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00:00Stop yelling. You're making me nervous.
00:02Almost dying makes me nervous.
00:04You flew past two stop signs.
00:09I didn't want you to be late on your first day.
00:12I appreciate that.
00:14But this was a bad idea.
00:16I'm afraid I'll have to postpone your lessons while I do jury service.
00:19Well, how long will that be for?
00:20I can't say for sure.
00:22And I'm afraid I can't speak about the case once it starts.
00:25I'm more than happy for you and Father Brand to observe.
00:27But there'll be no discussions of any kind.
00:30About the case.
00:31Understood.
00:31We will withhold our opinions until the case is concluded.
00:35Good luck, Mrs Sullivan.
00:36Thank you, Father.
00:39How am I supposed to improve if I can't practice?
00:42You may be resuming your lessons sooner than you think.
00:46This is likely to be a short trial.
00:48How do you know that?
00:49According to the paper, the accused has already confessed.
01:00I've never been to a murder trial before.
01:05Sorry, Father.
01:07I know you knew the victim.
01:09Who was he again?
01:10His name was Arthur Goddard.
01:14He was a good man.
01:16I met him through his daughter, Josie, who attended catechism as a child.
01:22That's her there.
01:23On the end of the green dress.
01:25All rise, Rizona, Judge Carmichael.
01:29Carmichael.
01:43Will the accused please rise?
01:45Please state your full name for the court.
01:52David Thomas Ensley.
01:56You are indicted on one count of murder.
01:59Namely, that on 9th May 1955, you did murder Arthur Goddard, contrary to common law.
02:06Do you understand the charge against you?
02:09Yes.
02:10How do you plead?
02:13Not guilty.
02:14What's the blimmin' hold up?
02:36I'm not sure.
02:38Members of the jury, I must inform you that the defendant has excused his counsel
02:43and wishes to represent himself.
02:47Something I will allow.
02:51He's fired his barrister.
02:53Is that a good idea, Father?
02:55Not usually, no.
02:56Ladies and gentlemen,
03:00Arthur Goddard lived and worked peacefully as a potter on his small plot of land all his life
03:06until he was brutally stabbed in his workshop in the dead of night.
03:11Why would this happen?
03:14Why would this happen?
03:16Because five years ago, he gave David Ensley a job after he was released from prison for manslaughter.
03:26By all accounts, Mr. Goddard offered him his friendship.
03:31But on the day of the murder, employees overheard a heated exchange between them.
03:38And Mr. Ensley was given his marching orders.
03:40Police later received a telephone call from Mr. Goddard as he lay dying.
03:47They caught Mr. Ensley attempting to flee.
03:51He had his employer's blood on his coat and cash in his pocket taken from the safety deposit box.
03:58Mr. Ensley gave a full confession to police after his arrest.
04:04A confession he now wishes to retract.
04:08But I believe we will prove beyond a shadow of doubt that he is guilty of this crime.
04:28I know how it looks, but I never killed Arthur.
04:34He gave me that money.
04:36I never took it.
04:39And I only went back to check on him and saw someone else had stabbed him.
04:48And I shouldn't have run.
04:52But I swear he want me.
05:04Do you think he's telling the truth, Father?
05:07I tend to find out.
05:09I'm not a man of faith, Father.
05:29That's not why I'm here.
05:32I knew Arthur.
05:32And I would like to know the truth.
05:43Were you lying when you confessed to his murder?
05:47Or did you lie in court when you pleaded innocent?
05:51I didn't kill him.
05:54That's the truth.
05:56Then why wait till now to defend yourself?
05:58Of course, I knew the police would take one look at me.
06:06The blood.
06:08The money.
06:11Did it?
06:13Assume I was guilty.
06:16Most men would have protested, nonetheless.
06:20I learned a long time ago.
06:23If you can't win,
06:26don't fight.
06:28But you have decided to fight.
06:32So perhaps you have faith, after all.
06:35No.
06:38I'm sure I'll be hanged.
06:41And I had made my peace with that.
06:44But then my solicitor said,
06:47pleading guilty might mean being locked up for the rest of my life.
06:50I'd rather die.
06:55And your previous conviction for manslaughter,
06:58were you falsely accused of that, too?
07:01No.
07:04I used to want to pick a fight with the whole world.
07:08Tell it hit a man so hard,
07:11he never got up again.
07:11I deserved what came to me.
07:18I know how wrong it is
07:19to take a life.
07:26Especially a man like Arthur's.
07:28No.
07:35You didn't kill Arthur.
07:38But you are already in the dock,
07:40so I do not have much time to find the real culprit.
07:43You will have to assist me.
07:45I'd like to, Father.
07:47But I'm...
07:47Time's up.
07:48By recounting to you, meticulously,
07:52everything I ask you to.
07:55Sometimes the clue is in the smallest detail.
08:07Can you believe they're not even paying us properly for this?
08:10I'm just about full of the weekly shop as it is.
08:13This blimmin' trial better not drag on for too long.
08:15Well, in that case, perhaps we should get started.
08:18So, um...
08:19What does everyone make of what they've heard so far?
08:24Well, it's obvious, isn't it?
08:25Endlessly's guilty of sin.
08:27Oh, it's...
08:27It's a bit early to assume that.
08:30No, it's not.
08:30He confessed.
08:31There could be a number of reasons
08:33why a person might confess to a crime they didn't commit.
08:35How would you know?
08:37I...
08:38I take an interest in murder cases.
08:41Also, my husband's a police detective inspector.
08:43Does that make you cleverer than us?
08:46If a man's killed before,
08:47nine times out of ten, he'll kill again.
08:50It's not fair to judge someone
08:51just because of their past.
08:55I'm not saying Enzi's innocent,
08:58but we need to consider he might be.
09:00I still think I could have driven here.
09:09Brenda, what's the urgency?
09:11I'm sure the verdict will come soon enough,
09:13and then I'm all yours.
09:14I must go.
09:16Oh.
09:18Good morning, Sergeant.
09:19Morning.
09:20Morning, Father.
09:21Miss Palmer.
09:22What do you think are you doing here?
09:23We are observing a murder trial, Sergeant.
09:26You?
09:27I'm testifying in one of the smaller courts.
09:29Not nearly as interesting as a murder trial, mind.
09:31Good day.
09:31I shall now read a statement
09:49given by Police Sergeant Alistair Flynn
09:51of Sirencester Police Station,
09:53who is unable to attend in person.
09:54The station telephone rang
09:57at approximately 1.30 a.m.
10:00When I answered,
10:01I heard a man in considerable pain.
10:03He gave his name as Arthur Goddard
10:05of Goddard's Pottery.
10:07He told me he'd been stabbed
10:08and asked for immediate assistance.
10:12I then heard Mr. Goddard gasp
10:15and cry out in fear.
10:18He said,
10:19David,
10:21no.
10:22After that,
10:26the line went dead.
10:38Father,
10:38are you sure
10:39you're not wrong about David?
10:41Why would Arthur
10:42have called out his name like that?
10:45I am undoubtedly fallible,
10:48Miss Palmer,
10:48but I think
10:49that Arthur's words
10:50were misleading.
10:52Pardon me for interrupting.
11:00Do you remember me?
11:02Father Brown,
11:03of course.
11:04My goodness,
11:05it's been so many years.
11:06It has indeed.
11:08A pity to meet again
11:09under such sad circumstances.
11:11I'm sorry about your father.
11:13This is Miss Palmer,
11:14my housekeeper.
11:16And this is my husband.
11:17Royce Holland,
11:18it's a pleasure to meet you both.
11:19Poor thing.
11:22She's, um,
11:23she is exhausted.
11:24I'm all right.
11:25It's just hard
11:26watching that brute
11:26defending himself.
11:28You believe David Inslee
11:29is guilty?
11:30Of course he is.
11:31He took advantage
11:32of my father for years.
11:33He even forced us
11:34to leave my own mother's funeral.
11:35He struck my husband.
11:37Don't, don't upset yourself.
11:38It's all in the past.
11:39Let me take you home.
11:41I'd rather be at the cottage.
11:42All right.
11:44I'll wait in the car.
11:47I've been there
11:48putting my father's affairs
11:50in order.
11:51Would it comfort you
11:52if I paid you a visit later?
11:55Thank you, father.
11:56I'd like that.
12:01Did I imagine it?
12:03Or could you smell
12:04alcohol on her breath?
12:05No, you didn't imagine it.
12:07A way of coping
12:09with recent events,
12:10no doubt.
12:13I suppose you don't
12:22believe me anymore, father.
12:24No, my belief is unchanged
12:25but I need an explanation.
12:27I met Arthur's daughter.
12:29She said you ejected her
12:30from her mother's funeral.
12:32Arthur wanted her there.
12:34Just not her husband
12:34but he wouldn't go.
12:36I shouldn't have hit him
12:37but Arthur was upset.
12:40They both left.
12:41Put on.
12:41I'll never forget
12:44the love Josie gave her father.
12:45When was this?
12:47Just a few months back.
12:49So Josie's anger
12:50would still have been palpable
12:51the night her father died?
12:55There was a man
12:56in a big fancy car
12:57who wanted to buy
12:58the pottery, father.
13:00I never got his name
13:01but I saw him in court today.
13:04Yes, I noticed him.
13:07Tell me more.
13:09Arthur wasn't interested
13:10in selling
13:10but the man kept coming back
13:12with cigars
13:14and bottles of whiskey
13:16that sort of thing
13:17and that didn't work.
13:19He sent two men
13:20to try and lean on Arthur
13:22but I put an end to that.
13:25So Arthur can't he depend on you?
13:30Why did he sack you?
13:32Arthur wanted himself that day.
13:34Said I'd made a mistake
13:35with some tiles in kiln
13:36and it cost us a day's takings.
13:39I said it weren't me
13:40but he, uh...
13:42He called me a liar.
13:44Paid me off
13:45and told me to go.
13:45But I knew something
13:48were wrong
13:49so I went back
13:51later that night.
13:53Send someone
13:54quickly.
13:58David!
13:59No!
14:01Arthur, what happened?
14:06Who did this?
14:07No time.
14:09Police coming.
14:10You'll be blamed.
14:12You don't care about that.
14:13Tell me you did it.
14:14Use that money I gave you.
14:17Get away.
14:19I'm not leaving you.
14:20Please, David, run.
14:23Promise me.
14:33He fired you to protect you.
14:38I think he knew
14:39he was going to die.
14:44I could have sworn
15:06I bought some biscuits
15:07but there were none
15:08in the cupboard.
15:08It's these pills
15:11I take from my nerves
15:12that make me forgetful.
15:14Tea is ample,
15:16Mrs. Holland.
15:17Please,
15:18call me Josie
15:18like before.
15:20I'm sorry things
15:21had become difficult
15:22with your father, Josie.
15:24Well, he never forgave me
15:26for eloping with Royce
15:27when I was 16.
15:28I must say,
15:29you were rather young.
15:31I was old enough
15:32to know my mind.
15:34My father always
15:35blamed Royce.
15:36Daddy always thought
15:37he knew best.
15:39You still seem angry
15:40with him.
15:41Can you blame me?
15:43I was his child
15:44and he loved
15:45some stranger
15:45more than me.
15:47I'm sure that's not true.
15:48Isn't it?
15:50Well, he left
15:50everything to David.
15:52I mean,
15:53I get my mother's
15:53personal things,
15:54of course,
15:54but David gets the house,
15:56the factory.
15:57Now do you see
15:59why I think
16:00he's guilty, father?
16:01I agree.
16:02An inheritance
16:03can be a strong motive.
16:06Of course,
16:07if David Ensley
16:08is hanged,
16:09it will all
16:09revert to you.
16:11And you think
16:12I'd want it now,
16:13after what's
16:14happened here?
16:16Do you recall
16:17where you were
16:17the night
16:18your father died?
16:22I think Royce
16:23was having a sing-song
16:24in the pub.
16:25I must confess,
16:26I'd had a few gins,
16:27which doesn't mix
16:28well with my pills,
16:28so I went upstairs
16:30to bed.
16:30You live above a pub?
16:32Royce owns
16:32the Raven Tavern.
16:33It's a family business.
16:39You know,
16:39I used to help
16:40my dad in the workshop.
16:43He taught me
16:44everything I needed
16:44to know to run
16:45this place someday.
16:48I suppose
16:48it just wasn't
16:49meant to be.
16:52Mr. Holland,
16:53would you describe
16:54for the jury
16:55the events
16:55that took place
16:56at your mother-in-law's
16:57funeral?
16:58What do you think
16:59motivated Mr.
17:00Ensley's aggression
17:00that day?
17:02Well, I believe
17:02a reconciliation
17:03between Josie
17:04and her father
17:05was possible.
17:06But Mr.
17:07Ensley was determined
17:08to prevent that
17:09from happening.
17:11So Arthur
17:11would keep him
17:12in the will.
17:13But I didn't know
17:14about any inheritance
17:15still a week ago.
17:15Mr. Ensley...
17:16Some solicitor told me
17:17he's making Josie
17:18contest it.
17:19He just runs
17:20Soutlandy's cells!
17:21Mr. Ensley,
17:21any further outbursts
17:23and I'll have you
17:23removed to the cells.
17:25I'd like to answer
17:26that, if I may.
17:28Yeah.
17:32My wife
17:33deserved better
17:34from her father.
17:38And if
17:38we have to fight
17:40to get back
17:41what's rightfully hers,
17:43well,
17:44I make no apology.
17:46Oh, hello again.
17:57What can I do for you?
17:59I was hoping
18:00for a favour,
18:00actually,
18:01if you wouldn't mind.
18:02But it needs to be
18:03kept between us.
18:05Go on.
18:06Mrs. S has been
18:07teaching us how to drive
18:08but she's been really
18:08busy with the trial
18:09and between you and me
18:10she shouts a lot
18:11so I thought
18:12maybe you could do it.
18:14I've got a test booked
18:15but I haven't told anyone
18:16in case I fail.
18:18I finish work at six.
18:20Oh,
18:21thanks,
18:22Sergeant.
18:28Hello.
18:28Came off a place.
18:33And where was this exactly?
18:38Sir,
18:39someone's reported
18:40an abandoned car.
18:42And?
18:42And there was blood in it.
18:44Lots of blood, sir.
18:47Right.
18:57The address?
19:03Hello, Father.
19:05Oh, it's good to see you.
19:07What can I get you?
19:08Uh, nothing for me.
19:10Just a moment of your time,
19:11please, Mr. Holland.
19:12Of course.
19:12I heard your testimony
19:17this morning
19:18and I must admit
19:19it puzzled me.
19:21Why contest
19:22Arthur's will?
19:23If David Ensley
19:24is condemned,
19:25there will be no need
19:26for litigation.
19:27We were told
19:27that the estate
19:28could be tied up
19:29for months that way.
19:31Perhaps.
19:32But what's the hurry?
19:34Oh,
19:34for the sake of
19:35transparency,
19:37I've, um,
19:39I've run up a few debts.
19:40On the horses.
19:43Easily done.
19:44Yeah.
19:45So, you know,
19:46as it happens,
19:47somebody wants to buy
19:48the pottery
19:49and says he's willing
19:51to pay more
19:51for a quick sale.
19:53His name's
19:53Blakely.
19:55Of Blakely Manufacturing?
19:57Yes.
19:58I was surprised
19:59to see him at the trial,
20:00but then I suppose
20:00the outcome
20:01is of interest to him.
20:02And I meant
20:03when I said
20:03Josie has a right
20:05to the sale
20:06of that land
20:06and it will
20:08more than cover
20:09my debts.
20:12Though, of course,
20:12I'll come clean
20:13once it's all settled.
20:16You haven't told her yet?
20:18No.
20:19She's barely coping
20:20as it is.
20:23She does seem
20:24very fragile.
20:26She said she took
20:27sedatives
20:28the night her father
20:29died and went to bed.
20:30Where were you?
20:32I was here.
20:33Working.
20:34And then I went upstairs
20:35and joined her.
20:39Look, Father,
20:40I can see
20:41why you're suspicious.
20:42Josie,
20:42she was young
20:43when we met,
20:44but we couldn't help
20:44falling in love.
20:46It's just a shame
20:47that her father
20:48never respected that.
20:50I always found
20:51Arthur to be a fair man.
20:53Well,
20:54you can't always see
20:55the signs
20:56from the outside.
20:58Believe me,
20:58he controlled
21:00Josie.
21:01until I helped her
21:02escape
21:03from that house.
21:07It looks like
21:07it's been here
21:21for several weeks.
21:23Do you think
21:24whoever owns it
21:25was murdered, sir?
21:25This was found
21:30empty
21:31at the scene
21:32of Mr. Goddard's murder.
21:34Mr. Ensley's
21:35fingerprints
21:35were on it
21:36and according
21:37to the logbook,
21:38the exact amount
21:38of missing cash
21:39was later found
21:40on his person.
21:43I put it to you
21:45that Mr. Ensley
21:47returned
21:48after dark
21:49and was caught
21:51stealing
21:52from Mr. Goddard,
21:53which is why
21:54he attacked me.
21:55That's not who I am.
21:56Mr. Ensley,
21:57I will not
21:57warn you again.
21:58You must not
21:59interrupt.
22:00You're going to
22:00throw me in sales,
22:01but please let me
22:02say this.
22:03I know what I was,
22:04but Arthur showed
22:05me a better way.
22:06Your Honor,
22:06Mr. Ensley's not
22:07in the witness box.
22:08I loved him
22:08like a father.
22:12And no punishment
22:13can be worse than
22:13knowing I'll never
22:14see him again.
22:15Apart from Bonnie,
22:25can anyone here
22:27genuinely say
22:27the prosecution's
22:28proven their case
22:29beyond a reasonable
22:30doubt?
22:32Mr. Sharp claims
22:33the inheritance
22:34was Ensley's motive,
22:36so why would he
22:36steal the petty cash
22:37and make a run for it?
22:38It makes no sense.
22:39You're the only one
22:40who thinks he could
22:41be innocent.
22:42The verdict
22:43has to be unanimous.
22:45So when the time
22:46comes,
22:47you better vote
22:47with us.
22:48I will not be bullied.
22:50Not if a man's life
22:52hangs in the balance.
22:57Can I tempt you,
22:59Father?
23:00They're imported.
23:02Exceptional quality.
23:04Er, no.
23:05No, thank you.
23:06Not one of my vices.
23:09So, er,
23:10what's this
23:11visit in Adolf?
23:13Well,
23:13I come out of
23:14concern for
23:15Mrs. Holland.
23:17I know you
23:17tried to buy
23:18her father's pottery
23:19before he died,
23:20and I would hate
23:21for her to be
23:22taken advantage of
23:23in her present distress.
23:25That's why I'm
23:26dealing with the husband.
23:27Yes,
23:27but some might say
23:28that your recent offer
23:29was a little premature.
23:30I'm a businessman.
23:35Why wait
23:36to be beaten to it?
23:37Besides,
23:38it's a generous offer.
23:40But why buy it at all,
23:42if I may ask?
23:44You already own
23:45a successful pottery business.
23:47It's called capitalism,
23:49Father.
23:50The Goddards' land
23:51has a higher
23:52quality of clay,
23:53but the old man
23:54was selling it for less.
23:56I was sick of being undercut.
23:57So you attempted
23:59to persuade him
24:00to sell?
24:02Once or twice.
24:04Sent my men round
24:05to negotiate,
24:06but that thug of his
24:07came at them
24:07with a pickaxe.
24:09How disturbing.
24:10I presume you reported
24:13this incident
24:14to the police
24:15at the time?
24:18Hmm.
24:19We let it lie.
24:21Suggesting David
24:22Ensley acted
24:23in Arthur's defence?
24:25You can suggest
24:26what he liked,
24:27Father.
24:28Ensley
24:28is the one in the dock.
24:30And for what I can see,
24:31it's not going
24:32very well for him.
24:34Hmm.
24:34Is it?
24:35The number plate's
24:40registered to
24:40Lester Helms
24:42from Warwickshire, sir.
24:43His wife reported
24:43him missing
24:44a couple of months back.
24:46She gave me this
24:47to help us find him.
24:50If we ever do find him.
24:52Good night, Sergeant.
24:54Good night, sir.
24:58Ready?
24:58Ready?
25:03Yeah.
25:05Yeah.
25:06Right.
25:07You're not, it's her.
25:09I've got to go.
25:11Oh, about before.
25:13I'm sorry for my tone.
25:14I hope we can't...
25:15I'm sorry, too.
25:16I'll see you tomorrow.
25:21Right then.
25:22You don't mind us
25:23using this, do you?
25:24Um, no.
25:25As long as you don't
25:26lock me in the back
25:27like you did
25:27the first time we met.
25:28Ah.
25:30Well, Mrs. Sullivan's
25:31taught you all the basics,
25:32I expect.
25:34Yeah.
25:35Um,
25:35I know how to start
25:36and stop,
25:37it's just everything
25:38in between.
25:39All right,
25:39let's see how you do.
25:40Okay.
25:43Okay,
25:44you're doing well.
25:47Whoa!
25:47Whoa!
25:58Whoa!
25:59Whoa!
25:59Whoa!
26:00Whoa!
26:00Whoa!
26:00Whoa!
26:00Whoa!
26:00Whoa!
26:01Whoa!
26:01Whoa!
26:02Whoa!
26:02Whoa!
26:03Whoa!
26:03Whoa!
26:03Whoa!
26:03Whoa!
26:04I'll never pass that test,
26:11will I?
26:11Of course you will.
26:13You just need to believe
26:13in yourself.
26:14That and slow down.
26:16It's not a rocket ship,
26:17you know.
26:18Let's try again tomorrow
26:19at 6am.
26:20Okay.
26:21Oh!
26:25Thanks for giving me
26:26a lift, Sergeant.
26:28No problem.
26:28Mrs. S.
26:29Mrs. S.
26:30You all right?
26:34Father,
26:35I think there's something wrong.
26:37Mrs. Sullivan?
26:38Mrs. Sullivan?
26:43I'm fine.
26:44I'm just nervous
26:45about the verdict tomorrow.
26:48What am I doing here?
26:49I think I should go home and...
26:50Good night.
26:57Murder trial ends today.
27:04Why can I talk to you?
27:05Why?
27:06We talk all day, Linda.
27:07Someone came at me last night.
27:09He seemed to know that I've been speaking up for Endsley.
27:12Was that you?
27:12That telephone call you made?
27:14I don't know what you're talking about.
27:15He's bribing you, isn't he?
27:17I've got no proof.
27:18He's threatened to kill my husband.
27:21You'd better do what he says then,
27:22haven't you, love?
27:23How can I?
27:24He wants me to make sure
27:25Endsley's found guilty,
27:27which means he must be innocent.
27:29So what?
27:31You're going to risk your husband's life
27:32for some jailbird.
27:34Just keep your mouth shut.
27:41The inspector will be back in a minute, Father.
27:46Who is Lester Helms?
27:49A notorious smuggler, as it turns out.
27:51Known for knocking off items of luxury
27:53shipped into Bristol Port.
27:54He's been missing for two months.
27:57Murdered, presumably.
27:58That would be our guess.
27:59Although his operation hasn't ended.
28:01If anything, it's increased recently.
28:03Suggesting the killer stepped into the dead man's shoes.
28:06Exactly.
28:07But with no body found,
28:09we are out of Leeds.
28:10Ah, Father.
28:14To what do we owe the pleasure?
28:16I'm here about Mrs Sullivan.
28:18Oh, really?
28:19What about her?
28:21I saw her yesterday evening.
28:23She seemed unsettled.
28:24Something about the verdict.
28:26Has she spoken to you at all?
28:27No.
28:28About the trial?
28:29No, never.
28:30She went to bed.
28:31Left early this morning.
28:33Is there something I should be worried about?
28:36Well, probably nothing.
28:38Passing judgment is bound to weigh heavily on anyone.
28:42That jury's got it in for me, Father.
28:59I know it.
29:00Take courage, Mr Inslee.
29:03There is still time.
29:04Now, tell me more about the businessman
29:06who tried to bribe Arthur with cigars and whiskey.
29:10I ask because it's possible he's a smuggler.
29:14I wouldn't know about that, Father.
29:16But I can believe he's a crook.
29:18There are too many cents smashed up a batch of tiles.
29:21We lost a week's work.
29:23The day Arthur sacked you,
29:25he said you had cost him takings
29:26because of a mistake in the kiln.
29:28What mistake?
29:29A batch of tiles have been fired twice.
29:33Twice?
29:35Odd.
29:40The works are locked up.
29:43How can I get in?
29:45There's a key hidden behind a loose brick in factory wall.
29:49Good.
29:50What are you looking for, Father?
30:07Something that shouldn't be in a pottery kiln.
30:09There we are.
30:31No time to explain.
30:33We need to hurry, Miss Palmer.
30:35Ladies and gentlemen,
30:37I urge you to come to the only natural conclusion
30:39that David Ensley murdered his employer
30:42on that fateful night
30:43and must face the full consequence of the law.
30:49The crown rests, Your Honor.
30:53Mr. Ensley, you may begin your closing statement.
31:02Why the cellar, Father?
31:03Because there is something I need to investigate.
31:09If there's any trouble,
31:11go to the telephone box on the corner
31:14and call Inspector Sullivan.
31:16I will.
31:24Be careful, Father.
31:25You can't be in here, Father.
31:41Josie,
31:42I expected you to be in court
31:45to hear the verdict.
31:46I'm not feeling well today.
31:49Or perhaps you don't have the stomach
31:50to see an innocent man condemned.
31:52Why would you say that?
31:53Because I found this in your father's kiln.
32:00It's a gold tooth.
32:01It belongs to the rival smuggler
32:03your husband killed.
32:06I don't know what you're talking about.
32:09I think you do.
32:10Your husband persuaded you
32:15to help him get rid of the evidence
32:18by incinerating the body,
32:21which would have been the perfect crime
32:23if your father hadn't caught both of you
32:26in the act.
32:27Are you sure you're not awake at this thing?
32:34Josie?
32:36Dad, I...
32:37I thought you'd be asleep.
32:39I saw the light on in here.
32:42Is this what you've become?
32:45No, no, Daddy.
32:46It's not what you think.
32:48That man, he tried to kill Royce
32:50and he had to defend himself.
32:51Please don't tell the police.
32:57Please.
32:59Just let us leave
33:00and you'll never hear from us again.
33:05I won't tell anyone.
33:08Arthur would have kept his word.
33:20He loved you too much to turn you in.
33:23But your husband couldn't risk that.
33:27So he murdered him.
33:30No.
33:31No, when we left,
33:32my father was still alive.
33:35It was David.
33:36He killed him to get the inheritance.
33:39The very next night.
33:41After your father had witnessed the cremation.
33:45How fortuitous for Mr. Holland.
33:49Perhaps you cling to this fantasy
33:51because the truth is too much to bear.
33:55A truth your father tried in vain
33:57to make you see
33:58that your husband
33:59is capable of evil.
34:02You're wrong.
34:03He's a good man.
34:05Look, Josie.
34:06Contraband.
34:11Royce didn't kill Lester in self-defence.
34:14He killed him
34:15because he got in his way
34:17as did your father.
34:20Royce would never do that to me.
34:22He loves me.
34:23He only loves himself.
34:26Which is why he starved you
34:27of your family's love.
34:30Josie?
34:31Josie, are you down there?
34:32Time to make a choice, Josie.
34:38A choice your father longed for you to make.
34:41Otherwise, the guilt which torments you
34:43will deepen.
34:45Josie?
34:46Please, Walter, you have to go.
34:47I am not leaving without you.
34:51Come with me now
34:52and tell the court and the police
34:54of your husband's guilt.
34:56I can't.
34:57You must.
34:59God will not absolve you of your sins
35:02unless you face them.
35:04Do you break in here?
35:11What kind of a priest are you,
35:13Father Brown?
35:15A curious one.
35:16Didn't you hear me calling you, Josie?
35:21What's he said to you?
35:23You're trembling, my poor darling.
35:26Here.
35:28It's time to take your pills.
35:30He's trying to keep you weak, Josie.
35:33You need to find your strength.
35:35Take them.
35:36And go upstairs.
35:38They will announce the verdict soon.
35:41David's fate is in your hands.
35:44Now.
35:45Now.
36:00Inspector Sullivan's on his way.
36:18Is this still time to get to the court?
36:20Well, that's Royce's, but I can't drive.
36:22I can.
36:26Josie!
36:27Open the door.
36:28You're a great for the rest of your life.
36:31Arthur gave me that money earlier in the day.
36:34I think he wanted me to leave
36:36because he was scared.
36:39Someone.
36:42I only wanted to help him.
36:46That's why I went back that night
36:47and found him dying.
36:50That's all I have to say.
36:59Thank you, Mr. Hensley.
37:00You may be seated.
37:04I shall now sum up the case.
37:07Miss Palmer, could we possibly go a little faster?
37:19Safety first, Father.
37:29The jury may now retire to start your deliberations.
37:32Come on.
37:51I can't.
37:53Your Honour,
37:54I have something to say.
37:56Don't be stupid.
37:58I can't be a part of this.
37:59Something wrong?
38:00Yes, Your Honour.
38:02Very.
38:05Last night,
38:07I had stopped the trial.
38:08What's the meaning of this?
38:09Forgive us, Your Honour.
38:10We have crucial information.
38:12We have already concluded our closing statements.
38:14Any evidence you may have
38:15may be submitted on appeal,
38:17if indeed one is granted.
38:19Please let me testify, Your Honour.
38:22Arthur was my father,
38:23and I know who killed him.
38:26It was my husband.
38:27If we hadn't gone to the factory that night,
38:40my father would still be alive.
38:44Mrs. Holland,
38:45are you saying that you knew all this time
38:48that your husband returned later to kill your father?
38:51No, Your Honour,
38:52I think I just didn't want to believe it.
39:01I'm so sorry.
39:04I've let so many people down.
39:07I've let my parents down.
39:09I know I broke my father's heart.
39:11Arthur loved you.
39:12To the end.
39:13In light of this testimony,
39:19I hereby declare a mistrial.
39:21Mr. Ensley will remain in custody
39:22while the police make urgent inquiries,
39:25and Mrs. Holland will be detained
39:26for further questioning.
39:28Oh, Mrs. Sullivan.
39:47Why didn't you tell us, Isabel?
39:49He threatened to kill you if I did.
39:52It's all right.
39:54We're safe now.
39:55I'm sorry you had to face that alone.
39:58Is that her?
40:03You sure?
40:06Uh, Mrs. Baldrige.
40:08Wait there, please.
40:09Why? What's this about?
40:12Need to ask you a few questions.
40:15I haven't done anything wrong.
40:17Come this way, please.
40:24Oh, thank you for coming, Sergeant.
40:26It was part right there.
40:28I mean, who would steal a car
40:29from outside a presbytery?
40:31Are you sure it wasn't borrowed,
40:32Mrs. Sullivan?
40:33Borrowed?
40:33Well, who would...
40:42Brenda Palmer?
40:43What makes you think
40:44you can borrow Hercules
40:45without my permission?
40:46Not to mention
40:47driving without a licence.
40:48I'm sorry I didn't ask.
40:50I just thought it would spoil the surprise.
40:52I just passed my driving test.
40:54That is stupendous news.
40:57Congratulations.
40:58Well, how?
40:58Last time we practised,
40:59you were...
41:00I guess you're a better teacher
41:01than you thought, Mrs. S.
41:02I guess you were...
41:04You were the...
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