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The defense calls Mary Pilant
to the stand.
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We must protest this whole affair.
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The noble defense attorney rushes out
to a secret conference...
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and now the last-minute witness is being
brought dramatically down the aisle.
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The whole thing has obviously been
rigged to unduly excite the jury.
1:11:15
It's another cornball trick.
1:11:18
Your Honor, I don't blame Mr. Dancer
for feeling put-upon.
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I'm just a humble country lawyer
trying to do the best I can...
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against this brilliant prosecutor
from the big city of Lansing.
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Swear the witness.
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Raise your right hand. Do you swear
the testimony you shall give...
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shall be the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, so help you God?
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- I do.
- Sit down, please.
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- Where do you live, Miss Pilant?
- At Thunder Bay Inn in Thunder Bay.
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- And how long have you lived there?
- For two years.
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- And what's your profession?
- I manage the inn.
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Now, Miss Pilant, how is the laundry
handled at Thunder Bay Inn?
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It's chuted down to the laundry room.
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Where is the location of that chute
on the second floor?
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- Between room 42 and 43.
- Who lives in those rooms?
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I live in 42.
Mr. Quill lived in 43.
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Would Mr. Quill,
coming up from the lobby...
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have to pass by the mouth of that chute
on the way to his room?
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Would it be very easy for him to drop
something into that chute as he passed?
1:12:19
Have you ever had occasion to go
down into the laundry at any time?
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Yes. Part of my job is to sort
various pieces of laundry...
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as they come out of
the wash-and-dry machine.
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Would you tell the court what you found
among those pieces of laundry...
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the day after Mr. Quill was killed?
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I found a pair of women's panties.
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- And what did you do with them?
- I threw them in the rag bin.
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When did you learn the significance
of those panties?
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Here.
This morning, in the courtroom.
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And then you went home
and got them out of the rag bin?
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Did you bring them with you?
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I offer this article of lingerie...
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as Exhibit Number One
for the defense.
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They're white,
they have lace up the side...