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- [Narrator] Law enforcement
in the early days
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of California were
seriously handicapped
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by the fact that judges were
sometimes only half educated
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in the law.
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In this case the judge's ruling,
not only set a killer free,
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but established a
dangerous precedent
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that led to more bloodshed.
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- Ladies and gents to the jury.
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I got my own ideas about
the defendant's guilt,
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but as the counselor
pointed out.
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The state didn't produce
a corpus delicti,
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or that means the
body of the victim.
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And without it, there ain't any,
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isn't any conclusive proof
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that a murder was committed.
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So, as I see it, you gotta
find for the defendant,
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based on the corpus delicti.
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(serious dramatic music)
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- [Narrator] The jury's verdict,
gave a prominent citizen,
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the idea for a perfect crime.
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And corpus delicti threatened
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to become a licensed to murder.
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* Californiay, Californiay,
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There's gold in-
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- [Narrator] The Californians.
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* in Californiay
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I've come to live
where life is best,
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In the golden west,
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I'm gonna strike it
rich in Californiay.
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Californiay.
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(dramatic music)
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- And I'm very hungry,
maybe it's this fog.
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- Bother no fog.
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What's better than
being outdoors
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with a pole and a good
friend with company.
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(waves crashing)
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- How many years have we been
in business together, Jim?
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- Five.
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- Made a lot of
money haven't we?
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- Yeah, we've done very well.
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- And not a scrap
of paper between us.
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- What's better
than a handshake?
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- That's what's going
to make it so easy
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for me to take
over the business.
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- (laughs)
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What do you mean?
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- You poor simple-minded man,
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don't you know that
I hate your guts.
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Always have.
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And for all those years,
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I've been in love
with your wife.
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What's more, she's
in love with me,
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has been for a long time.
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- What are you saying?
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- I never forgave you for
taking Katherine away from me.
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And now, I'm going
to get her back.
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- Mark?
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Mark you can't get away with it.
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- Can't get away with it?
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But do you ever hear
of corpus delicti?
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(gun shot fired)
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(gun shot fired)
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(dramatic serious music)
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- [Witness] Hey, buddy,
we saw shoot that man.
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- [Mark] Well, my
friend fall off the rock
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and I fired those shots to-
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- [Witness] Yeah, we also
heard what you're told him.
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- [Witness] Come on, this
was a citizens arrest.
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- These men are lying Marshall.
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- Are they?
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I don't think they are.
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- Believing if they
were telling the truth.
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What do you think you
could do about it?
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Did you read about
the Collins case?
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That's what he's counting on
to get out of it, Marshall.
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He mentioned "corpus delicti",
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before he shot Wheeler.
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- We saw where Wheeler fell in,
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let's recover the body?
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- In the history of
San Francisco Bay,
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they've never recovered
a body from that area.
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Strong riptide there.
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By now Wheeler's body
is halfway to China.
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That's what you're counting
on, isn't it Brand?
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Lock him up.
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(dramatic music)
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- Wilma, Jim Wheeler
was murdered.
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- Jim. Oh no.
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- By his partner.
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- Oh, poor Katherine.
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- That's right.
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You know Mrs. Wheeler
pretty well, don't you?
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- We've been friends for years.
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- You know something,
before he killed him,
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Brand told Wheeler
he was doing it,
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so that he and Mrs.
Wheeler could be married.
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- That's ridiculous.
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- I'm not so sure.
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- Well, I am. Katherine
loved her husband.
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- Well, I've gotta go
break the news to her.
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- Can I come along?
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- That's a good idea.
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- I'll get my things.
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(sad dramatic music)
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(knocking on door)
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- Katherine.
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- Wilma.
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- Oh, this is Marshall Wayne.
- How do you do my Marshall?
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Why don't you come in?
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- So, good to see
you again, Katherine.
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- Well, is wonderful
seeing you Wilma.
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Such a pleasant surprise,
having you drop in like this.
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May you sit down.
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- Thank you.
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- Sit down Marshall.
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- Mrs. Wheeler I, I
don't know any way
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of making this easy.
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- Yes?
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- Your husband is dead.
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(dramatic serious music)
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- Jim?
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But when? How?
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- Witnesses say
that he was murdered
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by his partner, Mark Brand.
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- Mark?
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Oh, I can't believe it,
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but why would Mark
wanna kill Jim?
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They're very good friends.
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You know that, Wilma?
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Oh, tell me this isn't true?
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- According to witnesses,
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Brand brag that you
promised to marry him,
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after he killed your husband.
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- I don't believe
that Mark would do
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or say anything like
that, it's a lie! รบ
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Just this morning, I saw Jim
leave with his best friend.
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Now, you're say he's dead,
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and I have to listen to
these horrible insinuations.
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(crying)
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- Matt, please go.
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I'll look after her.
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- (crying)
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- Go ahead and cry Katherine.
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- A prosecution will
have a awfully strong
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case against you, Mr. Brand.
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The two eye-witnesses
are solid citizens,
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and reputable merchants.
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- It was an accident, Mr. Pitt.
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I love Jim.
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I depended on him.
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You don't know what
this loss means to me.
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Now. They wanna hang me.
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Would you defend me, Mr. Pitt?
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- You defending Brand?
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- That's right.
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- Why?
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- Because, I think, he's
innocent, that's why.
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I have reason to
believe that those
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two so-called
witnesses are lying.
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- Are you basing your
defense on Judge Norris's,
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corpus delicti ruling?
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- Well, Judge Norris
set a precedent,
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and it's my duty to
defend my client.
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- Don't you think,
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you have a duty to the public?
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- Once I was an Assistant
Prosecuting in Illinois.
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I convicted a man, against
whom the evidence of murder,
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was twice as damning
of that against Brand.
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A month after he was hanged,
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another man confessed
to the crime.
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That's one of the reasons
I came to California.
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I couldn't stand
meeting that man's,
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widow and children
in the street.
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Expressions on their
faces, still haunt me.
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That's why I'm going
to defend Mark Brand
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with every resource
at my command.
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(dramatic music)
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- Well, I ain't much
of a lawyer, Matt,
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but I have read as much
law as the next man.
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And I'm sticking to
my interpretation
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of corpus delicti, died, or you,
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or somebody else can
convince me I'm wrong,
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which aint, isn't very likely.
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So, if I'm assigned
to the Brand case,
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and I'm sure I will be,
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I'll have to instruct the jury,
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same as I did in
the Collins case.
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- Judge? What if we don't
charge him with murder?
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If I hold him, say as
a material witness?
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I mean, if we don't
charge him with anything,
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he can't ask for
a trail, can he?
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- What are you heading for Matt?
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- In that time, I might
be able to find the body.
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- But you know that there's
never been a body recovered
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from that spot, Matt?
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- But, I've got
an expert on bay,
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currents working on the case.
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He says, "Give him time,
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he's sure he can
produce corpus delicti."
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- Hm-mm.
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That's, that's a good thinking.
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Tell you what I'll do?
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Dan Reese is
Assistant Prosecutor
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in charge of the case.
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I'll have a talk with him, huh?
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Ever think of trying
for the bench, son?
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- (laughs)
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Being a judge? I'm
not even a lawyer.
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- Neither am I.
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- You weren't
admitted to the bar?
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- Admitted? I was the bar.
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It's the hang around
old Judge Hammers court,
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selling whiskey to him and
the jurors and lawyers,
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during recesses.
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Read all his law books.
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When he died, all of a
sudden I got his job.
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- (laughs)
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But how?
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- Well, just fixed it
with the right people,
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got myself appointed.
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That's all it was to it.
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Simple aint- isn't it?
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- Yes, aint it? (laughs)
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(dramatic music)
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(door slams)
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- Hello Marshall.
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And have you Wheelers body, yet?
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- Not yet.
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That's what you're
counted on, wasn't it?
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- I certainly did,
in case I got caught,
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but if I ever get in court,
I'll deny it of course.
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- Why are you in
this confiding mood?
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Why'd you tell Wheeler that
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his wife planned
to marrying you?
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- I hated him.
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I wanna see him
suffer before he died.
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- You really are a
skunk, aren't you?
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- Yes, I really am.
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And the beauty of it is,
I'm gonna get away with it,
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thanks to good old
carpus delicti.
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See you at the trial Marshall.
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- There, isn't
gonna be any trail.
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Not for awhile, anyway.
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- What do you mean?
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- You're being released,
but don't leave town,
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might need you as
a material witness.
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- I demand a trial,
Marshall, that's my right!
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- Come on, out.
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(dramatic music)
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- Hello Matt.
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That's a pretty sneaky trick.
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- Not as sneaky as your client.
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- Well, I think, he's innocent.
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You know, even though,
you do find a body.
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I think, it'll be
of a drowned man
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and not a murdered one.
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- We'll see about that.
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- You know, meanwhile,
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I resent your having Brand
followed every place he goes.
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00:10:15,082 --> 00:10:16,717
- My friend, I'm
only doing that,
261
00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:19,086
so he won't leave town
without paying your fee.
262
00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,790
(serious music)
263
00:10:26,326 --> 00:10:28,729
(door opens)
264
00:10:32,199 --> 00:10:33,734
- How dare you come here?
265
00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:35,402
- Katherine, don't tell
me you believe those lies
266
00:10:35,402 --> 00:10:37,070
about me?
- I talked to the two men,
267
00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:38,405
who saw you kill my husband.
268
00:10:38,405 --> 00:10:39,639
- Please listen to me.
269
00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,541
- I hate you, I
hope they hang you.
270
00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,144
(door slams)
271
00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:46,880
(dramatic music)
272
00:11:01,428 --> 00:11:02,262
- He's gone.
273
00:11:04,364 --> 00:11:07,034
- (door closes)
274
00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:11,438
Oh, Mark, Mark darling,
I love you so much.
275
00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:15,342
(dramatic music)
276
00:11:16,710 --> 00:11:18,145
- Hey, Marshall. I followed him-
277
00:11:18,145 --> 00:11:20,948
- Jensen, what are
you doing here?
278
00:11:20,948 --> 00:11:23,516
You're supposed to be
watching Mike Brand?
279
00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,652
- Well, that's what I
come to tell you about.
280
00:11:25,652 --> 00:11:27,988
I followed him, he went
to Mrs. Wheeler's place.
281
00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:29,156
- She let him in?
282
00:11:29,156 --> 00:11:30,390
- Yeah. They talked for a while
283
00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:31,892
and then she slammed
the door in his face.
284
00:11:31,892 --> 00:11:33,593
I thought that might mean
something to you, Marshall.
285
00:11:33,593 --> 00:11:35,228
- She slammed the
door in his face.
286
00:11:35,228 --> 00:11:37,464
Yeah, it certainly
means something to me.
287
00:11:37,464 --> 00:11:38,966
Now, Jensen. I want
you to go back there
288
00:11:38,966 --> 00:11:41,301
and pick up his trail,
and don't leave it,
289
00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:43,503
until I send somebody
to replace you?
290
00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:44,571
- All right, Marshall.
291
00:11:46,874 --> 00:11:48,275
- The thing that
bothers me most,
292
00:11:48,275 --> 00:11:49,843
is that those men
heard you telling Jim,
293
00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:51,111
we were in love.
294
00:11:51,111 --> 00:11:54,047
- If they ever put me
on trial, I'll deny it.
295
00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:54,848
- But Mark?
296
00:11:55,983 --> 00:11:58,518
When we do get married,
people will talk.
297
00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:00,287
We'll have to leave
San Francisco.
298
00:12:00,287 --> 00:12:02,255
- What makes you think
I'm going to marry you?
299
00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:05,025
(dramatic music)
300
00:12:05,926 --> 00:12:07,727
- What makes me think, what?
301
00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,229
- Do you suppose
I'd marry the kind
302
00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:11,264
of woman who helped plan
her own husband's murder.
303
00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:14,034
(dramatic music)
304
00:12:16,837 --> 00:12:19,907
- Sometimes a woman
will do terrible things
305
00:12:19,907 --> 00:12:21,408
for love of a man.
306
00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:22,843
Even go along with murder.
307
00:12:24,311 --> 00:12:26,513
The only thing that keeps
it from being unbearable,
308
00:12:26,513 --> 00:12:27,815
is the thought that you love me.
309
00:12:27,815 --> 00:12:29,850
Ah, I beg you?
310
00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:32,319
Please, don't take
that away from me.
311
00:12:32,319 --> 00:12:33,921
Say you do love me?
312
00:12:33,921 --> 00:12:37,024
- I hate you, as much I
hated Jim, him for taking
313
00:12:37,024 --> 00:12:39,359
you away from me,
you for letting him?
314
00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:45,365
(dramatic serious music)
315
00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:47,434
- So, that's what it was?
316
00:12:50,037 --> 00:12:52,272
You can still be
charged with murder.
317
00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:55,608
- Not unless they find Jim's
body, which they won't.
318
00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:57,845
- Suppose, I decide,
to tell the truth.
319
00:12:57,845 --> 00:13:00,513
- I wouldn't be convicted
without a corpus delicti,
320
00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:01,781
but you'll keep
your mouth closed,
321
00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:04,084
unless you don't wanna
live in the streets.
322
00:13:04,084 --> 00:13:08,255
You see everything Jim
had, is in my name.
323
00:13:09,857 --> 00:13:12,592
(dramatic music)
324
00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:17,497
- You really did a thorough job.
325
00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:20,567
- Now, you behave and
keep away from me,
326
00:13:21,902 --> 00:13:23,236
and I'll let you
keep this place.
327
00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:24,872
Give you the money
to support it.
328
00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:27,807
You'll depend on
me for your bread.
329
00:13:29,843 --> 00:13:32,579
(dramatic music)
330
00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:37,350
(door opens and closes)
331
00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:39,586
- Oh.
332
00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:41,354
- Oh, Matt.
333
00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:44,291
Oh, excuse me, please?
334
00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:46,359
Oh, that expert was right.
335
00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:47,660
He figured out
where the current,
336
00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,029
might take a body.
337
00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:50,230
And that's where we found it,
338
00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:51,598
under his point.
339
00:13:51,598 --> 00:13:53,433
- Are you sure it's
Wheeler's body?
340
00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:54,767
- Well, I'd swear, it's the man.
341
00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:57,337
I saw Mark Brand shoot that day.
342
00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:00,673
- I bet, I have Mrs.
Weeler identify.
343
00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:01,508
Excuse me, Wilma?
344
00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,912
Anytime, when you go down
345
00:14:04,912 --> 00:14:05,845
to the district
attorney's office
346
00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:06,947
and tell Dan Reese about this?
347
00:14:06,947 --> 00:14:08,281
- Sure thing.
348
00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:10,517
(dramatic music)
349
00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:12,119
(knock on door)
350
00:14:12,119 --> 00:14:14,454
- Come in, the door is open!
351
00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:25,265
- Sorry to disturb
you Mrs. Wheeler.
352
00:14:28,768 --> 00:14:30,203
- That's quite all
right, Marshall.
353
00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:31,138
Won't you sit down?
354
00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,142
- I'm afraid I'm
here on business.
355
00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,112
They find your husband's body.
356
00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:42,682
Would you like to come along
with me and identify it?
357
00:14:43,984 --> 00:14:45,485
- No.
358
00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:46,319
- No?
359
00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:51,024
What did Brand say to you
360
00:14:51,024 --> 00:14:53,193
that made you slam
the door in his face?
361
00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:56,930
- Does it matter?
362
00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:58,565
- Murderers don't
usually visit the widows
363
00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:00,333
of the men they
killed Mrs. Wheeler.
364
00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:05,205
It must've been something
between you two.
365
00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:06,039
What was it?
366
00:15:08,141 --> 00:15:10,243
- We planned my husband's
murder together.
367
00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:11,078
- You?
368
00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:16,283
Why are you telling me this?
369
00:15:18,785 --> 00:15:20,487
Would you testify to him?
370
00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:22,089
- Yes, I will.
371
00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:23,356
- I'm going down and get a man
372
00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:25,558
from the district
attorney's office,
373
00:15:25,558 --> 00:15:27,360
but I'd would like
to have a deposition.
374
00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:30,998
You sure you won't
change your mind?
375
00:15:30,998 --> 00:15:33,200
You'll be incriminating
yourself, you know?
376
00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,901
- I don't care
what happens to me.
377
00:15:35,902 --> 00:15:37,037
I wanna see him hanged.
378
00:15:39,739 --> 00:15:42,509
(dramatic music)
379
00:15:47,347 --> 00:15:49,916
(door closes)
380
00:15:49,916 --> 00:15:52,585
(birds sounds)
381
00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:58,825
(knocking on door)
382
00:16:06,199 --> 00:16:07,367
(door closes)
383
00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:08,268
- I told you enough
not bother me.
384
00:16:08,268 --> 00:16:09,602
- They found Jim's body.
385
00:16:09,602 --> 00:16:11,004
- Impossible!
386
00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:12,472
- Once more, I
told Marshall Wayne
387
00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:14,574
about my part in the murder.
388
00:16:14,574 --> 00:16:15,908
- You what?
389
00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:17,044
- Of course, Mark.
390
00:16:17,044 --> 00:16:18,078
They can't force his wife
391
00:16:18,078 --> 00:16:20,213
to testify against her husband.
392
00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:22,249
(dramatic music)
393
00:16:22,249 --> 00:16:24,084
- When do we get married, dear?
394
00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:27,120
(dramatic music)
395
00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,156
- This man was
dressed like Wheeler.
396
00:16:29,156 --> 00:16:31,758
He looked like Wheeler,
but it wasn't him.
397
00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,927
It's a man named John Lang.
398
00:16:34,927 --> 00:16:37,197
And yet, his widow and
two brothers made separate
399
00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:38,898
and positive identifications.
400
00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:43,002
- Well, the facts
in the fire, Matt.
401
00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:46,306
I've already charged
Brand with murder
402
00:16:46,306 --> 00:16:47,540
and corpse or no corpse,
403
00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:49,876
Will have to go
ahead with the trial.
404
00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:51,678
It will be before Judge Norris,
405
00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:52,979
and he sticks to his
406
00:16:52,979 --> 00:16:55,048
accused jury
interpretation of the law,
407
00:16:55,048 --> 00:16:58,118
corpus delicti, will lose.
408
00:16:58,118 --> 00:16:59,052
- Oh fine,
409
00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:00,587
and anybody who has a grudge,
410
00:17:00,587 --> 00:17:03,690
or a place to bury a body
also has a permit to kill.
411
00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:04,524
- Hm-mm.
412
00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:08,828
- What about Mrs.
Wheeler's testimony
413
00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:10,930
that she was an
accessory to the murder?
414
00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:12,765
Doesn't that help our case?
415
00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:14,334
- I hope so.
416
00:17:14,334 --> 00:17:15,968
- You ready?
417
00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:19,038
(dramatic music)
418
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:24,043
(door opens and closes)
419
00:17:24,911 --> 00:17:26,079
- What are you doing here?
420
00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:27,680
- You told me to
stick close to Brand?
421
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,216
He's in there.
422
00:17:29,216 --> 00:17:31,017
- Well, you shouldn't have let
him go in. He might kill her.
423
00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:33,386
- He does, he'll sure got
his honeymoon to show it.
424
00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,721
They'll married an
half an hour ago.
425
00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:36,189
- What are you talking about?
426
00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:38,191
- The preacher told
me, he just left.
427
00:17:38,191 --> 00:17:39,259
- Brand married her to keep her
428
00:17:39,259 --> 00:17:40,793
from testifying against him.
429
00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:42,061
- You're should've talked
to that preacher about it,
430
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:43,496
before he went in.
431
00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:45,465
- You just told me
to follow Brand?
432
00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:48,335
You didn't say nothing about
button into his romance?
433
00:17:48,335 --> 00:17:51,371
- Dan, stay at here and
keep your eye on things.
434
00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:52,505
Let's go Jensen.
435
00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:58,511
(doors open and closes)
436
00:17:59,879 --> 00:18:01,114
You're under arrest Brand.
437
00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:05,518
- What's the charge, this
time? Fishing on Sunday?
438
00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:06,753
- Charge is, murder.
439
00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:08,855
- Good, good. Just what I want.
440
00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:11,291
- Take him to jail, Jensen?
441
00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:13,660
- Too bad, the body they
found wasn't Wheelers,
442
00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:14,561
isn't it Marshall?
443
00:18:16,062 --> 00:18:17,264
Be gentle with my bride.
444
00:18:19,699 --> 00:18:20,533
My hat?
445
00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,616
(door closes)
446
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:43,523
- I know what you're
thinking, Marshall,
447
00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:44,624
and I don't blame you.
448
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,661
Mark and I have sunk
deep in the mud,
449
00:18:48,661 --> 00:18:51,063
even if he is acquitted,
we'll just sink deeper.
450
00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:56,068
But we'll sink together,
as man and wife.
451
00:18:57,937 --> 00:18:59,539
That's all that matters, now.
452
00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:02,542
(dramatic music)
453
00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:05,245
- I new myth, they making
bets on the verdict.
454
00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:06,946
It's a five to
one, on a quid ell.
455
00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:09,549
Hmm? Open for two.
456
00:19:11,718 --> 00:19:13,820
- Well, you can bet your bottom
dollar it's a sure a thing.
457
00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:16,189
Let's Judge Norris goes
against this precedent.
458
00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:18,691
- Three.
459
00:19:20,092 --> 00:19:22,662
Well, he likes you and
he listened to your once,
460
00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:24,231
maybe you'll do it again.
461
00:19:24,231 --> 00:19:25,998
- Sure. He might.
462
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,401
If I could convince him,
463
00:19:28,401 --> 00:19:30,102
he's all worried about
his interpretation
464
00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:31,938
of corpus delicti.
465
00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:34,040
Then I'm no lawyer.
466
00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:36,476
- Eyes are deceiving.
467
00:19:36,476 --> 00:19:38,345
You can read can't you?
468
00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:40,947
And Jeremy has an office
full of law books.
469
00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:47,987
- Would you like to
go for a little walk?
470
00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:48,788
- Sure.
471
00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:51,991
(laughs)
472
00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:53,660
(violin dramatic music)
473
00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:54,961
- Help yourself, Matt.
474
00:19:54,961 --> 00:19:57,196
You'll find all sorts
of opinions, rulings,
475
00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:58,798
interpretations and precedents
476
00:19:58,798 --> 00:20:03,603
on corpus delicti
in these 20 books.
477
00:20:03,603 --> 00:20:05,137
- 20?
478
00:20:05,137 --> 00:20:08,040
- And here are 10 more,
479
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,809
explaining what those 20 mean.
480
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:11,544
Good luck.
481
00:20:12,979 --> 00:20:15,114
- Well, mind as well, get at it.
482
00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:16,316
- All right.
483
00:20:16,316 --> 00:20:19,752
(playful dramatic music)
484
00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:24,857
- Jan Doe versus Richard Rowe.
485
00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:27,627
Those two birds spent a
awful a lot of time in court.
486
00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:29,329
- The one I hate is Richard,
487
00:20:29,329 --> 00:20:31,831
usually wins and he's
so smug about it.
488
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,536
- Oh. Oh, the more I read,
the more confused I get.
489
00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:38,671
- So do I.
490
00:20:40,106 --> 00:20:43,710
- You know, there must be some
clear, simple explanation,
491
00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:45,745
what corpus delicti
is all about.
492
00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,448
- By the time we
find it, Mr. Brand
493
00:20:48,448 --> 00:20:49,816
I'd be dead of old age.
494
00:20:51,884 --> 00:20:54,220
- When you wanna find out
the meaning of a word,
495
00:20:54,220 --> 00:20:55,855
where do you usually look Matt?
496
00:20:58,391 --> 00:20:59,158
- Well, then,
497
00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:03,596
couldn't be that simple?
498
00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:08,535
(dramatic music)
499
00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:16,809
- Oh, hello, Matt.
500
00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:19,979
(door closes)
501
00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:21,180
- Your Honor.
502
00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:23,082
Would it be considered
contempt to court,
503
00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:25,452
to call to your
attention, a point of law?
504
00:21:25,452 --> 00:21:27,219
- I'd appreciate it.
505
00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:28,488
Take a chair.
506
00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:30,657
Like I told you, I don't
know much about the law
507
00:21:30,657 --> 00:21:31,991
and as to judge.
508
00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:41,233
(dramatic music)
509
00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:44,337
- Now, I don't believe
I need to tell the jury
510
00:21:44,337 --> 00:21:46,172
that the state's
made out of good,
511
00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:48,274
strong case against
the defendant.
512
00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:52,211
Two reliable witnesses
have testified
513
00:21:52,211 --> 00:21:55,482
that Mark Brand committed
cold blooded murder.
514
00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:58,785
And their testimony wasn't
shaken by cross examination.
515
00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:04,090
But now, we come to a
counselor pitched defense.
516
00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:09,662
Corpus delicti, which
he claims, means,
517
00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:11,831
you got to acquit his client.
518
00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:17,804
And that means that the
Lerner defense attorney
519
00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:21,040
was talking through his
highly educated hat.
520
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,775
- Your honor, I object.
521
00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:25,578
I was merely following the
precedent set by this court.
522
00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:26,513
I was-
523
00:22:26,513 --> 00:22:28,715
- Oh, sit down and shut-up Pitt.
524
00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:31,384
Nobody's blaming you for
the ignorance of this court.
525
00:22:33,986 --> 00:22:35,922
Thanks to Marshall Wayne.
526
00:22:35,922 --> 00:22:37,824
I found out that I was in error,
527
00:22:37,824 --> 00:22:39,759
when I instructed
a previous jury,
528
00:22:39,759 --> 00:22:41,728
that you gotta have a body
529
00:22:41,728 --> 00:22:43,630
before you could
convict a murderer.
530
00:22:43,630 --> 00:22:45,297
(people talking)
531
00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:48,568
But he found the real mean
in the corpus delicti,
532
00:22:48,568 --> 00:22:50,369
and the "one book
guy" never thought
533
00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:51,771
of reading on the subject.
534
00:22:51,771 --> 00:22:53,039
And here's the gist of it.
535
00:22:56,308 --> 00:23:00,112
Corpus delicti, does not
mean the body of the victim.
536
00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:03,349
(dramatic music)
537
00:23:03,349 --> 00:23:05,585
Means the body of
facts that prove
538
00:23:05,585 --> 00:23:07,587
that a crime has been committed.
539
00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:10,790
In other words,
you, you don't have
540
00:23:10,790 --> 00:23:13,460
to produce a corpse to
prove there's been a murder.
541
00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:16,896
Just the facts.
542
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,698
Now, that means just one thing.
543
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,336
If you jurors wanna
hang Mark Brand
544
00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:26,338
on the evidence you
heard, it's jake with me.
545
00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:29,108
I think, the son of
a guns guilty. (slam)
546
00:23:29,108 --> 00:23:30,610
- [All People] Hear, hear.
547
00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:33,379
(dramatic music)
548
00:23:40,487 --> 00:23:42,321
- Don't take it so hard, Jeremy.
549
00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:44,991
You live, there only
hanging your client.
550
00:23:46,993 --> 00:23:49,361
- When I first took the case,
I thought, he was innocent.
551
00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:52,364
Out of which one of my books
552
00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:53,866
did you get that ruling
on corpus delicti,
553
00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:55,001
I gave the judge?
554
00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:58,337
- We found it in a
book by Noah Webster.
555
00:23:58,337 --> 00:23:59,371
- You mean Daniel?
556
00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:00,306
He was the lawyer.
557
00:24:00,306 --> 00:24:02,008
No one wrote the dictionary.
558
00:24:02,008 --> 00:24:03,109
- That's where we found it.
559
00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:04,577
The dictionary.
560
00:24:04,577 --> 00:24:06,045
Anytime you wanna
refresh your memory,
561
00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:07,514
it's listed in the scene.
562
00:24:07,514 --> 00:24:10,016
(dramatic music)
563
00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:11,918
* Californiay,
564
00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:13,419
Oh, I've traveled here,
565
00:24:13,419 --> 00:24:14,654
I've traveled there,
566
00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:17,223
I guess I've been
most ev'rywhere,
567
00:24:17,223 --> 00:24:18,725
But I like where I am today,
568
00:24:18,725 --> 00:24:20,860
And here is where I'll stay.
569
00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:23,029
Now, one thing I
just can't endure
570
00:24:23,029 --> 00:24:25,297
Is bein' broke and bein' poor,
571
00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,266
So, I've come out
to take the cure,
572
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:29,936
And here is where I'll stay.
573
00:24:29,936 --> 00:24:31,203
I've come to Californiay,
574
00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,807
Californiay;
575
00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:38,545
There's gold in them there
hills, in Californiay.
576
00:24:38,545 --> 00:24:41,380
I've come to live
where life is best,
577
00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:42,314
In the golden west,
578
00:24:43,516 --> 00:24:47,286
I'm gonna strike it
rich in Californiay.
579
00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:51,891
Californiay, Californiay;
580
00:24:51,891 --> 00:24:55,595
There's gold in them there hills
581
00:24:55,595 --> 00:24:59,265
in Californiay.
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