagant offer.
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But perhaps
this will suffice instead.
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Thank you, sir.
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Sir, this was not as it may seem.
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Of course not and we
are both worldly men.
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Although she is more
travelled than us.
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What I mean to say she is
my client, I'm not hers. Please, I make sport of you.
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Mr Silvester already told
me of your victory today and where I might find you.
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And why do you seek me out?
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Only to satisfy myself that there is
no animosity between us.
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Nothing grown out of our differences
in politics that might overcome our commonalities as men.
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Well, I hope not,
certainly none on my part.
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Excellent.
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Then you must share in my good news.
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News, sir?
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Yes, I heard today from my wife.
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Sarah carries my child.
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William!
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Did you think I would despise you?
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Did you think that if you told me
why my feelings for you could not be returned
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that I would in some way
think less of you, and instead thought it better
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to let me torment myself
with all manner of speculation?
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You are determined to tell me
what I thought and think.
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I wonder - am I necessary
to this conversation?
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Or will you play both parts?
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A child?
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I must confess that this news,
brought to me by your husband,
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gave me an idea of your
marriage other than you led me to believe.
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Forgive me if...
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I led you to any false understanding.
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Leave him.
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SHE SCOFFS
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We are of common mind about
this world and although
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I cannot offer
all a man of his position can,
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we will be well together, we...
we will begin anew.
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This is a madness!
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Is it?
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Tell me you that you
cannot imagine a life
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other than the one you have.
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With a man who sees
you, and accepts you and...
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will love you for all that you are.
For all that I am? Yes.
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And will you play father
to another man's child?
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Yes.
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Yes, truly yes.
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I cannot see this...
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this life that you paint for me.
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You are an unconvincing witness
Sarah Hill.
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I am no witness.
And this is no trial.
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You have my answer.
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BACKGROUND CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
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Mr Southouse?
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Mr Garrow. Please!
I feel that perhaps this meeting is a little fortunate.
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I think that, if...
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If there is a distance
to make up between us...
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the journey is largely mine to make.
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Largely?!
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Entirely mine to make.
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I feel an undoubted and dispiriting
absence since our dispute.
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If I have tested your patience
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by my enthusiasm
for the irregular execution of my trade and of my life...
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it causes me regret. Regret?
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That is as far as you
will go on this journey?
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How far would you have me go?
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Please, let us put it behind us...
It's a great thing isn't it? To come and go as you please?
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Madam, are we familiar? Forgive me.
You're Mr Garrow?
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I am. Madam, I told you clearly...
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Don't let me prick
at your conscience, sir.
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Please, block your eyes and ears
to the world beyond your privilege. Enjoy your leisure.
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If one of us has lost their wits,
please say it's not me.
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She came looking for you.
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I heard her out and told her
there was nothing to be done. Her husband it seems.
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< How can we say
that we are free men
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when by Royal proclamation
our letters may be seized?
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Spies sent to infiltrate
our most innocent meetings,
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when the King's government supports
those who attack us in the press?
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This woman's husband -
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for campaigning for
what we all know is just.
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Votes - not only for the wealthy,
a fair representation in Parliament,
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and a right to the protection
of a secret ballot!
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I told the woman that, since
we no longer work as attorney and barrister...
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I've heard of this tale.
Do they talk of Hamer? Joseph Hamer?
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He did find himself arrested
and imprisoned without charge these three months.
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Members of the London
Corresponding Society,
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I have words from your
secretary, my husband.
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The law demands a prisoner be brought
before the court... Enough! ..pro...
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Enough! As messenger for
the Secretary of State I call an end to this seditious assembly.
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- This is an outrage!
- All these so named to be charged with breaking the peace.
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You can't do this! Benjamin Winthrop.
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Edward Ironside. >
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Samuel Cuff. Mary Hamer.
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What spy gave you these names?!
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That's enough!
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Take care, sir!
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Would you add your
name to this list, sir?
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You have go to the magistrate
and plead her case! I will not!
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Al that I ask... All that you ask is
that I act as your puppet once more
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and make a nuisance of myself such
as will unfriend the magistrate.
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But I will do you no favour.
However,
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to help Mary Hamer I will act
according to my judgment
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as an attorney.
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And if you are sincere
you will act against your nature,
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recognise your limits
and stay away until I have done it.
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Edward Ironside accused, what charge?
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Meeting as a society
to break the peace.
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So charged.
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Robert Boddam,
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what charge? Meeting as a society
to break the peace. So charged.
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Mary Hamer, what charge?
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Intervention, sir,
on behalf of Mary Hamer.
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Mr Southouse,
what objection have you?
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That the charge cannot apply.
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This woman was present
at the coffee house.
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But Mary Hamer, the records
will show, is not a member of the Corresponding Society.
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And you contend what?
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That she was no more than
a bystander to this meeting.
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As was I. Hmm.
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Mary Hamer, are you
a member of the society?
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No, sir, not signed.
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But I will not be treated
other than all these arrested.
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That will not be yours to decide.
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Mary Hamer dismissed.
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Next.
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Charles Lynam.
Lynam is a member, sir. He may be but his name I think is missing here.
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On which grounds he is also
entitled to be dismissed.
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Mr Southouse, if you wish to play the
barrister, I recommend the Bailey.
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Mr Garrow. Mr Southouse.
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Mr Lynam, Mrs Hamer.
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It seems you have done well.
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Though I fear my performance
will not fill the newspapers.
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Here is proof an attorney works
best when allowed to do his job.
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And now I must do mine. Madam,
we shall go to Newgate and speak with your husband.
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Joseph, Joseph!
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Joseph, this is Mr Garrow.
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I have little faith in the law.
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All I want from you is to give me
the chance to say my piece in court.
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I am resigned to what will come.
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And I will be plain. If
I let you speak your mind, you will put a noose around your own neck.
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And I think your wife would
prefer you a little less resigned.
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Joseph,
Mr Garrow's a fine barrister.
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I have no doubt. But this is
a matter of politics, not law.
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If news comes that the King exiles
his government and wants me
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as Prime Minister then I will show
you some optimism.
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And I will be first in line
to vote for you.
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But be sure that my own optimism
is not born out of ignorance.
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You see your case Joseph, is played
out in the shadow of the guillotine.
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They fear you.
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Tom Paine,
the American revolutionary, published The Rights of Man.
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He was tried in his
absence for sedition.
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The prosecution had no need
to rebut the arguments.
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The jury decided Paine guilty.
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John Frost, when drunk was heard
to cry out "Equality and no King".
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Tried for sedition. Found guilty.
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The game, Mr Hamer,
is tilted against us.
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And yet still you
would take up my cause?
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I would.
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I feel that when two
souls are of common mind, they should work together.
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And are we two such souls?
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I believe we are both fleas
in the ear of the same horse.
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Will you not accept that
when the laws that we now examine
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were first coined
we did not face such modern perils
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as we do now
from the likes of Joseph Hamer, that threaten our security as a nation?
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But Secretary of State, this idea
that the looming threat almost upon us is surely old news?
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I did find the Secretary of State's
argument quite persuasive, sir.
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But we must show a healthy caution.
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By us forcing through these laws
that allow imprisonment
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without charge,
will only bring us more trouble!
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Shall we have another
show of hands, gentlemen?
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Against
the recommendation of Parliament?
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Let the record show three against.
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And for?
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I believe there is no option
for abstention, Sir Arthur.
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Recall, sir, that those for
and against must be recorded
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and that the names will be put
before the Prime Minister.
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For.
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The recommendation is carried.
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Back for more punishment, Mr Sibley?
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I will give you the advantage
of three pieces that...
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Where do they take me?
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Is it the gallows?
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Oh, for pity's sake, tell me!
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Promise me you'll
get word to my wife.
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Sirs, you must forgive
my wretched appearance.
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You are here to answer
questions relating to
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the London Corresponding Society,
concerning anti-Parliamentary plans. Plans to bring down the King.
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I know of no such plans,
I make shoes!
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I see some of my best work
in this room.
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And I see you, sir.
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Are you not Member
of Parliament of the rotten borough of Bramber, West Sussex?
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You are here to answer, sir.
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A borough of not three houses, yet
it sends two members to Westminster.
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While the town of Manchester...
Sir, be aware
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that these are the men who
will decide what charge you face.
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The town of Manchester, home
to above 60,000, cannot send one!
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Here is a letter addressed
to Thomas Paine...
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the radical,
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a convicted seditionary.
You admit that you wrote it?
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I wrote to Thomas Paine,
the philosopher and man of principle.
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I wish to ask about the proposed
convention of members. A gathering of...
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And I ask you a famous question.
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By what lawful authority
do you bring me here?
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God save! Who is this man?
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Joseph Hamer, madam.
Take him out.
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Sarah, it is not the moment for this.
You think I haven't read what's happening in the newspapers?
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These desperate times call
for serious deliberation.
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Assure me that you have spoken
on the side of reason?
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And not in support
of this witch hunt?
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KNOCKING AT DOOR
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Charles?
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Tell me, I must know.
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Please?
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Joseph is to be charged and tried.
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Come.
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Forgive me,
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it's what we wanted.
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But now I fear what will come.
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What charge?
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That we will not know
until the indictment is read.
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We expect either the publishing
of libellous materials or sedition.
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Sedition? Mr. Southouse, having
spent hours in his books, has found nothing in its support.
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We are well prepared, Mary.
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We will win.
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May I introduce my wife, Sir John?
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This is Sir John Scott,
the Attorney General.
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Lady Sarah.
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I see you
have the modern woman's habit.
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A romance perhaps?
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The Mysteries of Udolpho.
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A tale of castles and night horrors.
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Although I do hope its content
is not seditious, Sir John.
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Sir John is to lead the prosecution.
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Your opponent is Mr Garrow?
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It is. I understand he has
unorthodox methods,
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but a fragile grip on the law.
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But we must not keep
this Billingsgate man waiting.
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Lady Sarah.
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You would do well not to
underestimate Mr Garrow. >
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He has a devilish skill in
digging out a witness.
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Sarah, I must have your assurance
that you will be civil to our guests.
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And I must have yours,
that all of this is about principle and about the law.
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It is a matter of politics.
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It's just politics.
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I trust you know that if
you lose this, you will be reduced
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to defending
cattle thieves in the provinces?
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Here to witness my fall?
To wish you luck.
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I hear all the best legal minds
are ranked against you.
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It is appreciated.
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As I said,
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ALL the best legal minds.
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Be upstanding in court.
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The prisoner, Joseph Hamer,
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being a subject of the King,
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not having the fear of God
in his heart,
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but being moved and seduced
by the instigation of the Devil
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did contrive, in
concert with other persons, to disturb the peace of the kingdom,
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to subvert the Government,
to depose the King by force of arms
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and to put him to death.
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The indictment records
the charge against the prisoner to be High Treason.
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< Treason?
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Surely he can
be hanged on that charge?
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They will not get opportunity, Mary.
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But a guilty verdict brings the noose
does it not? He would be hanged.
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Hanged, drawn and quartered.
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Gentlemen of the jury,
I will show here by evidence
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that this man, and others with him,
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did plot to undermine Parliament.
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Did arm themselves to make
that intention manifest.
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And that the express aim
was to extinguish the monarchy and declare this nation a republic!
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I will describe
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plans uncovered
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to summon a great convention of its
members. A convention that sought
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by its number and its ferocity,
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to overawe Parliament at
the very moment it made its demands.
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The threat
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behind a refusal
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to meet with these demands
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was armed rebellion.
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War against the King.
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High Treason.
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And the constitution
is so interwoven with the state that they cannot be separated.
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Once again the 25th act
of Edward III states -
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"To compass or imagine
the death of the King
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"is held to be
rebellious conspiracy."
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I also shall call upon
many witnesses who were employed by Government
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to infiltrate these so-called
friendly societies.
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So now we are a nation of spies?
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JUDGE CLEARS HIS THROAT
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The prisoner will keep his tongue.
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These men were determined
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to meet to plot the undermining
of the authority of Parliament.
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I have gone through this awful
business as well as I am able.
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I am grateful
for the court's patience.
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I trust you will now do
that which is your duty.
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Pronounce a guilty verdict.
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God send the prisoner
a good deliverance.
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00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:15,000
I expect that everyone in
this court was with you, Mr Scott,
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until they heard your argument.
My Lord, gentlemen,
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the law says that proof of treason
must stand out, be established on manifest facts,
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not conjecture,
inferences, or strains of wit.
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I swear I never saw a case in which
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such complicated facts were drawn
out as makes necessary a speech of three hours.
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Three hours.
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Does that not tell us a great truth?
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That there was no treason.
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Mr Garrow?
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Does the defence have no more?
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I ask only that we adjourn, if only
from pity for the jury's backsides.
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The court adjourns.
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Court shall rise.
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Are they so hungry to hang my
husband they make up high treason? How do they call it that?
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They reach back 400 years and
twist a law to their particular use.
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The prosecution wishes to
call the planned convention an armed insurrection.
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There was no insurrection.
But that will be their attack.
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And we will build a
case that will defeat it. No matter what they throw at us.
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This letter is signed "to my
dear friend, Joseph Hamer.
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"Sincerity, Maurice Margarot."
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A convicted seditionist.
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As you will hear,
it describes plans
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for an assembly of thousands
in Southwark -
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across the bridge from Westminster.
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This is not true! Mr Garrow,
you will have your client quiet.
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I will, my Lord, although I share
his frustration. Or see him removed.
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One document after another
to be read out in full. Letters. Reports on meetings
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in coffee houses and taverns across
London. The defence will have chance to argue when the prosecution has...
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Each tells what Tom said
to Dick on the subject of Harry.
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Nowhere do I see connection
made to the innocent at the bar.
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Excepting he also has
two legs and two arms.
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LAUGHTER
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I object to this material being
read unless it can be shown Mr Hamer knew the content of it.
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00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,280
What is declared by conspirators
is evidence against those that ARE present,
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as well as those that are not.
My Lord, surely not or where will this end?
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00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:46,520
There are those in the gallery ready
to give their view of this fine man. Is that not evidence?
439
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:50,560
The law is clear.
I will educate the gentleman opposite if he wishes.
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00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:55,480
This morning's Times suggests
Mr Scott was less than succinct in his presentation. Is that evidence?
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Mr Garrow will have his fun.
But it does not mask his ignorance of the law.
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A failing his client
may not live to regret.
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If the law calls this
material evidence, then it is the law that is ignorant.
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I believe there is
Mr Garrow's argument.
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I ask my Lord to make a ruling
on the matter.
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JUDGE: This letter and others like it
shall stand as evidence.
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Perhaps my Lord feels that six on
the other side isn't enough. Perhaps he would add himself as one more?
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Mr Garrow!
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My Lord, I humble myself.
My passions had the better of me.
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It shall not happen again.
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And at this meeting in Silk Street,
Mr Thoroughgood,
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a transcript of which we have heard,
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item 19,
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a proposal for the manufacture
and distribution of arms was made by Mr Scotney of Snow Hill?
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It was. I was also present when
King's messengers searched the workshop of Mr Scotney.
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And there were found some 15 pikes.
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00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:09,640
And these 15 long pikes were hidden?
They were.
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No further questions.
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00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:19,960
Fifteen pikes.
All the agencies of Government set to the task and what do they find?
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Fifteen pikes.
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00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,480
They are weapons. They are.
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00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:27,200
But weapons enough to defeat
the whole of the King's army?
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00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,440
Where are the rest?
I believe more to be still hidden.
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You believe!
You must not believe anything, sir!
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You overstep your part!
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00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:41,840
I fear this is more of Mr Scott's
so-called evidence. Again I ask, where is the crime?
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We lose ground. Garrow proves
himself a dangerous creature.
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00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,960
But the case is still strong.
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We must act to stop further damage.
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I believe the verdict can yet be won.
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By Sir John Scott? I think not.
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00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,080
We must do what is necessary
to keep our support.
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00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,800
Sir John! Another fine performance
in court today!
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Thank you. It goes well, I think.
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00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,800
When father comes home again,
he'll want to know you were both good children.
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POUNDING ON DOOR
477
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,920
I have authority to
search this place. What?
478
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:33,920
Why are you doing this?
479
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,560
No! Not the children!
Do not obstruct my men in their duties.
480
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,360
BABY CRIES
481
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:47,720
Why are you doing this?
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00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,520
Why?
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00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,480
Whatever it is
you think you're going to find...
484
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,520
It is this!
485
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,800
The message was just
that we meet them here.
486
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,080
And that they wish
to discuss a matter.
487
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,920
Is it too much to speculate that
Mr Scott intends a surrender?
488
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,960
Sirs.
489
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,360
There's been a development.
490
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,720
Prompted by new-gained intelligence,
the Secretary of State ordered
491
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:30,760
Joseph Hamer's home searched
once more.
492
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:34,480
A bill of sale
for 100 muskets was found.
493
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:43,440
A witness, William Oakes,
has come forward to testify that he sold 100 muskets to Mr Hamer.
494
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,840
And that they lie stored
in a warehouse in Cheapside.
495
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:57,280
You no longer mock me, Mr Garrow,
now your case is holed beneath the water line.
496
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:04,760
But the King has no intention
in hanging every member of the London Corresponding Society.
497
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,320
Instruct your client
to change his plea to guilty.
498
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:14,040
If he does that he will hang,
and the rest of the Corresponding Society committee facing trial
499
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,040
will also hang if found guilty.
500
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:25,320
But a further 800 men on whom
warrants have already been drawn up will face only charges of sedition.
501
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,760
And not high treason.
502
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,640
If found guilty, they will not hang.
503
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:37,680
Joseph Hamer cannot save himself,
but he may save his army of followers.
504
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,880
Advise your client.
505
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,840
One hundred muskets? And you think
I would have kept such a thing from you, if it were true?
506
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,240
You say it's false?
More than false - treacherous!
507
00:36:56,240 --> 00:37:01,280
A witness will swear to the sale
of 100 muskets. You think then beyond manufacture of this witness?
508
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,960
Both Mary and Charles Lynam
saw the bill of sale retrieved from the strongbox.
509
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,760
How can you ask me to do this?
510
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,840
If I change my plea to guilty,
they will have beaten us by duplicity.
511
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:20,040
I did not come for that.
I came to know the truth of your Society's intentions.
512
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,240
To know whether or not
there was a plan.
513
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:26,200
Makeshift or not, theoretic
or not, absurd or not,
514
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,480
to arm yourself against the King
and the King's Parliament. None!
515
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:35,720
Beyond any doubt that a jury
might be made to swallow. None.
516
00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:39,160
The lives of many men
are at stake here, Joseph.
517
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,920
More than that, sir!
There is more at stake than that.
518
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:48,560
And I hear the fellow Washington's
been elected Mr President a second time.
519
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,880
100% of the vote. All 13 states.
520
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:55,160
Something crooked there, eh?
521
00:37:55,160 --> 00:38:00,480
I understand he declined the
salary came with it. Some 20,000?
522
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,440
Which makes him a crook and a fool.
But did accept it when pressed.
523
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,560
There you have it, the man's a
crook, a fool and a hypocrite!
524
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:14,360
I must say, gentlemen, I'm surprised
to find you all in such high spirits.
525
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:18,360
I understand the press
don't share your optimism for the outcome of this trial.
526
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:25,480
Madam, the press will sell you
half of the story as if it were the whole tale. That is their trade.
527
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,560
And the whole story is what?
528
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,800
Oh, I'm afraid even our hostess
will have to wait for that.
529
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,000
Until it comes out in court
tomorrow.
530
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,040
And not even then.
531
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,960
Your husband makes comment
on the difficulty of knowing the whole truth
532
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,280
in the heart
of a man like Joseph Hamer.
533
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:58,600
Fine bird, Hill.
Indeed. Delicious.
534
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,600
Thank you.
535
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,720
One hundred muskets?
536
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:08,440
I tell you that because
of another thing passed to me by Scott and Silvester.
537
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:13,920
Help me with this
and you'll have the full account of the trial for your paper.
538
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,440
In your own words? In my own words.
539
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:17,640
Agreed.
540
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:25,360
There are warrants
already made out on 800 men, named as treasonous citizens.
541
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,080
Eight hundred? The warrants will be
exercised if Hamer is found guilty.
542
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:33,920
I need to know who those citizens
are. I have sources in Parliament who might help.
543
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,920
Drink when the errand is done.
I need those names now!
544
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,560
How long will this continue?
545
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,080
If you will not speak to me,
at least I should be allowed to know why!
546
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:02,840
As you husband, I demand that you
talk to me! I will not speak with you
547
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,400
until you decide you will deal
with me honestly!
548
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,480
Honestly on what matter?
549
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:14,040
There is intrigue surrounding the
trial of Joseph Hamer. And it has been manufactured in this house.
550
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,760
I cannot discuss that. Please?
551
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,240
I know your part in this is
poisoning you. Tell me of it.
552
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,200
What have you to gain
from affecting this trial?
553
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,600
Is it to injure William Garrow?
554
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,720
To hell with Garrow.
555
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,800
All roads do not lead to his door.
Then what?
556
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:42,400
Everything that I have built,
I stand to lose if men like Joseph Hamer get their way.
557
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,440
They would reform the boroughs.
I would lose my seat, my influence.
558
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,040
Arthur, what have you done?
559
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,920
Even if I tried,
I could not stop them. Please, please tell me.
560
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,160
I am in danger of losing...
561
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,000
all I have.
562
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,160
You are in danger
of losing your wife.
563
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,760
We will not change our plea.
564
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,960
Our aim is to control the damage
this new evidence will cause.
565
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,400
And what of the witness Oakes
who claimed he sold Hamer muskets?
566
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:23,520
We will undermine his testimony.
Do all we can to support the character of Joseph Hamer.
567
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,760
We will call witnesses,
Mr Lynam among them.
568
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:29,840
We'll say again and again that armed
uprising was never in his mind.
569
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:38,600
Tell the court, Mr Oakes,
when you met the prisoner Joseph Hamer on that day,
570
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,840
it was to complete a transaction.
571
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,760
A sale of goods.
572
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,920
Tell us...
573
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,720
what goods?
574
00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:53,680
A sale of muskets, sir.
575
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,480
MURMURING
576
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,680
A hundred muskets.
577
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,920
All of this is lies!
578
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,640
SHOUTING
579
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,280
No more questions.
BANGS GAVEL
580
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,160
Mr Oakes,
581
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,640
did Mr Hamer's wife
or any of his friends
582
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,280
ever meet you over the course
of your supposed business with him?
583
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:22,400
They did not. Mr Hamer made
particular point as I should not,
584
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,680
and that the business
should be of a secret nature.
585
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:32,080
So, we are to take your word
against Mr Hamer's that this business happened at all.
586
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,240
The bill of sale lies there
for all to see, sir.
587
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,320
No further questions.
588
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:56,640
And did you, Mr Lynam, in all the
time spent with Joseph Hamer, ever see him strike a man? I did not.
589
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,160
Threaten to strike someone?
590
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:00,880
Or propose violence of any kind?
591
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,800
No.
592
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:15,360
Were you present at every meeting
of the London Corresponding Society?
593
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:22,240
Not all. So you cannot say
that the arming of the Society was not discussed, can you?
594
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:30,000
The only discussions were the
self-defence of the members. So! The Society did discuss weapons?
595
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:36,560
By which I mean the 15 pikes already
spoken of. There's such an example.
596
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:45,440
I will leave the court to wonder
how many other muskets, pikes and such examples were gathered.
597
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,280
Mr Lynam!
598
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:58,760
This self-defence you spoke of?
599
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:03,280
Was it a defence against those
violent groups who made it a habit
600
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:06,680
to disrupt the peaceable meetings
of the Society? Yes, exactly.
601
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,640
There was a lot of anger
amongst the members on that count.
602
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:14,040
But not anger sufficient
to change the law-abiding nature of the Society?
603
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:15,080
No, sir.
604
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:25,520
My Lord, with your indulgence...
Yes, yes, yes!
605
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:50,520
Mr Garrow!
606
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,880
Mr Lynam, we have heard much
of a bill of sale found in Joseph Hamer's home.
607
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,000
Yes?
608
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:14,360
How do you imagine the Secretary of
State's men knew where to find it?
609
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,160
Well, I don't know. They seemed
to search all of the room.
610
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,520
And yet within two minutes
611
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,080
they came upon a hidden
strong box - why was that?
612
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:34,080
The answer to this vexing question
comes in three parts, does it not?
613
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:40,440
Firstly, that Mr Oakes, the salesman
witness, is a fraud - a paid witness.
614
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,000
My lord!
615
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:46,560
And secondly, the bill of sale
is also a fake, isn't it, Mr Lynam?
616
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:51,160
My Lord, I hope we are going to hear
testimony to support this nonsense!
617
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,840
And finally, that the man who
planted it in Joseph Hamer's home
618
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,240
was a spy working
in the employ of the Government.
619
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:00,280
The spy,
620
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,560
claiming to be Joseph Hamer's
true friend.
621
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,320
But betrayed him.
622
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,800
That man is you, Charles Lynam.
623
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:13,680
SHOUTING
624
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,160
No, Charles! Not you.
625
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,280
I call an adjournment!
Court shall rise.
626
00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:30,200
Judas! Judas!
627
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,640
Lady Sarah.
628
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:58,680
I find I am indebted to you...again.
629
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:03,080
You need not thank me, Will.
We wish the same outcome.
630
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,520
But you cannot be so outspoken?
631
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:10,600
Not in all my passions, no.
632
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,560
But I can at least act on them.
633
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:17,760
Well, for Joseph Hamer,
it is his good fortune.
634
00:47:54,600 --> 00:48:00,120
I have followed your career
with immense interest, Mr Garrow.
635
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:04,080
I'm pleased we meet finally
without the bench between us.
636
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:06,720
My Lord.
637
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:10,280
Your many sharp-witted performances,
your obvious hunger for reforms.
638
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,320
All have brought you
deserved acclaim. Thank you, sir.
639
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:20,560
As Secretary of State
for the Home Division, I have want of a robust judiciary.
640
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:25,800
I have a post in mind for you,
Mr Garrow. I enjoy my current position quite well, sir. Thank you.
641
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,040
Enjoy the constraints
placed upon you?
642
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:33,560
For the first time,
and only in this trial, you are permitted to address the jury.
643
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:35,720
Does that not give
you appetite for more?
644
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:38,560
It is the rule for a
barrister such as myself.
645
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:41,760
Would you not prefer King's Counsel?
646
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,080
On the side of the prosecution?
647
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:48,200
I fear you think yourself
dreaming. Pinch me.
648
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,360
I am real, sir.
649
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,640
This sweetmeat I am offered.
650
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:55,520
What price am I to pay for it?
651
00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:00,960
I will not desert
my client and let him swing!
652
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,800
Please, do me some justice,
William.
653
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:09,760
The jury will decide Mr Hamer's
fate. The subject discussed is YOUR future.
654
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:14,080
And as King's Counsel,
you would have the ear of the most powerful in Government.
655
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,800
None better placed
to oversee reforms.
656
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:24,440
I appreciate you will
have need to consider.
657
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:30,920
So I wait respectfully
on your answer.
658
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:56,120
Yes, I will endeavour to arrange
a meeting with the Prime Minister as early as possible.
659
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:58,960
Thank you, sir.
660
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,160
Lady Hill, Sir Arthur.
661
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:04,520
I was beginning to fear
you might miss the final act.
662
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,280
We are intent on
enjoying it together.
663
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:15,160
In spite of Mr Lynam's difficulties
in court yesterday, I think we shall see Mr Garrow today possess his own.
664
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:19,040
You mean, sir? I have offered
Mr Garrow King's Counsel.
665
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:24,280
So, now we will see what a man might
do for principle and what for glory.
666
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:41,040
And the witness, Mr Lynam,
let us not forget,
667
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:45,520
was investigating high treason.
668
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:51,880
And Mr Lynam, like all
the witnesses called, is a man of courage, of principle.
669
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:59,400
A man... Who spies on his friends!
A man who put the security of his country before his own safety!
670
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,000
Gentlemen...
671
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,760
now comes your judgement.
672
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:20,720
The object of every verdict
is that the country sees public justice take its fair course.
673
00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:29,080
I trust this task in your hands.
674
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:41,760
My Lords. Gentlemen of the jury.
675
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:49,520
Many say of this trial that
Government oversteps its role in the lives of its citizens.
676
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:11,240
Mr Garrow?
677
00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:13,960
Are you ill?
678
00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:23,080
No. The answer is no.
679
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,600
I fear something
sticks in my throat.
680
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:39,960
Mr Garrow?
681
00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:12,200
Mr Garrow?
682
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:15,200
Are you revived?
683
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,080
I am, my Lord.
684
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:27,400
Gentlemen of the jury.
When we speak of liberty, we speak of the liberty
685
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:32,240
of thought and speech and action
that every Englishman was born with.
686
00:53:32,240 --> 00:53:36,800
It is not a thing granted him
by the King and his counsellors.
687
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:40,200
And not to be taken from him
by those counsellors.
688
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:43,920
It must not be taken from him.
689
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:51,200
Beware the role that this trial will
play in the history of our nation.
690
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,720
Be aware that if
prosecution have their way,
691
00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:57,040
each one of you will be seen
as criminal first, citizen second.
692
00:53:57,040 --> 00:54:02,320
Be aware that powers ceded
to Government in times of fear are rarely removed from statute.
693
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:08,000
The power of the Government
to arrest and imprison a man without charge.
694
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:12,560
This removal of his right
to know what he is accused of,
695
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:16,360
if it achieves its aim today,
be sure it will stay.
696
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:21,400
Be aware that if this imperfect
trial finds this man guilty,
697
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:25,560
800 more will be given
the same unjust treatment.
698
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:29,920
Eight hundred,
whose names are on this list.
699
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:31,680
My Lord, I must object to this
700
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:36,880
and demand Mr Garrow reveal where
he obtained this secret document! It is of no matter, my Lord.
701
00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:43,160
Although it is good fortune,
for the Government and its secret committees,
702
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:44,760
that it fell into my safe hands.
703
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:50,320
Eight hundred warrants
for the arrest of innocent men
704
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:53,320
assumed to be guilty.
705
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:56,480
Some of those named
are in this court today.
706
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,680
I see names here of those
in the public gallery.
707
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:05,440
Names of others
on the lawyers' bench.
708
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:09,640
I even see my own name among them.
709
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:13,320
There is even the name of
one sat before me in the jury.
710
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:19,560
Be aware
711
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:27,200
that if you send this man
to the gallows today, you should be prepared to follow him tomorrow.
712
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:31,560
I trust in God
you will give your verdict of acquittal for the prisoner.
713
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:43,240
Jurymen, consider your verdict.
714
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:14,040
You have reached a verdict? We have.
715
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:18,560
How do you find the prisoner,
guilty or not guilty?
716
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:22,480
Not guilty.
SHOUTING
717
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:23,960
My fellow Englishmen!
718
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:32,200
The prisoner must be discharged.
719
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:35,800
CHEERING
720
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:26,920
You wish to change the law?
721
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:32,320
Well, you have made a mortal enemy
of the Attorney General, so there is some progress.
722
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:35,960
I no longer make an enemy
of you, at least.
723
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:37,800
Of course not.
724
00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:41,080
I fear you shall find
trouble enough.
725
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:44,000
WE shall find it, Mr Southouse.
726
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,520
We.
727
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:06,520
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