1:03:01
This is precedent.
1:03:03
Boy, I think we've got
a hold of something here.
1:03:05
Good old Durfee, 1 886.
1:03:08
How about that?
Give me a pad.
1:03:10
This strawberry soda is beginning
to taste like real bourbon whisky.
1:03:14
Well, don't get drunk yet.
We've got to convince a jury...
1:03:18
that our client was
irresistibly impulsed.
1:03:21
Remember that.
1:03:23
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
before we proceed further...
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it will be necessary for me
to examine you on your qualifications...
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to sit as jurors.
1:03:33
Will you please remember
that you are under oath?
1:03:36
Are all of you citizens?
1:03:38
Will you please
raise your hand if you are not?
1:03:53
Are there any justices of the peace
or law enforcement officers among you?
1:03:58
No.
1:04:00
Are any of you related
by blood or marriage...
1:04:03
to any law enforcement officer?
1:04:07
So much for qualifications.
I will now examine for cause.
1:04:10
Do any of you have
any business pending...
1:04:13
with the prosecuting attorney,
Mitchell Lodwick?
1:04:16
Do any of you have any business pending
with Paul Biegler...
1:04:20
attorney for the defense?
1:04:23
Are any of you acquainted
with the defendant...
1:04:25
sitting there on Mr. Biegler's left?
1:04:30
Will Mrs. Laura Manion,
the defendant's wife, please stand?
1:04:34
Do any of you know Mrs. Manion?
1:04:37
Thank you, Mrs. Manion.
You may be seated.
1:04:41
Counsel may challenge the jury
for cause.
1:04:43
Before counsel's challenge, may I
introduce Claude Dancer to the court?
1:04:48
Mr. Dancer is an assistant
attorney general from Lansing.
1:04:51
Because of the peculiar nature
of this case...
1:04:54
I requested the attorney general to let
Mr. Dancer sit in with the prosecution.
1:04:58
Your reputation precedes you,
Mr. Dancer.