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