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spooky huh I've seen worse no this one's

different creepier ever been inside not

me you're so brave why don't you go in

I'll like the Halloween your chicken I'm

not chicken you go in I'll give you a

Canseco one Canseco come on Arnie you

probably have six of them this place may

really be haunted all right to Canseco's

okay hey not now tonight well what am I

gonna tell my on my Orel Hershiser

rookie but you gotta do it alone no dog

to Canseco's and a Hershiser rookie okay

deal gotta stand there till midnight

midnight Hershiser routine pull the

shade down in that upstairs window so I

know you've been there and no fair

leaving the door open

come on Lassie always at home

I'm full mom think I'll go to my room oh

wait you haven't seen my dessert that's

okay good third hmm I think I'll go

chill out it's not even dark out yet it

will be I have a big day tomorrow if you

want some later it'll still be chocolate

cheesecake no thanks I'll have a

breakfast

no you stay here Lassie I have to do

this by myself I mean it a no noise the

mom and dad find out

well now here's a piece of what I'll

teach you

you gotta stay in there till midnight

pull the shade down in that upstairs

window so I know you've been there

he closed the door Bobby he's gonna do

is stop whining it was your idea there

goes my Hershiser there's plenty of time

for him to get loud stuff

Oh

I think I'm gonna go check on we'll

leave him alone I think he's up to some

time you saw that hmm everybody's

entitled do a little privacy hmm honey

yeah privacy's good mmm

you

you

Oh

lassie you're bleeding

help hey I heard something my gosh is

smoke coming out of the window please on

fire I gotta go in there don't be stupid

or get yourself killed alright gonna be

alright

Oh

Chris you're here that what nothing it's

not wonderful mom dad missed it I don't

want you to think I'm a snitch where did

he do now I don't know he left right

after dinner I thought he'd be back by

now back from where I think he and Arnie

fielding are up to something okay call

mrs. fielding

ah

ok

come on Lassie stay awake

hey Jill

the girl I see

Arnie give me a hand I don't want to

call the fire department what happened

somebody was in there elva get lassie

out of here oh well are you all right

somebody was in the house I some here at

lassie get my truck help me with lassie

well it's only a hearing not a trial

there's no reason to get nervous but

they do need your testimony the owner of

that house mr. Boswell is calling on you

you deny attacking the dog yeah deny it

never attacked any dog it's the man I

saw I know it and you still deny being

in the house owned by mr. Boswell at the

time of the fire I've never been in that

house but the boy identified you yeah

well how can he be sure it was me it was

dark oh you remember it was dark he said

it was dark I wasn't there and uh he

admits he was scared me was worried

about that mother his lassies not a much

strike the word mutt from the record mr.

Boswell testified that he saw you

snooping around the property I never

went inside burning down houses isn't

one of my bad habits but armed robbery

is isn't it objection your honor

objection sustained that was a long time

ago I paid my debt no further questions

now let me remind you again will the

purpose of this hearing is to determine

if there's sufficient cause to put a man

on trial are you thinking about that

will Ned Mercer's future rests in your

hands objection your honor the defense

is intimidating the witness yes

objection sustained now let me ask you

again will did you actually see the

accused light a fire drop a match spill

gasoline no sir so you can't be sure

that this man Ned Mercer started the

fire I never said he started the fire

I'm just telling you a son how do you

act was he angry frightened I don't know

it happened so fast and it was dark dark

enough to be mistaken no that was the

man I saw your honor we seem to have

reached an impasse um therefore with

your permission I would like to call a

second witness to the crime one whose

testimony I'm certain will be impossible

to refute all right

are you serious miss prolly Your Honor

it's a proven fact that a dogs sense of

smell it's 500 times stronger than a

human's that's why they're you

successfully to track escaped convicts

and sniff out drugs what you're saying

is that this dog will recognize the

person who attacked her by smell your

honor sir last you would never forget

anybody you heard her well I don't know

of any legal precedence 1978 New York

people versus clow cases in Wisconsin

Colorado all trials where dogs were

introduced as material witnesses I

object your honor well there uh there

seems to be adequate precedence however

I do understand your objection mr. Dunn

you will have a chance to cross-examine

the dog's reaction will prove that this

man attacked her

hey I can't do this can they do this

I'm sorry I called you a month I don't

get it that's the man I saw Your Honor

the state has no case against my client

the smoke must have damaged the dogs

sense of smell no as he knows what she's

doing

get the stove away from me hearings a

farce get this dog out of here you tried

to kill lassie and torched your own

house ridiculous why would I do that

that's a very good question mr. Boswell

why don't we find out

mom said you wanted to talk about crime

and punishment ah interesting subject

will write fascinating ice the basis of

our entire system of justice got it

above all the punishment has to be fair

why you do believe in fair punishment

don't you yeah sure not to fair well

let's take mr. Boswell he tried to burn

down his house to build condos before

they declared the place a historic

building so he has to restart the whole

place for the historic society and spend

some time in jail mm-hmm that seems fair

okay what about Ned he lied under oath

yeah but he was just looking for a place

to stay with the record he was scared

nobody would believe and now he's in a

retraining program so he can get another

job it's fair right dad this has been an

interesting discussion Thanks uh will

it's just one more thing I like the

sound of just one more thing what about

a guy who sneaks out on his parents and

gets caught breaking and entering well

if the guys already grounded and his dog

got hurt I'd say he's already punished

but that's just my opinion all right and

as you probably know in our system of

justice the only opinion that really

matters is the judges what do you think

the judge would say you'd say you're

right that's punishment and then he'd

say pay the court to Canseco 'he's a

Hershiser rookie and a Nolan Ryan 73 oh

yeah that's not fair I'm taking this his

Supreme Court you just did

you