1:29:02
We have witnesses here
from Mandrake Falls...
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his own hometown, who will tell of
his conduct throughout his lifetime...
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proving that his derangement is
neither a recent nor a temporary one.
1:29:12
We have others who will tell
of his unusual behavior...
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when he invited the great leaders
of the musical world to his home...
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and then proceeded
to forcibly eject them.
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- l hope he can explain that.
- Yes.
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Only recently, when he was in
the County Hospital for observation...
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he not only refused to be examined by
these gentlemen-- state psychiatrists--
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but he actually made
a violent attack upon them.
1:29:36
In these times, with the country
incapacitated by economic ailments...
1:29:40
and in danger with an undercurrent
of social unrest...
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the promulgation of such a weird,
fantastic and impractical plan--
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as contemplated by the defendant--
is capable of fomenting a disturbance...
1:29:51
from which the country
may not soon recover.
1:29:53
It is our duty to stop it.
1:30:00
Our government
is fully aware of its difficulties.
1:30:03
It can pull itself out
of its economic rut...
1:30:05
without the assistance of Mr. Deeds
or any other crackpot.
1:30:08
His attempted action
must therefore be attributed...
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to a diseased mind, afflicted
with hallucinations of grandeur...
1:30:15
and obsessed with an insane desire
to become a public benefactor.
1:30:22
Your Honor, we would like to call our
first witness, Louise "Babe" Bennett.
1:30:27
Miss Bennett, please.
1:30:43
Raise your right hand, please.
1:30:45
Do you swear to tell the truth and
nothing but the truth, so help you God?
1:30:49
- l do.
- State your right name.
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- Louise Bennett.
- Take the stand.
1:30:55
Miss Bennett,
are you employed by the Morning Mail?
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- l ask you direct your attention to me.
- Your Honor, this is ridiculous.