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00:04It's a high-profile case. Crimes against the wealthy often degrade the courtroom with public
00:10spectacle. It's essential that we convict the suspect expediently. I will apply the full measure
00:16of my abilities toward that goal. You're familiar with the circumstances of Marco Serafin's murder?
00:22Of course. It's in all the papers. It occurred during some sort of fashion parade? Yes, an event
00:27to promote Angelic Raymond's new line. According to Valeria Seraphim, all the top fashion buyers
00:33were there. Angelic Raymond's exquisite new line is available in many shades and sizes. Angelic
00:42Raymond's has become Canada's most successful clothing company thanks to our father's creation,
00:48the Somatron. Gone are the days when you had to wait for a custom fitting. Father believes that
00:53fashion should be ready to wear right off the rack at your local mercantile.
00:59Where is he? No idea. You'll find him. Just stand here and keep smiling.
01:06Thank you for coming. Lovely to see you. And that's when the victim's daughter caught the
01:12accused standing over her father's body with the murder weapon in her hand. The accused
01:17is his housekeeper? It is hard to find. You could help these days? Allow me to introduce
01:22the city's newest deputy crown attorney, Roy Davenport. Deputy crown attorney? I thought
01:27I was next in line for that position. You were in line, just not first. Mr. Davenport is quite
01:33the prodigy. Roy, this is Effie Newsome. Assistant crown attorney Effie Newsome. Charmed, I'm sure.
01:41Mr. Davenport will be prosecuting the case. Oh, I assume that I... Well, the accused, Joan Lewis,
01:46could not afford a defense lawyer. You have been assigned to provide her that service. Your task
01:52is to guide Mrs. Lewis through the process of gracious capitulation.
01:57My job is to lose. Well, your client was literally caught red-handed.
02:02Yes, Mrs. Lewis had clear motive. She had been fired for stealing earlier that day. But by pleading
02:09guilty, Mrs. Lewis may be spared the death sentence. We've spoken to her about this.
02:12You just need to offer your reassurance. Don't worry. This shouldn't be terribly difficult.
02:25Joan Lewis, it is charged that on the tenth day of this month in the city of Toronto,
02:31you willfully and with malice of forethought did murder Marco Seraphin. Please rise.
02:40How do you plead? It's all right. Just do as we discussed.
02:48I'm innocent. I didn't kill anyone.
03:14Anything of interest? Uh, just the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
03:20But where is this?
03:23Joan Lewis pleads not guilty.
03:25Interesting.
03:26Why's that?
03:28Look who's defending her. F.E. Newsom.
03:31Miss Newsom doesn't? She worked for the Crown?
03:32It's not an unusual practice. If a defendant cannot afford a lawyer, the court appoints one.
03:38From the office that's prosecuting her? Is that fair?
03:42Uh, I never said it was fair. I said it was usual. They are not the same thing.
03:48Detective! Welcome home. How was England?
03:52Wet.
03:54I should have been more specific. How was your family?
03:56Oh, wonderful. Wonderful. Both Julia and Susanna are doing so well.
04:00Well, good to know. What's been happening here?
04:03As the detective says, the usual litany of scandal and disaster.
04:06And it appears that F.E. Newsom ends a trick up her sleeve.
04:19Apologies, Mr. Burke. I had no reason to believe my client would change her plea.
04:23You didn't counsel her to do so?
04:25What are you suggesting?
04:26Simply that this was an attempt as brinkmanship driven by jealousy.
04:29Jealousy? Over...
04:31The fact I got a job you wanted.
04:34I resent this accusation.
04:35Resent all you want. I saw what happened.
04:38Enough. Stop bickering, you two.
04:40Miss Newsom, persuade your client to change her plea.
04:44Respectfully, sir?
04:45Perhaps Miss Newsom isn't up to the task.
04:48I know very well what my task is.
04:50It's to work in my client's best interests.
05:10Mr. Charles Fadney?
05:12Yes?
05:14I'm Miss Violet Hart. I run the Starbite Club.
05:16I know who you are.
05:18What can I do for you?
05:20It's more about what I can do for you.
05:23I run a local group of business owners.
05:25And we were very sorry to hear about the fire that destroyed your stationery shop.
05:30Do you intend to rebuild?
05:33Why?
05:34We have a fund that assists local businesses in times of hardship.
05:38We'd like to offer you a loan.
05:39Is that so?
05:40Well, I would prefer to decline that offer.
05:43Oh, there's no interest on the loan. There's no cost.
05:47No cost. I doubt that very much.
05:49Good day, Miss Hart.
05:51Are you sure?
05:52I told you I want nothing to do with you or your so-called community group.
05:59Good day.
06:05I couldn't bring myself to lie.
06:07Then why did you agree to plead guilty?
06:10They told me you would save me from the noose.
06:12It made it seem like there was no other way.
06:14But I'd rather tell the truth and take my chances.
06:18Well, your chances are slim.
06:20The case against you is damning.
06:21You had motive for killing Mr. Seraphim.
06:23You were fired earlier that day.
06:25I was snooping, I admit.
06:27But I wasn't stealing.
06:29Mr. Seraphim caught me in his office and fired me right there.
06:32And then several hours later, you were found standing over his dead body.
06:35I found him lying on the floor.
06:38Those scissors were jammed in his chest.
06:40I pulled them out.
06:41Why?
06:43I thought...
06:45I don't know what I thought.
06:46I could save him.
06:48But his arms were stiff.
06:50His eyes were clouded over.
06:52And his face was ghostly white.
06:54And then Miss Valeria walked in.
06:56What were you doing in his office?
06:58I came to beg for my job back.
07:02Miss, I know that people like me don't win against people like the Seraphims.
07:07But I want to try.
07:09Will you help me?
07:12Please?
07:22Station three post-mortem is rather light on details.
07:25Time of death, night?
07:27It's as if they weren't even trying.
07:29My client's guilt was presumed from the start.
07:32Your client was found with the murder weapon.
07:34She claims she pulled the scissors from his chest in a state of panic.
07:38There isn't much blood.
07:40If there was a lapse of time between death and the extraction of the weapon, there'd be coagulation.
07:44How much time?
07:46At least two hours.
07:47Did your client note the condition of the body?
07:50She described cloudy eyes, pale skin, and the rigidity of his limbs.
07:56Corneal clouding and rigor mortis takes at least two to three hours to develop.
07:59Could Mrs. Lewis be fabricating these details?
08:02Possibly, but I doubt she's well-versed in the intricacies of post-mortem analysis.
08:12Both the coroner and the police reports lack the stringency one would expect.
08:17My client's guilt was a foregone conclusion.
08:20Because she was standing in his office over his dead body with the murder weapon in her hand.
08:26Still, I feel as though Mrs. Lewis is telling me the truth.
08:29In my years of police work, I've learned that criminals can be cunning liars.
08:38And although these reports are substandard, there is no evidence yet that your client, Mrs. Lewis, is anything but guilty.
08:49And my intuition tells me that things are not as they seem.
08:56Perhaps this time we shouldn't let our emotions cloud our judgment.
09:08Detective, when a man trusts a hunch, nobody accuses him of letting emotion cloud his judgment.
09:14Why is it any different when a woman trusts her intuition?
09:18Hunch and intuition are just different words for the same thing.
09:21You have a point.
09:24But you don't have a case.
09:34I have evidence that Marco Serafin was dead for at least two hours before Joan Lewis discovered his body.
09:40That makes sense.
09:42Joan isn't capable of murder.
09:43Or theft.
09:44Can you pinpoint Joan Lewis's whereabouts in the hours before your father's body was found?
09:50Normally at that time she's tending the laundry.
09:52I recall I told her she needn't bother, considering how she'd been so cruelly dismissed.
09:57But she insisted.
09:59That's odd.
10:00Mrs. Lewis said she was packing her belongings at that time.
10:03She could have done both.
10:05She's a very diligent worker.
10:07Mrs. Newsome, there is no way on earth that Joan could have murdered my father-in-law.
10:12She wouldn't kill anyone.
10:14Are there others who had grievances against Mr. Serafin?
10:17Our family has been plagued by various scandals over the years.
10:20What sorts of scandals?
10:21Private matters, which were exposed for public consumption by gloating vultures who profit up the misfortunes of the upper class.
10:28Who are these vultures?
10:31I'll have you know that vultures are extremely intelligent and resilient birds.
10:35I'm not sure calling you a vulture was a compliment.
10:38Life's all about perspective, Effie.
10:40Yes, and what is your perspective regarding the Serafin family?
10:44Living proof that money can't buy you happiness.
10:46They have so much money and so many problems, which anonymous tipsters have eagerly disclosed to yours truly.
10:53Care to elaborate?
10:54I already have, in numerous published exposés.
10:57Let's see.
10:58I've amassed a collection of stories about the Serafims, starting with their firstborn son, David, the boy on the logo.
11:06Oh, with the wings and the halo. Adorable.
11:09And dead at six.
11:11A tragic accident. Serafin made him the face of the company.
11:14Oh.
11:16Anything else?
11:17Well, there was the mere bankruptcy before the company transitioned from couture to ready-to-wear.
11:22Serafin narrowly avoids receivership.
11:26Let his skin in his teeth eat it.
11:27Add in some financial malfeasance and a sartorial plagiarism lawsuit against Valeria Serafim's clothing line.
11:35Sartorial plagiarism?
11:37Valeria was sued for the copying of the design of the hobble skirt, a garment which, true to its name,
11:44hindered the ability of the wearer to walk.
11:46This led to a subsequent spate of trip-and-fall injury lawsuits.
11:51Valeria's company went under, and her father refused to bail her out.
11:57Something's odd.
12:00That sheath...
12:07it's missing
12:11the scissors had been on display on the wall in seraphim's office the murder weapon wasn't
12:17just an average pair of scissors it was presented as the sterling fashion award solid silver and
12:22housed in a jeweled sheath and yet this sheath wasn't in evidence in any of the crime scene
12:28photographs nor mentioned in the police report wasn't it on mrs lewis it has completely disappeared
12:34and you have a theory i do after stabbing mr seraphim the real killer fled the scene in a
12:40panic not realizing they'd taken the jeweled sheath with them do you have any other suspects
12:45numerous people had motive against marco seraphim as did your client joan lewis is simply the
12:52scapegoat and this sheath didn't simply vanish into thin air mrs lewis's life is in my hand
12:58hands but i can't save her without your help
13:08right first let's narrow it down to everyone who had both motive and opportunity yes top of mind
13:14would be mr seraphim's disgruntled daughter valeria seraphim right with numerous lawsuits against her
13:21company she was forced into bankruptcy she was publicly humiliated and apparently her wealthy
13:26father refused to aid her in her time of financial need as she was likely due an inheritance upon his
13:31death yes the seraphim children were to divide his fortune i am due in court can i leave this with
13:37you for now yes go and defend your client mrs lewis and i will have a word with valeria seraphim
13:45in conclusion i'll speak plainly the facts of this case are simple joan lewis killed marco seraphim in an act
13:55of cold-blooded murder you must convict her
13:58mr newson your opening statement
14:05the rush to judgment is a vulgar instinct common in indolent minds gentlemen of the jury i sense no such
14:15vulgarity in you joan lewis is a woman with no history of violence who has not a single enemy who
14:22has never broken a law we owe joan lewis our stringent scrutiny of the facts
14:29it is quite simply a matter of life and death joan's life
14:46i'm glad you're casting a wider net of suspects for my father's murder but what does it have to do
14:50with that dreadful sartorial plagiarism lawsuit this is the hobble skirt design that was in dispute
14:56yes and it was of my own design but the judge ruled against me i take it there were also
15:02injury
15:02lawsuits against your company yes quite a few really was it my fault that a few women didn't
15:08know how to wear the garment one cannot stride in a hobble skirt what did your father think oh he
15:14insisted my boutique shoulder the cost of the lawsuit he said he helped me begin my business and he
15:19wouldn't give me a pen this must have angered you i was made a laughingstock my own fashion line
15:26something i dreamed of and worked hard for went bankrupt i take it marco seraphim wasn't the ideal
15:31father figure not to roman and i he was infinitely fonder of my late brother david but of course
15:38dead children demand nothing of their parents
15:44what about yourself miss seraphim where were you in the hours leading up to the discovery of your
15:49father's body really my father was a selfish cat who flaunted his wealth and never gave a dime to
15:57charity but is that any reason to kill a man i suppose some people may think so but if you're
16:04here
16:04accusing me of murdering him i most certainly did not everyone here can tell you i was nowhere near
16:09my father's study valeria seraphim's whereabouts have been confirmed she was overseeing final
16:15preparations for the evening's festivities at the time in question that could be a lie
16:20it could also be the truth valeria is just one of a number of suspects
16:33effie newsome's office
16:37just so you're aware i'm certainly under no obligation to tell you this
16:41louise yes hello as i was saying i'm under no obligation to tell you this but as a matter of
16:47professional courtesy i thought i should tell me what i received another anonymous tip that could
16:52impact your case it will be on the front page tomorrow but i'm offering you a chance to look
17:01at it first
17:02you're not listening to me i don't owe you jack is rotting in the dawn jail and i have children
17:06to
17:06feed i want my money is there a problem just a misunderstanding i was busy and couldn't make the
17:14withdrawal until today there you go mrs pritchard twenty dollars see i keep my word you'd better
17:24we have a deal what was that about i promise jack pritchard i'd look after his family till he gets
17:35out of jail that means sacrificing a bit of my pay so be it that's very charitable of you
17:42gotta support the community right
17:59here's the handwritten schematic you see it was drawn on stationary from the lancaster tool and die
18:06company which shut down in 1905 veritable walking calendar you are detective this seems to indicate
18:13that somebody other than marco seraphim designed the somatron two years before seraphim registered
18:19the patent look it seems as though part of the page has been torn away and there are hints of
18:25handwriting i think perhaps a signature someone sought to remove it what else can you tell us about this
18:33miss jerry apparently it arrived two weeks ago but my dim-witted assistant failed to give it to me until
18:43last night appears to be the blueprint for a stitching device marco seraphim built his empire
18:49using this machine but this schematic is hand drawn and predates mr seraphim's patent by two years
18:55patent theft is not within the criminal court's purview how does this support your petition for a seven
19:01day stay of trial it doesn't miss newsome is grasping at straws wasting the court's precious time
19:07the court's precious time is best spent in pursuit of the truth especially when the outcome of these
19:12proceedings could result in a woman's execution any suggestion that this process be rushed is
19:17frankly offensive i agree so in answer to your earlier question if marco seraphim stole the somatron
19:24design then you're suggesting that his murder was retaliation for this theft
19:31it's a long shot but not an impossible one i'll give you a day one day your honor the investigation
19:39of
19:40this crime was clearly insufficient and don't push me miss newsome
19:54well then for a moment absolutely what can i do for you there's a man jack pritchett who's currently in
20:03custody and i was wondering if you could find out why he's being held of course anything else you would
20:11care to share not at this time
20:20now let me see here yep this was lancaster tool and die stationery did you draw this
20:30nope but i know who did zander bach zander bach oh that's definitely zander's work
20:38a fellow was a hard worker he he kept up factory spick and span but his mind was always elsewhere
20:48inventing things the man who drew this was your custodian wasn't educated but he had some
20:53interesting ideas kept saying that his ship would come in someday he never did do you know where mr bach
21:02lives currently he doesn't live took his own life back in um what was it 1907 that's the year marco
21:11seraphim patented the somatron zander used to talk about that seraphim fella said he was going to sell
21:16him one of his inventions do you know if mr bach has any surviving family i recall he had a
21:23daughter
21:24doted on her her name was you wanted to see me thank you melibeth this is detective william murdoch
21:33toronto constabulary do you know why we're here to talk about my father-in-law not your father-in-law
21:41your father
21:45i don't understand my father yes zander bach the man whose life's work was stolen by marco seraphim
22:03your father committed suicide right around the time that marco seraphim your father-in-law
22:08began manufacturing with his newly patented somatron machine my father had no connection to the seraphim
22:16family did you not know that mr seraphim stole your father's design no if i did i doubt i would
22:26have
22:26ever married into his family are you insinuating that i'm responsible for my father-in-law's murder
22:32we're just asking questions i'm sorry but those are lovely earrings where did you get them
22:43please they're from digby and fontaine near young i'm sorry would you uh write that down for me
22:56very good miss newsome we can now compare mrs seraphim's handwriting to the envelope oh
23:02what's the verdict uh note they both have non-ovoid o's and this matching extended cross on the t's
23:14very distinct it's a match lilibeth was the anonymous source of the information leaked about
23:19the seraphims she lied to us she knew her father's design had been stolen by seraphim looks like we've
23:25got ourselves a new prime suspect and i have an exclusive scoop i do right tit for tat tit for
23:35tat
23:42jack pritchett convicted of arson and the fire that destroyed vadney paper goods
23:50what is it i met with the proprietor of that shop as part of my work with local businesses
23:55mr vadney seemed oddly hostile in our offer to assist in rebuilding
24:00in fact he said he wanted nothing to do with us at all is there something else violet
24:05i saw my bar manager ephraim current give money to mr pritch's wife he said it was
24:13a loan to help the family out and you don't believe him ephraim is not the chair of the type
24:20do you think ephraim could have something to do with that fire
24:24i hope not but it is possible well i could arrange a meeting with mr pritchett thank you
24:37this will have a huge impact on the case against john lewis
24:41and the fact that lilibeth seraphim has actively been trying to sully the reputation of marco seraphim
24:47is quite damning especially in tandem with the fact that her father's suicide provides a very
24:52strong motive for murder detective murdoch yes and you are roman seraphim why are you questioning
25:01lilibeth regarding my father's murder and what is she doing here are you in collusion with joan
25:07lewis's attorney there is no collusion mr seraphim but miss newsome has uncovered a considerable
25:14amount of evidence that redirects our suspicions away from mrs lewis and onto your wife that's
25:21impossible why on earth would lilibeth want to kill my father
25:28have a seat mr seraphim
25:32did you know that your father stole the original design for the somatron machine
25:39no
25:40what proof do you have of that we found an earlier blueprint
25:44did you also know that the person who made the original design for the somatron machine
25:50was your wife's father
25:53zanderbach
25:54he committed suicide not long after your father stole from him
25:57my wife's father
26:01i don't believe you
26:02she confirmed it herself
26:03there's also strong evidence that she is the one who has been leaking sensitive information about your family to the
26:10press
26:11that's a lie
26:12sir
26:14is there a problem
26:15roberts please escort mr seraphim to a seat out in the bullpen
26:19there's something i'd like to continue to discuss with miss newsome
26:23right this way sir
26:25see to it that you get some tea so you can calm down
26:28i think we need more evidence to convince him
26:32and a jury
26:34perhaps it's time to take a closer look for that missing scissor sheath
26:39lilibet seraphim will be out for the rest of the day
26:41we can have a look around her room
26:45if she really killed her father-in-law why would she keep any evidence
26:49perhaps she still had it in her hand when she ran out of the room
26:53forgot to place it back on the wall
26:54it seems sloppy
26:57yes well i've known killers who've used the murder weapon to carve up their family's sunday roast
27:04oh
27:14locked
27:15would you pass me one of those hat pins
27:19thank you
27:34well
27:36seems like i may be defending an innocent woman after all
27:42exhibit a is the weapon used in his murder correct
27:45yes that lady there was found with it in her hand
27:49exhibit b is a photograph which i asked the jurors to examine
27:57study it carefully
27:58you spot the scissors
27:59they may not be immediately apparent
28:02they are covered in a jeweled sterling silver sheath
28:05displayed on the wall behind marco seraphim
28:07now constable o'malley it is your contention that
28:11the accused removed the scissors from the wall drove them into marco seraphim's chest and
28:17was apprehended immediately afterwards still holding the weapon
28:20that's right
28:21so where's the sheath
28:22she had to have removed it when she took the scissors from the wall
28:27i
28:29we never located it
28:30did you search for it
28:32well i didn't need to
28:33we found the murderer holding the murder weapon
28:35is that so
28:36well then why was this sheath found in the possessions of lilibeth and roman seraphim
28:41this is highly irregular the prosecution demands a recess
28:47i think that might be a very good idea
29:01you've got your hands full this evening
29:04where's your bar manager
29:06that's what i would like to know
29:08efferim was supposed to be here a half an hour ago
29:10so what do you ladies celebrate this evening
29:12oh effie's merciless thrashing of an insufferably smug deputy attorney
29:18oh merciless thrashing i see
29:21i pity the man and congratulate the woman
29:24thank you violet
29:27i wasn't seeking to humiliate mr davenport
29:30i was just trying to save an innocent woman
29:33of course
29:35so on the record miss newsome
29:38do you anticipate your client's full exoneration
29:40given the preponderance of evidence
29:43i expect that tomorrow joan lewis will be acquitted
29:45and lilibeth seraphim will be indicted
29:47effie
29:49you've got a telephone call
29:59i don't understand
30:01you'll likely be released in the morning
30:03this evidence exonerates you
30:05no it doesn't
30:07miss lilibeth didn't kill mr seraphim
30:09i did
30:10and i'm ready to accept my fate
30:19earlier you insisted on your innocence
30:21why are you reversing your stance now
30:24miss lilibeth has always been kind to me
30:27can't bear to see her punished for my crime
30:29then tell me what really happened
30:31starting with the incident in mr seraphim's office earlier that day
30:35i was cleaning the office
30:37and i saw an envelope full of money
30:40a lot of money
30:42mr seraphim walked in
30:44and caught me
30:45trying to hide it amongst my cleaning supplies
30:47and then
30:48and he fired me on the spot
30:49and knew i deserved it
30:52but i was doing all day
30:54worrying about how i was going to keep a roof over my head
30:57i came back
30:58and i begged him for my job
31:00he said no
31:01i picked up the scissors
31:03and i stabbed him
31:04and then miss valeria walked in
31:06you said you picked up the scissors
31:08that's right
31:09weren't they displayed on the wall
31:12i took them down to dust them
31:14oh
31:15what happened to the sheath
31:17sheath
31:18they were housed in a sheath
31:20made of silver
31:21covered in jewels
31:22i must have dropped it
31:25it was found in lilibeth's room
31:28i must have dropped it in the laundry basket
31:30and somebody took it to her room by mistake
31:32joan
31:34i think you're hiding something
31:37you can think what you like
31:39miss lilibeth is innocent
31:48mrs lewis was about to be released
31:50why would she sacrifice herself to protect lilibeth seraphim
31:53it's as though she values mrs seraphim's life more than her own
31:56she has remarked upon lilibeth's kindness toward her and i sense
32:01mrs lewis hasn't seen much of that in her life
32:03still
32:04that is tenuous motivation to volunteer oneself for the noose
32:09are we sure these two don't have a connection of some sort
32:12it's possible
32:14we need to speak with lilibeth
32:16let me
32:17woman to woman
32:20i have nothing to say to you
32:22you all but accused me of murder
32:23the murder weapon was found in your bedroom
32:25i didn't put it there
32:26well it's all water under the bridge now
32:28joan lewis has confessed to the murder
32:33she pled innocent
32:34did she not
32:35it appears she's had a change of heart
32:39she now admits to killing marco seraphim
32:44you look troubled
32:47just doesn't seem possible
32:50joan lewis is kind
32:52she's gentle
32:53she's not capable of such a heinous act
32:55you don't know that
32:56she was a maid
32:57she was released from her job
32:59she was desperate
33:00she wouldn't kill anyone
33:01how do you know that
33:03she's a good woman
33:04she's
33:04a murderer
33:05a woman who deserves to be hanged
33:09she does not
33:11she's trying to protect me
33:15she's my mother
33:20lilibeth seraphim admitted that she is joan lewis's daughter
33:23they always knew that marco seraphim had stolen the somatron design
33:26so lilibeth married into the seraphim family
33:29brought her mother into the house as a maid
33:31so that they could destroy the seraphims from the inside
33:34did roman seraphim have any idea
33:36none at all
33:37although i do think that lilibeth did fall in love with him
33:41but the mother and daughter still wanted revenge
33:44that's strong motive
33:45the timelines don't add up
33:47both joan and lilibeth have alibis for the time of the murder
33:50does crown council know this
33:52yes but all they want is a conviction
33:59jack pritchett
34:00you have a visitor
34:03who she
34:03this is miss violent heart
34:06she'd like a few words with you
34:09i'll return in five minutes
34:16heard a lot about you miss heart
34:18you have
34:19oh yeah
34:20when ifram's bringing the hammer down
34:22he tells folks
34:23miss heart won't be happy
34:25if she don't get her money
34:26bad things happen when you ain't happy
34:28so they pay out
34:30i beg your pardon
34:33you don't gotta play innocent with me
34:35i admire your gumption
34:36but i didn't take the fall for this out of love for ephra
34:40i did it to support my family
34:42we have a deal
34:43he promised to pay well
34:45and pay on time
34:48ephra
34:49burned the vatney paper shop
34:52after vatney refused to pay for protection
34:55don't play dumb
34:57you know exactly what's going on
34:59and if ephra don't make good on his promise
35:01i'll tell every cop in the city
35:03that you're scamming folks
35:04while claiming you're protecting them
35:15gentlemen of the jury
35:17you see before you
35:18an envelope
35:20containing 50 canadian dollars
35:23marco seraphim was murdered
35:25after he caught his servant
35:27joan lewis
35:27trying to steal this generous donation
35:30which he had intended
35:32for sister bernadette
35:33of the sisters of faith home
35:35for the infirm
35:38my father was a selfish cad
35:40who flaunted his wealth
35:41and never gave a dime to charity
35:42but is that any reason to kill a man
35:44thank you
35:46the prosecution rests
35:56hello
35:56pardon me
35:57i'm looking for sister bernadette
35:59yes
36:00hello
36:01what can i do for you
36:02oh
36:03i'm detective william murdoch
36:04of the toronto constabulary
36:06and i was hoping to ask you some questions
36:09about marco seraphim
36:11yes
36:12i heard of his death
36:13a shame
36:17i'm curious
36:18how long mr seraphim
36:19has been donating
36:20to your organization
36:22donating
36:24i don't understand
36:26i was of the impression
36:28that mr seraphim
36:29had been donating
36:30to your cause
36:31regularly
36:32marco seraphim
36:34didn't donate
36:35any money
36:35to our home
36:37i had to twist his arm
36:38in order to make him
36:40do what was right
36:42which was
36:48do you believe
36:49that joan lewis
36:51could have committed
36:52this heinous act
36:53against the man
36:54that employed her
36:55for the past three years
36:56i find it hard to believe
36:58mrs lewis killed my father
36:59but
37:00yes
37:01i do
37:03there's no other explanation
37:06thank you
37:08the prosecution rests
37:10miss newsome
37:17mr seraphim
37:19on the day of your father's murder
37:21you made a telephone call
37:23would you please
37:24tell the jury
37:25who the recipient was
37:27i telephoned
37:28the sisters of faith
37:30home for the infirm
37:32the very institution
37:33for which your father's
37:34envelope of money
37:35was intended
37:35the defense
37:37contends
37:38that what you learned
37:39during that phone call
37:41enraged you
37:41so much so
37:43that you erupted
37:44into a fit of violence
37:45and murdered your father
37:47objection
37:48this accusation
37:50is completely without merit
37:51and should be retracted
37:52from the record
37:53miss newsome
37:54can you give me
37:55one good reason
37:56why i shouldn't allow
37:57the prosecution's request
37:58of course
38:00if the court clerk
38:01could open the doors please
38:08let the record show
38:09let the record show that
38:10sister bernadette
38:10of the sisters of faith
38:12home for the infirm
38:13is entering the courtroom
38:14accompanied by
38:15david
38:15david
38:17seraphim
38:18marco seraphim's
38:19allegedly deceased heir
38:23brother
38:23my brother
38:25is it really you
38:31order order order
38:33return to the witness stand
38:35mr seraphim
38:36your reunion will have to
38:38wait until after you've
38:39finished testifying
38:39the sooner we get to the
38:41truth
38:41when my father accused
38:43joan of stealing
38:44i spotted the address
38:45on the envelope
38:48i was suspicious
38:49my father was not
38:51a generous man
38:55i called the home
38:57i found out
38:58my brother
39:01has been alive
39:03all this time
39:07my father told us that
39:09david died
39:10in that carriage accident
39:12forgive me
39:14david
39:15i didn't know
39:17marco seraphim hid
39:19his son away from the
39:21world
39:21and capitalized on his
39:23family's grief by making
39:24david the face of the
39:25company
39:26sister bernadette had to
39:27coerce my father just to
39:29get enough money to give
39:30david a comfortable one
39:31i'm so sorry
39:34i'm so sorry i've missed
39:36you so much
39:38i thought you didn't want
39:41me anymore
39:42i thought you'd forgotten
39:44about me
39:45not for a second
39:48i was coming to get you
39:49as soon as this was over
39:51is it over
39:52can we go home
39:54of course
39:57this ends now
40:02my father
40:03was a monster
40:07i killed him
40:11i regret not
40:26i owe you my deepest
40:28apologies
40:29miss newsom
40:30i should have trusted your
40:31instincts
40:32you single-handedly saved
40:34an innocent woman from
40:35hanging
40:36not quite single-handedly
40:37i had some help from
40:39detective murdoch but
40:40your apology is
40:42appreciated
40:43and accepted
40:44mr davenport
40:46you have anything to add
40:48only that i wish i was a sign
40:50the defense
40:51rather than the prosecution
40:52if you had been
40:53mrs lewis would likely have
40:55been convicted
40:56no i would have seen that
40:58that grace is a virtue
41:02indeed
41:04congratulations miss newsom
41:10now i suspect you'll proceed
41:11to skewer me
41:13i won the case
41:15that's enough
41:15no no go on
41:17i insist
41:18twist the knife
41:18oh i will
41:20when the time is right
41:25i don't understand
41:26your objections
41:27jack pritchett
41:28is being well paid
41:29for his sacrifice
41:30you're taking advantage
41:31of the very people
41:31we should be helping
41:32and you burned a local
41:34business to the ground
41:34how is this helping
41:36the community
41:36mr vagney refused
41:38to pay
41:38he was being
41:39disrespectful towards you
41:40towards me
41:42these acts
41:43are yours alone
41:44ephraim
41:44i had nothing
41:45to do with this
41:45wrong
41:46ask any one
41:47of our clients
41:48you're the head
41:49of this whole operation
41:50that's a lie
41:52it depends on how
41:53you frame it
41:54and you've been
41:55expertly framed
41:56violet hart
41:57now that you've
41:58gone and meddled
41:59with the pritchetts
42:00you've dug your grave
42:01even deeper
42:03watch yourself violet
42:04if i go down
42:06so will you
42:10and by the way
42:12daphne pritchett
42:13is expecting
42:13another payment
42:14this weekend
42:15you can deliver it
42:16yourself this time
42:24your victory in this
42:25case was hard earned
42:26you must be quite
42:27pleased
42:28i admit
42:28this case was
42:29especially gratifying
42:31david seraphim is
42:33finally home
42:33and realizing that
42:35much of her family's
42:35wealth was built on
42:36zanderbach's sewing
42:37machine design
42:38valeria seraphim is
42:40finally seeing to it
42:41that joan and
42:42lilibeth reaped the
42:43financial rewards he
42:44was owed
42:45but instead of being
42:46reunited with his
42:47brother roman
42:47now has to go to
42:49jail for murder
42:49perhaps he won't
42:50serve a long sentence
42:52valeria did say he
42:53will have the best
42:54defense attorney money
42:55can buy
42:55oh i'm not so sure
42:57the best lawyer can
42:59be bought
42:59oh
43:01because she's
43:02currently serving
43:03as the assistant
43:04crown attorney
43:05oh
43:06you flatter me
43:09perhaps
43:10but just
43:11how did you know
43:13that lilibeth was
43:14joan's daughter
43:16call it
43:17women's intuition
43:19and how did you
43:20realize the importance
43:21of the address on that
43:22envelope
43:26call it a hunch
43:27i was
44:09Transcription by CastingWords
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