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Hey, come on, come on, Hobie.
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I told you, one sack at a time.
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What are you doing?
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You pulling for
foreman or something?
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Day's work for a day's pay.
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Now, there's a man
looks like he needs a drink.
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Yeah.
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There's... Hey, hey, Hobie!
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Where's he rushing to?
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I don't know. Reckon he's sore
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'cause we don't let him
do his share of the work.
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Would you mind
moving your horse?
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The man driving that rig,
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did he go into the saloon?
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You gonna move your horse?
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Adam, that dad-burned
Hobie run plumb out on us,
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right through that store
and out the back door.
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Hobie?
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Hobie Klinderman?
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Yeah, you know Hobie?
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In a way.
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If you catch up with him,
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you tell him that it won't
do him any good to run.
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And you tell him
that the Ponderosa
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isn't large enough
to hide a murderer.
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What did he mean by that?
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I don't know.
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Let's go have a talk.
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I give you the health
of him who sits there
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in lonely majesty.
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Glad to see you
again, gentlemen.
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You're just in time
to drink a toast.
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To the honorable W.H. Whitacker,
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magistrate of the commonweal,
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sometimes affectionately
known as "Hanging Harry."
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Well, the judge
is relaxing a bit.
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Perhaps the judge will honor
us with his presence a bit longer.
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Maybe we can get him to tell us
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some of his more
sprightly stories
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about some of the men he's
sentenced to dance on air.
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Who are you, kid?
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What do you want?
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To track down an
elusive quarry, truth.
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I'm a newspaperman.
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Young, but very articulate.
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I work for Horace Greeley's
newspaper in New York City,
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and I've come out here to
gather in a little of the local color.
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Oh, I see.
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You ever think about picking
on somebody your own age?
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Why now, you wouldn't
want to deny me
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the right of free
speech, would you?
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No, certainly not.
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Not with a judge of the
commonweal listening?
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You are listening,
aren't you, Judge?
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Why don't you shut up?
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Why should I?
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Words are my only weapon.
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Welcome, stranger.
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Allow me to introduce you
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to Hanging Harry Whitacker,
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the most famous
judge in the territory.
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I happen to know all about
the judge and his career.
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Why, then you must know
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that old Harry doesn't count
sheep like the rest of us do
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when we can't sleep.
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No, sir, old Harry
counts row after row
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of dangling men,
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kicking their lives away
at the end of a rope.
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Well, there's nothing
like a whiskey mouth.
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It's a little young, Judge.
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Anything we can do for you?
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Well, yes, yes,
as a matter of fact.
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I'm looking for an old friend.
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I wonder if you could
direct me to his place.
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His name is Ben Cartwright.
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Well, it just so happens
that we're his sons.
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I'm Adam. This is
my brother, Hoss.
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Well.
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Judge Whitacker, I've
heard my pa mention you.
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He would be mighty happy to
see you again, Judge, I'm sure.
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Well, I don't suppose
he'd be expecting me,
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because we haven't met
in years, you know, but, uh,
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he has written more than once
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to invite me to the Ponderosa.
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Just happening to be
in the neighborhood.
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He just happened to
be in the neighborhood?
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Why don't you tell them
why you're really here?
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Go on, Your Honor.
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Tell the good people
the real reason.
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Hoss, why don't you ride
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with the judge on
back to the ranch?
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- I'll bring the wagon in.
- Right.
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Come on, Your Honor.
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Now let's you and
me have a little talk.
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One of the great and
mighty Cartwrights, huh?
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What did you mean about hiding
murderers on the Ponderosa?
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My name is Jolley, Bob Jolley.
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It may help if I tell you that
my father was Carl Jolley.
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A little over a year ago,
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my father was hung by
the neck until he was dead.
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The charge was
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shooting a territory
agent down in cold blood.
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Well, now, if my memory
serves me correct,
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he was found guilty.
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Uh, there was evidence and
I believe some witnesses?
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There was Hanging
Harry Whitacker you mean,
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so bloated with power
over life and death,
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he had no time for anything
except keeping his reputation.
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And so, an innocent
man paid with his life.
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I was in that
courtroom in Pipesville.
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Your father was guilty,
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and he got a fair trial.
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If you were there, then
you know he was railroaded.
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I was there.
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I was there, and I'm no liar.
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You old enough to use that gun?
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Well, what could I expect?
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The great American West.
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A haven for scum.
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A paradise for killers
and gunslingers.
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Where bullies become judges,
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and good men's lives are
sold to a screaming crowd
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for how many pieces of silver?
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Why don't you just
leave it right there, huh?
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You heard what he called me.
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Yeah.
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But out here, we don't
shoot men in the back
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for just any reason.
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About your father,
I wasn't at the trial...
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Don't apologize.
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He was only a poor homesteader,
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not really worth
anyone's attention.
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Boy, you know, it
wouldn't surprise me
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if you didn't end this
day in a pine box.
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Why not?
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I think it goes rather nicely
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with this law-abiding
part of the country.
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The remark you made
about the Ponderosa,
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now what was that
supposed to mean?
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You know the meaning of it;
you hired Hobie Klinderman.
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That's right, but what's
that got to do with it?
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Hobie Klinderman...
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swore my father's life away.
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Judge Whitacker tied
the knot around his throat,
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and today, both men find
sanctuary on the Ponderosa.
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Now do you know what I meant?
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Boy,
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you know, you don't seem to
have anything else on your mind
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but going around
getting people all riled up.
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I don't know what you're after,
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but I would suggest that
you go about it sensibly.
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Now, why don't you
sit down reasonably,
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quietly, and speak
your mind just once.
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Maybe then people will
know what's bothering you.
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Wait.
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I don't know, maybe
you are on the level.
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Here, this is a story
I sent back East
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to Mr. Greeley.
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It's about your father's
bosom friend, Judge Whitacker.
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You read that, Cartwright.
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Then you'll know
what's bothering me.
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There you are, Harry.
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Good and strong,
just the way you like it.
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Well, thank you, Ben.
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I think I still
prefer it that way.
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Harry, it's really
good to see you.
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Well, I can say the
same thing, Ben.
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Old friends, sometimes
you need them.
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You need them.
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Yes, indeed you do.
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Indeed you do.
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Well, come on in, Adam.
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You boys did yourself a
proud bit of work this morning
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finding my old friend the
judge and bringing him out here.
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How'd you, how'd you meet up?
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Oh, we met in the saloon.
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The young fella that was
there was insulting the judge.
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What do you mean,
insulting the judge?
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Oh, now don't let
it upset you, Ben.
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The young fella's
name was Robert Jolley.
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And I had the unhappy task
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of sentencing his
father to death about...
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about a year ago.
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Mmm.
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Jolley... Oh, yeah.
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That's the man down
in Pipesville, isn't it?
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That's the one. Carl Jolley.
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He murdered a man because
he came onto his property
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and wanted to talk about
buying a strip of land
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for the railroad.
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Well, Ben, you know how
this territory's been hurting
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for a railroad.
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Of course.
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And of course there
isn't an inch of progress
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to be made without it,
and the people knew that.
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So they were going
to do something.
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So, the legislature provided
the money for the land
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and they deeded it
over to the railroad.
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Oh, everybody was
happy and cooperated
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for the territory.
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All except Carl Jolley.
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Well, he-he elected
to be stubborn.
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So even when Senator
Prince sent a man down there
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to plead with him,
he just shot him down.
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Well, um...
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Bob Jolley wrote this article.
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He contends that his father
got anything but a fair trial.
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Now that is a devilish lie.
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Ben, my conscience is clear.
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There were witnesses and facts.
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Carl Jolley took a
life, and I took his.
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That was my duty.
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That was my... duty.
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I think, Ben, I'd
better... rest a little bit?
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Yes, of course.
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You already get
that feed unloaded?
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- Hmm?
- Yeah.
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Yeah, Hobie gave
me a hand with it.
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Oh, Hobie's back?
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Now, how could he give me a
hand with it if he wasn't back?
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Pa, did you know
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that Hobie was the chief
witness at Carl Jolley's trial?
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No, I did not.
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Yeah, young Jolley
thinks it's kind of strange
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that the man that swore
his father's life away
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and the man that put
the noose around his neck
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are both here at the same
time at the Ponderosa.
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I'll tell you something else
about your friend the judge.
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Must be something that
drives a man to the bottle
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before the sun is
barely up in the morning.
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According to young Jolley,
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he hasn't sat in a courtroom
for six months now.
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Just travels around from
town to town and bar to bar.
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Joe... call in Hobie.
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Hmm? Yes, sir.
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Hey, Hobie?! Hobie?!
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Adam, you do have a way
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of sticking your neck
out for the underdog.
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Well, there's nothing
wrong with that.
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Hobie.
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Take a look.
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Put your hands up, young man.
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Put 'em way up.
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Come on.
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Been fired?
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Yup.
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I shot at a rattler
about a mile back.
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Good. Maybe you
can show us that rattler.
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I'm afraid I can't. I missed.
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Judge.
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Sure seems like
you're always around
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any time one of us Jolleys is
accused of shooting someone.
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- Howdy, Ben.
- Roy.
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- Judge here?
- Adam.
255
00:17:14,463 --> 00:17:17,278
No. I got him a room up at
the hotel to use as an office.
256
00:17:17,407 --> 00:17:18,826
He's gonna hold a
preliminary hearing.
257
00:17:18,943 --> 00:17:19,991
Oh. Where?
258
00:17:20,127 --> 00:17:21,371
Right here in my office.
259
00:17:21,503 --> 00:17:22,682
That won't hold very many.
260
00:17:22,815 --> 00:17:25,598
Well, I guess maybe
he prefers it that way.
261
00:17:25,726 --> 00:17:27,288
What about them?
262
00:17:30,526 --> 00:17:32,894
Ben, I'm a law officer.
263
00:17:33,023 --> 00:17:34,485
I just hate a noisy crowd,
264
00:17:34,623 --> 00:17:36,511
but I'm scared to
death of a quiet one.
265
00:17:36,639 --> 00:17:38,745
Who riled 'em up?
266
00:17:38,879 --> 00:17:40,189
Who knows?
267
00:17:40,319 --> 00:17:42,459
All that takes is one voice
and a good argument.
268
00:17:42,591 --> 00:17:44,502
Now inside I've
got the son of a man
269
00:17:44,639 --> 00:17:45,636
who was hanged for murder,
270
00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:48,280
and only yesterday, he
shot an innocent man.
271
00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:50,204
Has anybody proved that?
272
00:17:50,335 --> 00:17:54,362
No, but they all
believe that he did it.
273
00:17:57,567 --> 00:18:00,567
We go inside?
274
00:18:00,703 --> 00:18:02,613
Yeah.
275
00:18:10,527 --> 00:18:12,219
Morning, Mr. Jolley.
276
00:18:12,351 --> 00:18:14,240
Well, well, well, look
who's come to visit
277
00:18:14,367 --> 00:18:15,961
the poor, dollar-a-column
newspaper fella.
278
00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:17,373
Well, we thought we'd, uh, see
279
00:18:17,503 --> 00:18:19,643
if you wanted us to
hire a lawyer for you.
280
00:18:19,775 --> 00:18:21,565
A lawyer?
281
00:18:21,695 --> 00:18:23,452
Well, I'm touched.
282
00:18:23,583 --> 00:18:25,176
Really touched.
283
00:18:25,311 --> 00:18:26,838
No, thank you, gentlemen.
284
00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:28,885
They hired a
lawyer for my father.
285
00:18:30,033 --> 00:18:31,408
A young man
286
00:18:31,537 --> 00:18:34,058
who had just finished his
reading in a lawyer's office.
287
00:18:34,192 --> 00:18:36,168
A young fella
288
00:18:36,305 --> 00:18:38,445
who hadn't even seen
the outside of a law school.
289
00:18:38,577 --> 00:18:42,572
My father was arrested,
tried and hanged
290
00:18:42,705 --> 00:18:44,494
in three days.
291
00:18:44,625 --> 00:18:48,074
Nevertheless, we thought
we might be of some help.
292
00:18:48,209 --> 00:18:51,276
Gentlemen, let's
not be inconsistent.
293
00:18:51,409 --> 00:18:53,744
You Cartwrights have the
chief witness for the prosecution
294
00:18:53,873 --> 00:18:55,816
on your payroll, and you
have the hanging judge
295
00:18:55,953 --> 00:18:57,416
in your house as a houseguest.
296
00:18:58,993 --> 00:19:00,816
Come on, Adam.
297
00:19:00,945 --> 00:19:02,855
We'll see you at the
preliminary hearing.
298
00:19:02,992 --> 00:19:05,165
Preliminary to
what? The hanging?
299
00:19:08,144 --> 00:19:10,666
You mind telling me
something, Jolley?
300
00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:12,711
What's really eating you?
301
00:19:14,769 --> 00:19:16,679
What's eating me?
302
00:19:18,225 --> 00:19:20,331
Injustice, Cartwright.
303
00:19:20,465 --> 00:19:22,703
Like an acid.
304
00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,241
Eating my insides out.
305
00:19:24,369 --> 00:19:27,184
You sure it isn't
something else?
306
00:19:27,661 --> 00:19:29,571
Get out.
307
00:20:00,277 --> 00:20:02,187
Doctor?
308
00:20:06,965 --> 00:20:08,275
Looks kind of pale.
309
00:20:08,404 --> 00:20:10,740
Well, Ben, you know
what a .45 slug can do.
310
00:20:10,869 --> 00:20:13,456
However, Hobie's a
tough nut. He'll be all right.
311
00:20:15,413 --> 00:20:17,389
Did you say a .45 slug?
312
00:20:17,525 --> 00:20:19,730
Yes.
313
00:20:19,861 --> 00:20:23,178
Oh. Jolley wears
a .38, doesn't he?
314
00:20:23,316 --> 00:20:25,259
Maybe that hearing
shouldn't be held.
315
00:20:25,397 --> 00:20:26,958
I'd better tell Judge Whitacker.
316
00:20:27,093 --> 00:20:29,004
No, wait. Hold up.
317
00:20:30,517 --> 00:20:32,373
Why don't we, uh, hold off
318
00:20:32,501 --> 00:20:36,048
telling the judge about
this for a little while, huh?
319
00:20:36,181 --> 00:20:37,556
What's on your mind?
320
00:20:37,685 --> 00:20:40,107
Well, maybe this will
give us a chance to find out
321
00:20:40,244 --> 00:20:44,206
if he's willing to dig out
these new facts for himself.
322
00:20:49,076 --> 00:20:50,987
All right.
323
00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:07,893
This is a preliminary hearing
324
00:21:08,021 --> 00:21:11,317
to determine whether the
accused shall be remanded
325
00:21:11,445 --> 00:21:14,097
for trial on the charge
of attempted murder.
326
00:21:17,493 --> 00:21:21,290
If the accused is so remanded,
327
00:21:21,429 --> 00:21:25,739
I will disqualify myself and
refer the case to another judge.
328
00:21:27,636 --> 00:21:30,321
All right. Let's get on with it.
329
00:21:30,453 --> 00:21:33,301
Sheriff?
330
00:21:33,429 --> 00:21:35,634
Were there any
witnesses to the shooting?
331
00:21:37,621 --> 00:21:40,655
Well, now, you know that
there wasn't, Your Honor.
332
00:21:40,789 --> 00:21:42,764
Bob Jolley showed up
right after the shooting,
333
00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:45,935
and, uh, well, his gun had been
fired not too long before that.
334
00:21:46,069 --> 00:21:47,958
Now, he said that
he shot a snake,
335
00:21:48,085 --> 00:21:49,580
but there wasn't
any proof of that.
336
00:21:49,716 --> 00:21:51,822
Was the bullet recovered?
337
00:21:51,957 --> 00:21:53,932
I think so. You got
it, ain't you, Doc?
338
00:21:54,069 --> 00:21:55,596
Yes, I have it.
339
00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:57,708
Describe the bullet.
340
00:21:57,844 --> 00:22:02,188
Base metal, predominantly
lead, .45 caliber.
341
00:22:02,325 --> 00:22:04,747
What caliber was
the accused's gun?
342
00:22:07,604 --> 00:22:09,428
It's a .38, Your Honor.
343
00:22:11,540 --> 00:22:14,858
Is there any proof that
the accused owned,
344
00:22:14,997 --> 00:22:18,096
or had access to,
a .45 caliber gun?
345
00:22:18,229 --> 00:22:20,084
Why, no. I just supposed that...
346
00:22:20,213 --> 00:22:22,069
In the law, we don't suppose.
347
00:22:22,196 --> 00:22:25,710
Until you get proof,
case dismissed.
348
00:22:27,125 --> 00:22:28,500
Release the prisoner.
349
00:22:37,301 --> 00:22:40,564
Harry, let's get back
to the Ponderosa.
350
00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:42,351
Well staged, Your Honor.
351
00:22:42,485 --> 00:22:44,308
Very well staged.
352
00:22:44,436 --> 00:22:47,187
Jolley, I thought
you'd be satisfied.
353
00:22:47,316 --> 00:22:48,659
I'll be satisfied
354
00:22:48,788 --> 00:22:50,545
when I get your
friend, the judge,
355
00:22:50,677 --> 00:22:52,085
and Hobie Klinderman together.
356
00:22:52,212 --> 00:22:54,253
Your father was guilty.
357
00:22:54,388 --> 00:22:55,633
I did the right thing.
358
00:22:55,765 --> 00:22:57,653
I-I did the right... thing.
359
00:22:57,780 --> 00:22:59,123
I...
360
00:23:07,957 --> 00:23:11,602
Ben, I... I think I
better get a... drink. I...
361
00:23:18,804 --> 00:23:20,300
Well, there's
one thing for sure.
362
00:23:20,437 --> 00:23:22,380
Boy in there has
got a lot of courage.
363
00:23:22,517 --> 00:23:24,176
Oh, either that,
or a lot of gall.
364
00:23:24,308 --> 00:23:26,644
Yeah. Gall or courage...
We better keep an eye on him
365
00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:27,754
while he's in town.
366
00:23:27,892 --> 00:23:28,966
He's not making any friends.
367
00:23:29,044 --> 00:23:30,158
Well, that's for sure.
368
00:23:32,340 --> 00:23:34,130
Whoa!
369
00:23:46,421 --> 00:23:48,658
Well, look who's in town.
370
00:23:48,789 --> 00:23:50,099
Wonder what he's doing here.
371
00:23:52,885 --> 00:23:55,603
Keeps interesting company.
372
00:24:07,348 --> 00:24:10,164
Harry, how are you?
373
00:24:10,292 --> 00:24:12,563
- Ho-ho-ho-ho!
- Cal, what brings you here?
374
00:24:12,693 --> 00:24:14,549
Well, Senator Prince,
how are you, sir?
375
00:24:14,676 --> 00:24:16,466
Tolerable,
Mr. Cartwright, tolerable.
376
00:24:16,596 --> 00:24:18,749
- Well, Virginia City's honored.
- Thank you very much, sir.
377
00:24:18,772 --> 00:24:20,366
I am not here on
official business.
378
00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:22,225
I just happened to
be passing through,
379
00:24:22,356 --> 00:24:24,146
and, Harry, I was wondering
380
00:24:24,276 --> 00:24:26,350
is there somewhere
we could have a drink?
381
00:24:26,485 --> 00:24:27,893
Uh, alone, I mean.
382
00:24:28,020 --> 00:24:29,876
Well, I-I'm with
Ben Cartwright here.
383
00:24:30,005 --> 00:24:31,794
Oh, excuse me, Mr. Cartwright.
384
00:24:31,925 --> 00:24:33,005
Adam... Oh, Senator Prince,
385
00:24:33,141 --> 00:24:34,735
I believe they have
some rooms back here.
386
00:24:34,869 --> 00:24:36,877
But I want you to meet
my eldest son, Adam.
387
00:24:37,012 --> 00:24:38,540
- Senator Prince.
- How do you so, sir?
388
00:24:38,676 --> 00:24:39,822
How do you do?
389
00:24:39,957 --> 00:24:42,227
Now, uh, would you mind?
You will excuse us, sir?
390
00:24:42,356 --> 00:24:43,404
Certainly, certainly.
391
00:24:43,540 --> 00:24:46,389
Harry, I have many
things to discuss with you.
392
00:24:48,309 --> 00:24:49,554
Senator Prince.
393
00:24:49,684 --> 00:24:51,758
Wasn't he the chairman
on that legislative committee,
394
00:24:51,893 --> 00:24:54,927
the, uh, one that set
up that railroad deal?
395
00:24:56,628 --> 00:24:58,004
I believe he was, yes.
396
00:24:58,132 --> 00:24:59,857
Yes. Why?
397
00:24:59,989 --> 00:25:02,030
Eh... funny.
398
00:25:02,164 --> 00:25:05,012
Seems that everybody that had
anything to do with Carl Jolley
399
00:25:05,141 --> 00:25:08,142
is all of a sudden
showing up in Virginia City.
400
00:25:08,276 --> 00:25:11,212
I say a trial was too
good for your father.
401
00:25:11,349 --> 00:25:14,099
I say they shouldn't even
have wasted the time...
402
00:25:14,229 --> 00:25:17,099
Just stretched his neck
right there on the spot.
403
00:25:20,916 --> 00:25:24,179
What is it they sing?
404
00:25:24,308 --> 00:25:26,862
"He shot a man who came to help.
405
00:25:26,996 --> 00:25:30,031
"He shot him cold
without a chance.
406
00:25:30,164 --> 00:25:33,067
"But Hanging Harry
made him dance.
407
00:25:33,204 --> 00:25:35,540
Carl Jolley..."
408
00:25:35,668 --> 00:25:37,262
Go on.
409
00:25:37,396 --> 00:25:39,732
Pull it.
410
00:25:39,860 --> 00:25:41,487
Everyone's watching.
411
00:25:41,621 --> 00:25:43,629
The world ain't
gonna miss this Jolley
412
00:25:43,764 --> 00:25:46,318
any more than the last one.
413
00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:49,324
Cartwright!
414
00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:51,250
This is my affair!
415
00:25:51,380 --> 00:25:52,974
Don't do it.
416
00:25:54,133 --> 00:25:55,922
You taking this up?
417
00:25:56,053 --> 00:25:58,803
No.
418
00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:02,930
There's nothing to take up.
419
00:26:03,060 --> 00:26:04,338
Hold it!
420
00:26:09,397 --> 00:26:11,340
See, this is my business.
421
00:26:23,924 --> 00:26:26,379
You ain't gonna
be using that hand...
422
00:26:26,516 --> 00:26:28,972
but you use your feet
to clear on out of town.
423
00:26:29,109 --> 00:26:30,866
You're out of business.
424
00:26:42,037 --> 00:26:44,492
Well, who's guilty
in this case, Judge?
425
00:26:44,629 --> 00:26:46,418
I don't know what you mean,
426
00:26:46,549 --> 00:26:49,267
and I will not be
talked to in that manner.
427
00:26:59,477 --> 00:27:01,452
I mean no disrespect, sir.
428
00:27:01,589 --> 00:27:04,339
The man out there
was a hired gunman,
429
00:27:04,469 --> 00:27:06,258
a professional killer.
430
00:27:06,389 --> 00:27:08,844
He was hired to pick
a fight with Bob Jolley.
431
00:27:10,645 --> 00:27:13,875
Now, it seems that
someone is very interested
432
00:27:14,004 --> 00:27:16,110
in hushing up the Jolley case.
433
00:27:16,245 --> 00:27:18,515
Now do you know
what I mean, sir?
434
00:27:18,644 --> 00:27:20,107
This is ridiculous.
435
00:27:20,245 --> 00:27:22,351
From riffraff I
could understand,
436
00:27:22,484 --> 00:27:23,914
but from a Cartwright!
437
00:27:24,052 --> 00:27:27,697
All that boy asked is the
right to question the judge
438
00:27:27,829 --> 00:27:29,902
and the chief witness
for the prosecution
439
00:27:30,037 --> 00:27:31,630
about his father's trial.
440
00:27:31,765 --> 00:27:34,995
If you knew anything
about the law, young man,
441
00:27:35,124 --> 00:27:39,020
you'd know that Robert
Jolley has no such right.
442
00:27:39,156 --> 00:27:41,579
His father was tried,
the law has spoken,
443
00:27:41,717 --> 00:27:43,147
and that is it!
444
00:27:43,285 --> 00:27:47,028
Questions, Senator,
just reasonable questions
445
00:27:48,437 --> 00:27:52,082
And how, I ask, can
we expect reason
446
00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:54,734
from the son of a
convicted murderer?
447
00:27:56,660 --> 00:27:59,661
And to ask Harry Whitacker...
448
00:27:59,797 --> 00:28:05,006
our great judge... a
man who may one day
449
00:28:05,140 --> 00:28:09,451
sit on the Supreme bench
of the United States...
450
00:28:10,804 --> 00:28:12,693
to ask this man
451
00:28:12,820 --> 00:28:17,328
to subject himself to the
so-called "reasonable questions"
452
00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:20,909
of a boy weighted
down with the knowledge
453
00:28:21,044 --> 00:28:24,209
that he is a cold-blooded
murderer's son? No!
454
00:28:24,340 --> 00:28:26,480
Gentlemen, no!
455
00:28:26,612 --> 00:28:30,956
As long as I have anything
to say in this territory,
456
00:28:31,092 --> 00:28:35,083
our courts... our judges...
457
00:28:35,221 --> 00:28:38,833
will not be subjected
to such indignity.
458
00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:43,410
Thank you, Senator Prince.
459
00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:49,265
A sensitive judge
460
00:28:49,396 --> 00:28:52,713
can, I have learned,
be driven to distraction...
461
00:28:52,853 --> 00:28:55,821
flooded with confusion
as to the validity
462
00:28:55,956 --> 00:28:58,445
of his most honest decisions.
463
00:29:00,181 --> 00:29:04,850
So... here and now I declare...
464
00:29:04,981 --> 00:29:08,494
that henceforth I will
be responsible only...
465
00:29:08,629 --> 00:29:12,656
to the law and to the
people of this territory.
466
00:29:12,788 --> 00:29:16,684
And I will not subject
myself to the bias,
467
00:29:16,820 --> 00:29:20,618
vindictive,
unreasonable inquisition
468
00:29:20,756 --> 00:29:23,790
of a Robert Jolley
or any man like him!
469
00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:32,017
Stand up.
470
00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:34,957
Judge Whitacker!
471
00:29:36,852 --> 00:29:38,763
Just one more question, sir.
472
00:29:40,724 --> 00:29:44,140
I am not biased.
473
00:29:44,276 --> 00:29:47,626
I am not vindictive
nor unreasonable.
474
00:29:49,076 --> 00:29:51,630
And my name is
not Robert Jolley.
475
00:29:51,764 --> 00:29:54,286
And my father has
not been accused,
476
00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:56,755
arrested, tried,
convicted and hanged
477
00:29:56,884 --> 00:29:58,794
in three days for murder.
478
00:30:00,052 --> 00:30:03,087
Though maybe that's just
through the grace of God.
479
00:30:03,220 --> 00:30:05,163
And I haven't been
forced to chase a judge
480
00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:06,992
all over the territory
to ask him questions,
481
00:30:07,124 --> 00:30:08,554
which I had a right to ask.
482
00:30:08,692 --> 00:30:10,319
How dare you!
483
00:30:10,452 --> 00:30:12,625
I dare, sir, because
I've lived in this territory
484
00:30:12,756 --> 00:30:14,099
most of my life.
485
00:30:14,228 --> 00:30:17,393
I have part of its future,
and I want to be proud of it.
486
00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:20,874
So don't deny me that.
487
00:30:21,012 --> 00:30:23,380
Now, Hobie Klinderman
is gonna be up and around
488
00:30:23,509 --> 00:30:25,298
in a couple of days.
489
00:30:25,429 --> 00:30:27,731
I am willing to meet
the both of you here
490
00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:30,894
in this saloon Friday morning.
491
00:30:32,180 --> 00:30:34,548
But I leave that
decision up to you...
492
00:30:35,540 --> 00:30:38,061
Judge.
493
00:30:50,324 --> 00:30:52,235
♪♪
494
00:31:23,609 --> 00:31:25,366
Adam.
495
00:31:28,536 --> 00:31:30,163
Are they in there?
496
00:31:30,296 --> 00:31:32,436
Yeah, they're waiting.
497
00:31:32,568 --> 00:31:34,511
It's a long trip.
498
00:31:34,648 --> 00:31:36,275
Had to ride all night.
499
00:31:36,408 --> 00:31:39,573
Adam... did you...
500
00:31:39,704 --> 00:31:42,072
did you get what you went
looking for in Pipesville?
501
00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:44,754
I think so.
502
00:31:44,888 --> 00:31:46,580
I've spent three days
gathering material
503
00:31:46,712 --> 00:31:49,167
about something I wish
I'd never gotten mixed up in.
504
00:31:49,304 --> 00:31:50,963
Go on.
505
00:31:51,096 --> 00:31:54,991
Well, Judge Whitacker
is your friend...
506
00:31:55,128 --> 00:31:57,846
but I don't believe he's
the man you think he is.
507
00:31:57,976 --> 00:32:01,457
So I'm gonna leave it up to you.
508
00:32:01,592 --> 00:32:03,568
You want me to go on with it?
509
00:32:09,689 --> 00:32:12,024
You've got to
live with yourself.
510
00:32:12,152 --> 00:32:15,317
You've got to do what your
conscience thinks is right.
511
00:32:17,208 --> 00:32:18,802
All right.
512
00:33:03,064 --> 00:33:06,480
About a year ago...
513
00:33:06,616 --> 00:33:09,584
Carl Jolley, a farmer
down near Pipesville,
514
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,793
was tried in my court.
515
00:33:11,928 --> 00:33:13,839
He was convicted.
516
00:33:13,976 --> 00:33:16,977
I had to sentence him
to death by hanging.
517
00:33:17,112 --> 00:33:19,415
Well, a few days ago...
518
00:33:19,544 --> 00:33:21,400
a young citizen
of this territory
519
00:33:21,528 --> 00:33:23,918
by the name of Adam Cartwright
520
00:33:24,056 --> 00:33:26,839
demanded that he had
the right to question me...
521
00:33:26,968 --> 00:33:29,391
And, uh, Hobie Klinderman,
522
00:33:29,528 --> 00:33:31,700
who, by the way,
was the chief witness
523
00:33:31,832 --> 00:33:34,354
for the people in the
trial against Carl Jolley.
524
00:33:34,488 --> 00:33:38,286
Neither Adam Cartwright...
525
00:33:38,424 --> 00:33:41,905
nor any other private
citizen has that right.
526
00:33:43,256 --> 00:33:46,007
But for the sake of
community harmony,
527
00:33:46,136 --> 00:33:49,912
and for the fear
that to do otherwise
528
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,423
might be a
disservice to the law,
529
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,856
I extend to Adam
Cartwright the privilege
530
00:33:56,984 --> 00:34:00,181
to ask me any question
that he chooses.
531
00:34:01,176 --> 00:34:02,966
Thank you, sir.
532
00:34:07,415 --> 00:34:12,888
Bob... you told me
that your father was...
533
00:34:13,016 --> 00:34:15,570
a poor, uneducated...
534
00:34:15,704 --> 00:34:17,493
warm-hearted man who...
535
00:34:17,624 --> 00:34:19,283
What's wrong with that? He was.
536
00:34:19,416 --> 00:34:22,286
Well, I've just come
from Pipesville.
537
00:34:24,216 --> 00:34:28,112
And Carl Jolley's
former neighbors...
538
00:34:28,248 --> 00:34:31,096
told me that he was
the most stubborn,
539
00:34:31,224 --> 00:34:34,486
cantankerous and argumentative
man that ever drew a breath.
540
00:34:34,616 --> 00:34:36,373
Well, they're a lot of liars.
541
00:34:36,504 --> 00:34:40,335
Isn't it true that he
argued with you constantly,
542
00:34:40,472 --> 00:34:42,513
that he even picked
a fight with you
543
00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:44,110
one Sunday morning in church.
544
00:34:46,072 --> 00:34:48,342
Bob, isn't it true that
you hated the farm
545
00:34:48,472 --> 00:34:51,408
and that you wanted to... run
away to New York, get away?
546
00:34:51,544 --> 00:34:54,392
And that your father took a
gun and he aimed it at your head,
547
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,139
and he said that he'd kill you
if you dared leave the farm?
548
00:34:57,272 --> 00:34:58,702
Now, isn't that true, Bob?
549
00:35:00,376 --> 00:35:03,344
All right.
550
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,864
But my father didn't
really mean any harm by it.
551
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,743
He only pointed a gun at
me and told me I couldn't go.
552
00:35:10,872 --> 00:35:14,965
And I said to him, "If you
want me to stay on this farm,
553
00:35:15,096 --> 00:35:17,846
you'll have to kill me
and bury me here."
554
00:35:17,976 --> 00:35:21,173
And I turned... and walked away.
555
00:35:22,808 --> 00:35:25,296
I never looked back. Never.
556
00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:28,465
Until it was too late.
557
00:35:30,744 --> 00:35:32,948
Didn't you ever write him?
558
00:35:34,488 --> 00:35:36,529
Often, at first.
559
00:35:36,664 --> 00:35:39,534
But he never
answered, so I stopped.
560
00:35:41,432 --> 00:35:44,728
I remember the first letter,
the only letter I ever got.
561
00:35:44,856 --> 00:35:47,574
I had moved away
from the address he had,
562
00:35:47,704 --> 00:35:50,039
so I got it four months late.
563
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,445
I shall never
forget that letter.
564
00:35:56,984 --> 00:36:01,776
"My dear son..." I'm in jail.
565
00:36:01,911 --> 00:36:07,832
"They say I killed
"the railroad feller.
566
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,380
"I didn't," but they're
going to hang me.
567
00:36:14,104 --> 00:36:16,952
"I wish I could
kiss you good-bye.
568
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,246
"Respectfully... you father."
569
00:36:20,376 --> 00:36:23,857
This is unfair. Grossly unfair.
570
00:36:23,991 --> 00:36:27,189
Let's not forget that
Bill Hauser died, too.
571
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,848
Yes, and he died
572
00:36:28,984 --> 00:36:31,254
with Carl Jolley's
bullet in his heart.
573
00:36:31,384 --> 00:36:33,686
- That's been proved...
- Senator, Senator...
574
00:36:33,816 --> 00:36:36,337
I think if you'll
just be patient, sir,
575
00:36:36,471 --> 00:36:37,716
you'll get your turn.
576
00:36:37,848 --> 00:36:40,751
I don't want my
turn, Cartwright.
577
00:36:40,888 --> 00:36:44,205
I want this whole farce of
a trial stopped right now.
578
00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:46,897
These, these
proceedings are ridiculous.
579
00:36:47,031 --> 00:36:48,855
Your Honor.
580
00:36:48,984 --> 00:36:51,538
Proceed.
581
00:36:55,319 --> 00:36:57,775
Hobie, um...
582
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:00,975
You and the, um...
583
00:37:01,112 --> 00:37:03,120
the man who was killed,
what's his name again?
584
00:37:04,856 --> 00:37:06,067
Hauser.
585
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,819
Billy Hauser.
586
00:37:08,952 --> 00:37:10,415
Yes, Bill Hauser.
587
00:37:10,552 --> 00:37:12,724
The two of you worked
for Senator Prince
588
00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:14,428
and his legislative
committee, didn't you?
589
00:37:14,552 --> 00:37:16,822
That's right.
590
00:37:19,256 --> 00:37:23,024
And it, uh... it was your job
591
00:37:23,159 --> 00:37:25,495
to travel across the country,
592
00:37:25,624 --> 00:37:27,185
from farm to farm,
593
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:28,946
and buy the strip of land
594
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,869
to be used for the...
595
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,132
right-of-way of
the railroad, right?
596
00:37:34,264 --> 00:37:35,574
Yes.
597
00:37:35,704 --> 00:37:37,974
Would you mind reading that?
598
00:37:38,104 --> 00:37:40,952
That's, um, part of your
testimony from the trial.
599
00:37:52,792 --> 00:37:54,735
"Me and Hauser...
600
00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:57,044
"tried to explain to Jolley,
601
00:37:57,176 --> 00:37:59,184
"about the good
the railroad'd do,
602
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,223
"but before we could get
more'n a few words out,
603
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,630
"Jolley pulled out his
gun and shouted for us
604
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,128
"to get the heck off'n his land
605
00:38:07,256 --> 00:38:09,144
"and never to cross it again.
606
00:38:09,272 --> 00:38:12,142
"I always knew he was dangerous,
607
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,899
"and I was afraid.
608
00:38:15,032 --> 00:38:18,197
"Me and Hauser
wasn't carryin' any guns,
609
00:38:18,328 --> 00:38:21,046
"and this guy Jolley
had murder in his eye,
610
00:38:21,176 --> 00:38:25,043
"so I..." took off
and started to run
611
00:38:25,176 --> 00:38:27,566
"and then suddenly
I heard a shot.
612
00:38:27,704 --> 00:38:30,126
"I turned back and...
613
00:38:30,263 --> 00:38:33,809
"there was Billy
Hauser, "lyin' there dead.
614
00:38:33,943 --> 00:38:36,846
I managed to get
out of there fast."
615
00:38:36,983 --> 00:38:39,635
Now that is your testimony, huh?
616
00:38:39,768 --> 00:38:42,070
Yeah, that's,
that's my testimony.
617
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,891
All right, thanks, Hobie.
618
00:38:44,024 --> 00:38:45,934
Oh, and, uh, you
and Bill Hauser,
619
00:38:46,071 --> 00:38:48,047
out there riding around
through the open country,
620
00:38:48,184 --> 00:38:49,941
what'd you eat?
621
00:38:50,071 --> 00:38:52,527
Mostly things along the way.
622
00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:55,382
Sometimes a farmer'd feed us.
623
00:38:55,512 --> 00:38:59,375
Sometimes we'd build
a fire, cook a rabbit,
624
00:38:59,511 --> 00:39:01,138
squirrel, something like that.
625
00:39:02,199 --> 00:39:03,629
Rabbits and squirrels.
626
00:39:03,767 --> 00:39:04,946
How'd you catch 'em?
627
00:39:05,079 --> 00:39:07,982
Well, we didn't
catch 'em, we, uh...
628
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,284
well, we get close
enough most times
629
00:39:11,416 --> 00:39:12,594
for a good shot at 'em.
630
00:39:15,672 --> 00:39:17,812
I don't understand.
631
00:39:17,944 --> 00:39:19,425
"Me and Hauser wasn't
carrying any guns."
632
00:39:19,448 --> 00:39:20,561
What'd you shoot 'em with?
633
00:39:25,752 --> 00:39:26,996
Um...
634
00:39:29,271 --> 00:39:30,581
Well?
635
00:39:30,712 --> 00:39:35,763
Um... Sometimes we carried guns.
636
00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:39,990
Sometimes?
637
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:41,681
- Well, usually.
- Usually?
638
00:39:41,815 --> 00:39:44,337
But not when you were going
to see a man that you knew
639
00:39:44,472 --> 00:39:45,782
was dangerous?
640
00:39:45,912 --> 00:39:48,247
At least, that's what you
said he was here... dangerous.
641
00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:53,139
I don't know. You,
you... All I know is...
642
00:39:53,271 --> 00:39:56,087
on-on that particular day
we wasn't carrying any guns.
643
00:39:56,215 --> 00:39:59,413
Well, why not? That
doesn't make sense.
644
00:39:59,543 --> 00:40:04,432
I don't know, I... Oh,
this is outrageous.
645
00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:06,259
This would never be permitted
646
00:40:06,392 --> 00:40:07,953
in a court of law
647
00:40:08,087 --> 00:40:11,536
when this man, Cartwright,
won't accept the witness' answers.
648
00:40:11,671 --> 00:40:14,771
Well, at least he
gave you an answer.
649
00:40:14,903 --> 00:40:17,206
Judge, would you
accept that answer?
650
00:40:17,335 --> 00:40:18,514
Yes, of course, you would.
651
00:40:18,647 --> 00:40:20,144
You already have
accept it, haven't you?
652
00:40:20,215 --> 00:40:21,197
Now, why did you?
653
00:40:21,336 --> 00:40:23,409
Because in a court of law,
654
00:40:23,543 --> 00:40:24,722
a witness has the right
655
00:40:24,855 --> 00:40:27,125
to give any reasonable
answer to a question.
656
00:40:27,256 --> 00:40:29,199
Judge, you're familiar
with this country,
657
00:40:29,336 --> 00:40:30,679
its ways...
658
00:40:30,808 --> 00:40:32,784
do you really believe
that Hobie and his partner
659
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,808
travelled around the
country unarmed?
660
00:40:37,272 --> 00:40:38,102
Could be true.
661
00:40:38,232 --> 00:40:39,891
Could have been?
662
00:40:40,023 --> 00:40:41,683
Well, didn't you
question it even once?
663
00:40:43,384 --> 00:40:45,752
I did the best I could.
664
00:40:47,928 --> 00:40:50,449
Judge, Carl Jolley's only hope
665
00:40:50,583 --> 00:40:52,853
in that courtroom was you.
666
00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:55,570
The record clearly
states that he told you
667
00:40:55,704 --> 00:40:58,225
time and time again
that Hauser was armed.
668
00:40:58,359 --> 00:41:00,149
That it was Hauser
who drew on him first,
669
00:41:00,279 --> 00:41:02,190
and that he had to
kill him in self-defense.
670
00:41:02,328 --> 00:41:04,020
But you wouldn't listen.
671
00:41:04,152 --> 00:41:06,422
You didn't even ask Hobie
the simplest of questions
672
00:41:06,551 --> 00:41:08,014
to get at the real truth.
673
00:41:09,527 --> 00:41:10,903
But why not, Judge?
674
00:41:11,031 --> 00:41:13,334
Because you wanted
Carl Jolley to hang?
675
00:41:13,463 --> 00:41:15,439
Because, like the rest of
the town, you hated him?
676
00:41:15,575 --> 00:41:16,950
No.
677
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,382
I despise people who
descend to hatred.
678
00:41:19,512 --> 00:41:21,301
Maybe that's why
you've been running away
679
00:41:21,432 --> 00:41:23,026
these past few months.
680
00:41:25,079 --> 00:41:27,055
'Cause you're afraid of
examining your conscience.
681
00:41:27,192 --> 00:41:30,389
'Cause you were afraid you'd
end up despising yourself.
682
00:41:32,567 --> 00:41:34,990
But you're gonna have to face
up to it sooner or later, Judge.
683
00:41:35,128 --> 00:41:37,911
'Cause that's the
kind of a man you are.
684
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,375
If you weren't, you
wouldn't be here today.
685
00:41:40,503 --> 00:41:41,857
Why, you'd have
laughed at Bob Jolley
686
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,222
the first time he accused you,
687
00:41:43,352 --> 00:41:45,622
or you'd have had him
arrested for disturbing the peace.
688
00:41:45,751 --> 00:41:47,989
But you couldn't do it.
689
00:41:50,359 --> 00:41:52,946
Because basically, you're...
690
00:41:53,079 --> 00:41:54,935
you're what my
father says you are...
691
00:41:55,064 --> 00:42:00,371
an honest, honorable man.
692
00:42:01,623 --> 00:42:04,853
I would say this has
gone just about far enough.
693
00:42:04,984 --> 00:42:07,570
Gentlemen, how can we sit here
694
00:42:07,704 --> 00:42:10,487
and watch a great public servant
695
00:42:10,615 --> 00:42:13,202
- hounded and degraded?
- No, no, no, no,
696
00:42:13,335 --> 00:42:14,294
no, no!
697
00:42:21,975 --> 00:42:24,213
I suppose, I...
698
00:42:24,343 --> 00:42:27,606
I knew it all along, but
I just couldn't face it.
699
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,594
There were errors
in the trial, but...
700
00:42:32,728 --> 00:42:36,274
I did not know that
they were deliberate.
701
00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:40,404
Hatred? No.
702
00:42:40,535 --> 00:42:43,384
I told myself it was love.
703
00:42:45,175 --> 00:42:48,821
Love of the territory,
love of people.
704
00:42:49,975 --> 00:42:52,081
I mean, they honored
me, they respected me,
705
00:42:52,216 --> 00:42:55,119
they looked up to me,
and I dedicated my life
706
00:42:55,256 --> 00:42:57,526
to them and their welfare.
707
00:42:59,415 --> 00:43:03,507
But... why couldn't this man see
708
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,550
what a railroad would mean?
709
00:43:07,671 --> 00:43:09,680
How couldn't he see,
710
00:43:09,815 --> 00:43:12,336
standing on that
vital piece of land?
711
00:43:12,471 --> 00:43:15,255
Heedless of his neighbors,
712
00:43:15,383 --> 00:43:18,166
and stopping
every bit of progress
713
00:43:18,296 --> 00:43:19,823
in the territory
714
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:23,256
just because he
didn't care to change.
715
00:43:23,383 --> 00:43:25,140
But...
716
00:43:27,927 --> 00:43:30,547
He was a human being,
717
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,169
and he had a right to live.
718
00:43:33,304 --> 00:43:36,087
Perhaps if I had known
more truth about Carl Jolley
719
00:43:36,215 --> 00:43:38,420
he would've deserved
to die anyway.
720
00:43:40,535 --> 00:43:45,554
But my crime was that I...
721
00:43:45,688 --> 00:43:48,110
I didn't reach beyond...
722
00:43:48,248 --> 00:43:50,518
enough to find the truth.
723
00:43:51,959 --> 00:43:54,742
The people made me their judge,
724
00:43:54,872 --> 00:43:57,109
and I tried one
of my fellow men,
725
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:58,801
and I failed to give him
726
00:43:58,935 --> 00:44:01,270
the full protection of the law.
727
00:44:03,191 --> 00:44:08,624
No judge... can
do a greater wrong.
728
00:44:13,976 --> 00:44:17,108
No, Judge, It wasn't you.
729
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:19,990
It wasn't you who did wrong.
730
00:44:20,119 --> 00:44:22,990
Keep your mouth
shut, Klinderman.
731
00:44:24,663 --> 00:44:26,388
No, I won't. Not any longer.
732
00:44:26,519 --> 00:44:28,309
I'm gonna tell the truth.
733
00:44:32,472 --> 00:44:34,480
I lied in your court.
734
00:44:36,568 --> 00:44:39,057
Hauser and me...
735
00:44:39,192 --> 00:44:41,364
we was both
carrying guns that day.
736
00:44:43,543 --> 00:44:46,610
Hauser drew first on Jolley.
737
00:44:46,743 --> 00:44:52,440
Jolley had to kill
him... in self-defense.
738
00:44:54,392 --> 00:44:57,207
Senator Prince told us...
739
00:44:57,335 --> 00:45:00,270
that if we didn't get
rid of Carl Jolley,
740
00:45:00,408 --> 00:45:03,540
Jolley'd block the railroad.
741
00:45:04,504 --> 00:45:07,505
This is an outrageous lie.
742
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,161
This man is making
the whole thing up.
743
00:45:10,295 --> 00:45:13,592
Surely you don't take
his word over mine?
744
00:45:15,575 --> 00:45:18,129
There will be an
investigation, Senator,
745
00:45:18,263 --> 00:45:21,908
not only of my judicial conduct,
746
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,521
but of the perjury
committed in my court,
747
00:45:25,655 --> 00:45:27,511
and the procurement
of that perjury
748
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:28,950
which is now charged to you.
749
00:45:29,079 --> 00:45:31,633
Sheriff.
750
00:45:33,304 --> 00:45:35,312
You'll never prove
anything against me,
751
00:45:35,447 --> 00:45:37,008
you doddering old fool.
752
00:45:37,144 --> 00:45:38,552
My hands are clean.
753
00:45:38,679 --> 00:45:40,712
Oh, is that why you had
Morton, a professional gunman,
754
00:45:40,791 --> 00:45:42,036
on your payroll?
755
00:45:45,495 --> 00:45:47,798
Maybe now we'll find out
who tried tried to kill Hobie,
756
00:45:47,927 --> 00:45:50,710
and, uh, who paid
to have it done.
757
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,175
You'll never prove anything.
758
00:45:53,303 --> 00:45:56,501
Well, we'll certainly
try, Senator.
759
00:45:56,631 --> 00:45:58,771
Senator.
760
00:46:04,695 --> 00:46:05,808
Come on, Hobie.
761
00:46:07,543 --> 00:46:08,821
I'm sorry, Judge.
762
00:46:09,911 --> 00:46:11,538
You will never
get away with this.
763
00:46:11,671 --> 00:46:13,494
- Never.
- Come on, Hobie.
764
00:46:25,655 --> 00:46:26,932
Thank you, Ben.
765
00:46:27,064 --> 00:46:28,853
Will you do something for me?
766
00:46:28,984 --> 00:46:31,123
Will you walk out
of here with me
767
00:46:31,256 --> 00:46:33,591
to show these people
that at least in your eyes
768
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:36,208
I'm not a totally evil man?
769
00:46:39,255 --> 00:46:42,933
I'd be proud to, Judge.
770
00:46:59,191 --> 00:47:01,396
Well, I guess there isn't
much to say, is there?
771
00:47:01,528 --> 00:47:04,049
I guess not.
772
00:47:04,183 --> 00:47:06,159
I'm gonna give that land
to the railroad, Adam.
773
00:47:06,295 --> 00:47:08,784
I think my father
would want me to now.
774
00:47:08,919 --> 00:47:11,309
It's his way, and
mine, of saying...
775
00:47:11,447 --> 00:47:13,303
thanks.
776
00:47:13,431 --> 00:47:15,472
I won't forget you.
777
00:47:15,607 --> 00:47:17,496
Yeah.
778
00:47:17,623 --> 00:47:19,795
I won't forget you either.
779
00:47:22,167 --> 00:47:23,695
A little local color?
780
00:47:23,831 --> 00:47:24,847
Bar's open, gentlemen.
781
00:48:20,375 --> 00:48:22,481
This has been a
color presentation
782
00:48:22,615 --> 00:48:25,399
of the NBC Television Network.