:17:01
And what was their reply?
:17:03
They ignored me.
:17:04
And what did you do then?
:17:07
I watched them.
:17:09
I saw Billy Clanton and Frank McLowery
raise their hands above their heads...
:17:15
and Tom McLowery threw back his coat
and lapel to show that he was unarmed!
:17:19
And that's when the Earps
and Holliday opened fire!
:17:21
- You swear this under oath?
- I do!
:17:24
That they fired on the deceased
with their coats open
:17:27
and their hands raised in the air!
:17:31
That's all, Your Honor.
:17:33
So we see that the prosecution has
introduced a substantial body of evidence
:17:38
pointing to the guilt
of the defendants.
:17:40
And much of this stands unrefuted
by the defense.
:17:43
But in the last analysis,
:17:45
the prosecution's case
turns on two points.
:17:48
Whether in fact
the shooting was a crime,
:17:51
and whether there was a motive.
:17:54
As to the first point,
:17:56
both the coroner's report and the
independent medical testimony indicate
:18:01
that William Clanton's wrist
was penetrated from the outside
:18:05
and that the bullet lodged
in his abdomen.
:18:11
That is not the wound received
by a man with his hands in the air.
:18:16
Tom McLowery's wounds were not
the sort that could be received
:18:20
with his hands
on his lapels like that,
:18:23
but rather with his hands
around a Winchester carbine
:18:26
which he had recently extracted
from his horse's saddle holster.
:18:31
The testimony of Sheriff Bryan
therefore stands refuted.
:18:36
Therefore, since no crime
has been established...
:18:39
or even a motive for one...
:18:42
I find that the defendants
were fully justified in their actions,
:18:46
and that these homicides occurred
in the discharge of their official duties.
:18:50
The case of the prosecution
is therefore dismissed.
:18:54
Court is adjourned.
:18:57
Everybody rise.