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- Want a tissue?
- Yes, thanks.
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It's the first murder trial
I've ever been to. It's terrible.
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Silence.
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Sir Wilfrid.
Are you ready for the defence?
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My lord, members of the jury,
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the prosecution has very ably presented
against the prisoner, Leonard Vole,
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a case with the most overwhelming
circumstantial evidence.
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Among the witnesses you have heard
Chief Inspector Hearne,
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who has given his testimony in a fair
and impartial manner, as he always does.
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He has put before you a clever theory
of how this crime was committed.
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Whether it is theory
or actual fact, however,
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you will decide for yourselves.
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And then you have heard
the evidence of Janet McKenzie,
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a worthy and devoted housekeeper who
has suffered two most grievous losses.
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One, the death of her beloved mistress
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and, second, in being deprived
of an inheritance of $80,000,
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which she'd fully expected to receive.
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I will not comment
further on her evidence,
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but will express only
my deepest sympathy for her
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in both these... mishaps.
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And most damaging of all, the prosecution
has produced a surprise witness,
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one Christine Helm, whom the prisoner
brought from the rubble of her homeland
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to the safety of this country, giving her
his love and the protection of his name.
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I objected to her testimony
because a wife cannot give evidence
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harmful to her husband.
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But it has been proven that her marriage
to Mr Vole was fraudulent and bigamous.