00:00Jan Morel, at the time that you were arraigned and ended your plea, you were not represented by counsel.
00:20I have been informed that Marshal Henderson has volunteered to represent you.
00:25As he is a member of the bar, the court has no objection.
00:30Does the prosecution have any?
00:31I have none.
00:32Then you may proceed.
00:39Your Honor, members of the jury, the accused, Jan Morel, comes before you, charged with the following crimes against the people of California.
00:51Count number one, murder.
00:55Count number two, robbery with firearms.
01:00Count number three, horse stealing.
01:05The prosecution will prove that the defendant did willfully and feloniously, with malice aforethought, commit the act of murder.
01:16The defendant will rise and come forward.
01:38Jan Morel, the jury has found you guilty as charged on all counts.
01:54Have you anything to say before I pronounce sentence?
01:56Then I order that you shall be taken to a place of execution at dawn on a date to be designated and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead.
02:10THE END
02:26What is that?
02:56Celebration! California has joined the Union!
03:11Ever since California became a territory, we've had nothing but chaos, disturbance and violence.
03:16Ruthless, greedy men have taken advantage of these conditions.
03:20Other men, wishing to combat them, but having no legal means to do so,
03:24have taken the law into their own hands, and ended by being called criminals also.
03:29Gentlemen, I do not believe it is within our province to sit in judgment of either group.
03:35We must wipe the slate clean, give all our new citizens an equal chance to prove themselves.
03:40Therefore, I'm asking that you consider the issuance of an order declaring a general amnesty.
03:47I, John Burnett, first governor-elect of the state of California,
03:51to hereby order that all civilians held for trial are to be set free,
03:56and all sentences of death or imprisonment not yet carried out are to be set aside.
04:01You're a free man, Morel.
04:07Thanks, Marshal.
04:09For what?
04:10I almost got you hung.
04:11These belong to you.
04:12All right.
04:14I won't need that anymore.
04:19Oh, Morel, uh, there's somebody waiting for you outside.
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