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Father Brown - Season 13 - Episode 08: The Oath of Silence
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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.
02:30No, please.
02:30No, no, no, no.
02:35No, no, no.
03:19What's the blimmin' hold up?
03:21I'm not sure.
03:23Members of the jury, I must inform you that the defendant has excused his counsel and wishes to represent himself.
03:32Something I will allow.
03:36He's fired his barrister. Is that a good idea, Father?
03:41Not usually, no.
03:43Ladies and gentlemen, Arthur Goddard lived and worked peacefully as a potter on his small plot of land all his
03:53life until he was brutally stabbed in his workshop in the dead of night.
04:00Why would this happen?
04:03Because five years ago, he gave David Ensley a job after 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, employees 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 and cash in his pocket taken from the safety deposit box.
04:49Mr Ensley gave a full confession to police after his arrest.
04:53A confession he now wishes to retract.
04:58But I believe we will prove beyond a shadow of doubt that he is guilty of this crime.
05:21And 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 and saw someone else had stopped him.
05:40And I shouldn't have run.
05:43But I swear he want 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.
06:28Arthur.
06:30Arthur.
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.
06:55Because I knew the police would take one look at me.
07:02The blood.
07:04The 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, don'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?
08:00No.
08:03I used to want to pick a fight with the whole world.
08:06Tell you it 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 of 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?
09:28Ends these guiltiest 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?
09:41I take an interest in murder cases.
09:44Also, my husband's a police detective inspector.
09:47So, somehow, are 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.
09:59I'm not saying
10:01Ends is innocent,
10:02but we need to consider
10:04he might be.
10:10I still think I could have driven here.
10:14Brenda, what'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.
10:25Good morning, Father.
10:26Miss Palmer.
10:27What up are you doing here?
10:29We are observing a murder trial, Sergeant.
10:32You?
10:32I'm testifying at one of the smaller courts.
10:34Not nearly as interesting
10:35as a murder trial, mind.
10:37Good 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.
11:24He said,
11:28David,
11:29no.
11:34After that,
11:35the line went dead.
11:47Father,
11:48are you sure
11:48you're not wrong about David?
11:50Why would Arthur
11:51have called out his name like that?
11:55I am undoubtedly fallible,
11:57Miss Palmer,
11:58but I think
11:59that Arthur's words
12:00were misleading.
12:08Pardon me
12:09for 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
12:23about your father.
12:24This is Miss Palmer,
12:25my housekeeper.
12:27And this is my husband.
12:28Royce Holland.
12:29It's a pleasure
12:30to 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
12:38defending himself.
12:39You believe David Inslee
12:41is guilty?
12:42Well, of course he is.
12:43He took advantage
12:44of my father for years.
12:45He even forced us
12:46to 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
13:02in order.
13:04Would it comfort you
13:05if I paid you
13:06a visit later?
13:08Thank you, father.
13:09I'd like that.
13:15Did I imagine it?
13:16Or could you smell
13:17alcohol on her breath?
13:19No, you didn't imagine it.
13:22A way of coping
13:23with recent events,
13:24no doubt.
13:36I suppose you don't
13:37believe me anymore, 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
13:45from 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,
13:57but 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
14:06would still have been palpable
14:07the night her father died?
14:11There was a man
14:12in a big fancy car
14:14who wanted to buy
14:14the pottery, father.
14:16I never got his name,
14:18but I saw him
14:19in court today.
14:22Yes, I noticed him.
14:24Tell me more.
14:26Arthur wasn't interested
14:26in selling,
14:27but the man kept
14:29coming back.
14:30We had cigars
14:31and bottles of whiskey,
14:33that sort of thing,
14:35but that didn't work.
14:36He sent two men
14:38to try and lean on Arthur,
14:41but I put an end to that.
14:45So Arthur came
14:46to depend on you.
14:48Why did he sack you?
14:49Arthur wanted himself
14:50that day.
14:52Said I'd made a mistake
14:53with some tiles
14:54and kill
14:55and it cost us
14:55a day's takings.
14:57I said it weren't me,
14:59but he, uh,
15:00he called me a liar,
15:02paid me off
15:03and told me to go.
15:06But I knew
15:07something was wrong.
15:08So I went back
15:09later that night.
15:12Send someone
15:14quickly.
15:17David!
15:18No!
15:21Arthur, what happened?
15:26Who did this?
15:27No time.
15:29Please come in.
15:30You'll be blamed.
15:32I don't care about that.
15:33Tell me you did it.
15:34Use that money
15:35I gave you.
15:37Get away.
15:39I'm not leaving you.
15:40Please,
15:42David,
15:42run.
15:44Promise me.
15:54He fired you
15:55to protect you.
15:59I think he knew
16:01he was going to die.
16:28I could have sworn
16:29I'd bought some biscuits,
16:30but there were none
16:30in the cupboard.
16:33It's these pills
16:34I take from my nerves
16:35that make me forgetful.
16:37Tea is ample,
16:39Mrs. Holland.
16:40Please,
16:41call me Josie,
16:42like before.
16:43I'm sorry things
16:44had become difficult
16:45with your father,
16:46Josie.
16:48Well,
16:48he never forgave me
16:49for eloping with Royce
16:50when I was 16.
16:52I must say,
16:53you were rather young.
16:55I was old enough
16:56to know my mind.
16:58And my father
16:59always blamed Royce.
17:00Daddy always thought
17:01he knew best.
17:03You still seem angry
17:05with him.
17:05Can you blame me?
17:08I was his child
17:09and he loved some stranger
17:10more than me.
17:11I'm sure that's not true.
17:13Isn't it?
17:14Well,
17:15he left everything
17:16to David.
17:17I mean,
17:18I get my mother's
17:18personal things,
17:19of course,
17:20but David gets the house,
17:22the factory.
17:24Now do you see
17:25why I think he's guilty,
17:26Father?
17:27I agree,
17:28an inheritance
17:28can be a strong motive.
17:32Of course,
17:33if David Ensley
17:34is hanged,
17:35it will all revert
17:36to you.
17:37And you think
17:38I'd want it now,
17:39after what's happened here.
17:42Do you recall
17:43where you were
17:44the night
17:44your father died?
17:48I think
17:49Royce was having
17:50a sing-song
17:51in the pub.
17:51I must confess,
17:53I'd had a few gins,
17:53which doesn't mix well
17:55with my pills,
17:55so I went upstairs
17:56to bed.
17:57You live above a pub?
17:59Royce owns
17:59the Raven Tavern.
18:01It's a family business.
18:06You know,
18:07I used to help
18:07my dad
18:07in the workshop.
18:11He taught me
18:11everything I needed
18:12to know
18:12to run this place
18:13someday.
18:15I suppose
18:16it just wasn't
18:16meant to be.
18:20Mr. Holland,
18:21would you describe
18:22for the jury
18:23the events
18:24that took place
18:24at your mother-in-law's
18:26funeral?
18:26What do you think
18:27motivated Mr. Ensley's
18:29aggression that day?
18:30Well, I believe
18:31a reconciliation
18:32between Josie
18:33and her father
18:33was possible.
18:35But Mr. Ensley
18:36was determined
18:37to prevent that
18:38from happening.
18:40So Arthur
18:40would keep him
18:41in the will.
18:42But I didn't know
18:43about any inheritance
18:44till a week ago.
18:45Mr. Ensley...
18:46Some solicitor
18:46told me
18:47he's making
18:47Josie contest it.
18:49He just runs
18:49outlandish cells!
18:50Mr. Ensley,
18:51any further outbursts
18:52and I'll have you
18:53removed to the cells?
18:54I'd like to answer
18:56that, if I may.
18:58Yeah.
19:01My wife
19:03deserved better
19:04from her father.
19:08And if
19:09we have to fight
19:10to get back
19:11what's rightfully hers,
19:13well,
19:14I...
19:16I make no apology.
19:27Oh, hello again.
19:28What can I do
19:29for you?
19:30I was hoping
19:31for a favour,
19:32actually,
19:32if you wouldn't mind.
19:34But it needs
19:34to be kept
19:35between us.
19:36Go on.
19:37Mrs. S has been
19:38teaching us
19:39how to drive
19:39but she's been
19:40really busy
19:40with the trial
19:41and between you
19:42and me,
19:42she shouts a lot
19:43so I thought
19:44maybe you
19:45could do it.
19:46I've got a test
19:47booked but I
19:48haven't told anyone
19:48in case I fail.
19:51I finish work
19:52at six.
19:53Oh,
19:54thanks,
19:55Sergeant.
20:00Hello.
20:01Ken Wover,
20:01please.
20:06And where
20:06was this exactly?
20:12Sir.
20:13Someone's reported
20:13an abandoned car.
20:15And?
20:16And there was
20:17blood in it.
20:18Lots of blood,
20:18sir.
20:20Right.
20:31The address?
20:38Hello,
20:38Father.
20:40Oh,
20:40it's good to see you.
20:42What can I get you?
20:43Nothing for me.
20:45Just a moment
20:45of your time,
20:46please,
20:46Mr. Holland.
20:47Of course.
20:51I heard your testimony
20:52this morning
20:53and I must admit
20:55it puzzled me.
20:56Why contest
20:57Arthur's will?
20:58If David
20:59Ensley
20:59is condemned,
21:00there will be
21:01no need
21:01for litigation.
21:02We were told
21:03that the estate
21:04could be tied up
21:05for months
21:05that way.
21:06perhaps.
21:08But what's
21:09the hurry?
21:10For the sake
21:11of transparency,
21:13I've, um,
21:15I've run up
21:16a few debts
21:17on the horses.
21:20Easily done.
21:21Yeah.
21:21So, you know,
21:23as it happens,
21:24somebody wants
21:24to buy
21:25the pottery
21:26and says he's
21:27willing to pay
21:28more for a quick
21:29sale.
21:30His name's
21:30Blakely.
21:32Of Blakely
21:33Manufacturing?
21:34Yes.
21:35I was surprised
21:36to see him
21:36at the trial
21:37but then I suppose
21:38the outcome
21:38is of interest
21:39to him
21:40and I meant
21:40what I said.
21:42Josie has a right
21:43to the sale
21:44of that land
21:45and it will
21:46more than cover
21:47my debts.
21:49Oh, of course,
21:50I'll come clean
21:51once it's all
21:52settled.
21:54You haven't
21:55told her yet?
21:56No.
21:58She's barely
21:58coping as it is.
22:00Hmm.
22:01She does seem
22:02very fragile.
22:05She said
22:06she took sedatives
22:07the night her
22:08father died
22:08and went to bed.
22:09Where were you?
22:11I was here.
22:12Working.
22:13And then I went
22:14upstairs and
22:16joined her.
22:18Look,
22:19father,
22:19I can see
22:20why you're
22:20suspicious.
22:21Josie,
22:22she was young
22:23when we met
22:23but we couldn't
22:24help falling in love.
22:25It's just a shame
22:26that her father
22:27never respected that.
22:30I always found
22:31Arthur to be
22:31a fair man.
22:33Well,
22:34you can't always
22:35see the signs
22:36from the outside.
22:38Believe me,
22:39he controlled
22:40Josie
22:41until I helped
22:42her escape
22:43from that house.
23:01looks like it's been
23:02here for several
23:03weeks.
23:05Do you think
23:06whoever owns
23:06it was murdered,
23:07sir?
23:11This was found
23:12empty at the scene
23:13of Mr. Goddard's
23:14murder.
23:16Mr.
23:16Ensley's
23:17fingerprints
23:17were on it
23:18and according
23:19to the logbook,
23:20the exact amount
23:21of missing cash
23:22was later found
23:23on his person.
23:26I put it
23:27to you
23:29that Mr.
23:30Ensley
23:30returned
23:31after dark
23:33and was caught
23:34stealing
23:35from Mr.
23:36Goddard,
23:36which is why
23:37he attacked
23:38him.
23:38That's not who I am.
23:39Mr.
23:40Ensley,
23:40I will not
23:40warn you again.
23:41You must not
23:42interrupt.
23:43You're going to throw
23:44me in sales,
23:44but please let me
23:45say this.
23:46I know what I was,
23:48but Arthur showed
23:48me a better way.
23:49Your Honor,
23:50Mr.
23:50Ensley,
23:50is not in the
23:51witness box.
23:51I loved him
23:52like a father.
23:56And no punishment
23:57can be worse
23:57than knowing
23:58I'll never
23:58see him again.
24:08Apart from
24:09Bonnie,
24:10can anyone
24:11here genuinely
24:12say the
24:12prosecution's
24:13proven their
24:14case beyond
24:14a reasonable
24:15doubt?
24:17Mr.
24:17Sharp claims
24:18the inheritance
24:19was Ensley's
24:20motive,
24:20so why would
24:21he steal the
24:22petty cash
24:22and make a
24:23run for it?
24:23It makes no
24:24sense.
24:25You're the
24:25only one who
24:26thinks he
24:27could be
24:27innocent.
24:28The verdict
24:28has to be
24:29unanimous,
24:30so when the
24:31time comes,
24:32you better
24:33vote with
24:33us.
24:34I will not
24:35be bullied.
24:36Not if a
24:37man's life
24:38hangs in
24:38the balance.
24:44Can I tempt
24:45you,
24:45Father?
24:46They're
24:47important,
24:48exceptional
24:49quality.
24:50Er,
24:51no.
24:51No,
24:52thank you.
24:53not one
24:53of my
24:54vices.
24:54Ah.
24:56So,
24:57what's
24:58this
24:58visiting aid
24:59of?
25:00Well,
25:00I come
25:01out of
25:01concern
25:02for
25:02Mrs.
25:02Holland.
25:04I know
25:04you tried
25:05to buy
25:05her father's
25:06pottery
25:06before he
25:07died,
25:07and I
25:08would hate
25:09for her
25:10to be
25:10taken
25:10advantage
25:11of in
25:11her
25:11present
25:11distress.
25:13That's
25:13why I'm
25:13dealing
25:14with
25:14the
25:14husband.
25:15Yes,
25:15but some
25:15might say
25:16that your
25:16recent offer
25:17was a little
25:18premature.
25:21I'm a
25:21businessman.
25:23Why
25:24wait
25:24to be
25:25beaten
25:25to it?
25:26Besides,
25:26it's a
25:27generous
25:27offer.
25:28But why
25:29buy it
25:29at all,
25:30if I may
25:31ask?
25:32You already
25:33own a
25:34successful
25:34pottery
25:35business.
25:36It's called
25:36capitalism,
25:38father.
25:39The Goddard's
25:40land has a
25:40higher quality
25:42of clay,
25:42but the old
25:43man was
25:43selling it
25:44for less.
25:45I was
25:45sick of
25:46being
25:46undercut.
25:47So you
25:48attempted to
25:48persuade him
25:49to sell?
25:51Once or
25:52twice.
25:53Sent my
25:54men round
25:54to negotiate,
25:55but that
25:56thug of
25:56his came
25:57at them
25:57with a
25:57pickaxe.
25:59How
25:59disturbing.
26:01I
26:02presume you
26:03reported this
26:04incident to
26:04the police
26:05at the
26:05time?
26:08Hmm.
26:09We let
26:10it lie.
26:12Suggesting
26:12David
26:13Ensley
26:13acted in
26:14Arthur's
26:14defence?
26:16You can
26:17suggest what
26:17you like.
26:18Ensley
26:19is the
26:20one in
26:20the dock.
26:21And from
26:21what I can
26:22see, it's
26:23not going
26:23very well
26:23for him.
26:25Hmm.
26:25Is it?
26:30The
26:30number plate's
26:31registered to
26:32Lester Helms
26:33from Warwickshire,
26:34sir.
26:34His wife
26:35reported him
26:35missing a
26:36couple of
26:36months back.
26:38She gave
26:38me this to
26:39help us
26:39find him.
26:42If we
26:42ever do
26:43find him,
26:43goodnight,
26:44Sergeant.
26:46Goodnight,
26:46sir.
26:50Ready?
26:56Yeah.
26:57Yeah.
26:58Right.
26:59You know,
27:00it's her.
27:02I've got to
27:03go.
27:04But,
27:04about before,
27:06I'm sorry for
27:06my tone.
27:07I hope we
27:08can...
27:08I'm sorry
27:09too.
27:09I'll see
27:10you tomorrow.
27:15Right,
27:15then.
27:16You don't
27:16mind us
27:16using this,
27:17do you?
27:17Um,
27:18no.
27:19As long as
27:20you don't lock
27:20me in the
27:20back like you
27:21did the first
27:21time we
27:22met.
27:22Huh.
27:23Well,
27:24Mrs Sullivan's
27:25taught you
27:25all the basics,
27:26I expect.
27:28Yeah.
27:29Um,
27:30I know how to
27:30start and stop.
27:31It's just
27:32everything in
27:32between.
27:32All right,
27:33let's see
27:34how you do.
27:34Okay,
27:36let's look.
27:38Okay,
27:39you're doing
27:39well.
27:42Whoa!
27:54Whoa!
27:55Whoa!
27:56Whoa!
27:57Whoa!
28:00Whoa!
28:05I'll never
28:06pass that
28:06test,
28:07will I?
28:07Of course
28:08you will.
28:08You just
28:09need to
28:09believe in
28:10yourself.
28:10That and
28:11slow down.
28:12It's not a
28:12rocket ship,
28:13you know.
28:14Let's try
28:15again tomorrow
28:15at 6am.
28:16Okay.
28:18Oh!
28:22Thanks for
28:23giving me a
28:23lift,
28:24Sergeant.
28:24No problem.
28:26Mrs S,
28:27you all right?
28:31Father,
28:32I think
28:33there's
28:33something wrong.
28:34Mrs Sullivan?
28:41I'm fine.
28:42I'm just
28:42nervous about
28:43the verdict
28:44tomorrow.
28:45What am I
28:46doing here?
28:47I should go
28:47home.
28:48Good night.
28:55Murder trial
28:56ends today.
29:03Willie, can I
29:03talk to you?
29:04Why?
29:04We talk all
29:05blimmin' down.
29:05Someone came at
29:06me last night.
29:08He seemed to
29:08know that I've
29:09been speaking up
29:10for Ensley.
29:10Was that you,
29:11that telephone
29:12call you made?
29:13I don't know
29:13what you're
29:14talking about.
29:14He's bribing
29:15you, isn't
29:16he?
29:16I've got no
29:16proof.
29:18He's threatened
29:18to kill my
29:19husband.
29:20You'd better
29:21do what he
29:21says then,
29:22haven't you,
29:22love?
29:22How can I?
29:24He wants me
29:24to make sure
29:25Ensley's found
29:26guilty, which
29:27means he
29:27must be
29:28innocent.
29:29So what?
29:31You're going
29:31to risk
29:31your husband's
29:32life for
29:32some jailbird.
29:34Just keep
29:35your mouth
29:35shut.
29:44The
29:44inspector will
29:45be back in
29:45a minute,
29:45father.
29:47Who is
29:48Lester Helms?
29:49A notorious
29:50smuggler, as
29:51it turns out.
29:52Known for
29:52knocking off
29:53items of
29:53luxury shipped
29:54into Bristol
29:55Port.
29:55He's been
29:56missing for
29:56two months.
29:58Murdered,
29:59presumably.
29:59That would
30:00be our
30:00guess,
30:01although his
30:01operation hasn't
30:02ended.
30:02If anything,
30:03it's increased
30:03recently.
30:05Suggesting the
30:06killer stepped
30:06into the
30:07dead man's
30:07shoes.
30:07Exactly.
30:08But with
30:09no body
30:10found,
30:11we are
30:11out of
30:12Leeds.
30:13Ah,
30:14father.
30:15to what
30:16do we owe
30:16the pleasure?
30:18I'm here
30:19about
30:19Mrs Sullivan.
30:20Oh,
30:21really?
30:21What about
30:22her?
30:23I saw her
30:24yesterday evening.
30:25She seemed
30:26unsettled.
30:27Something about
30:27the verdict.
30:28Has she spoken
30:29to you at all?
30:30No.
30:30About the trial?
30:32No, never.
30:33She went to bed,
30:34left early this
30:35morning.
30:36Is there something
30:36I should be
30:37worried about?
30:39Well, probably
30:40nothing.
30:42Passing judgment
30:44has banded
30:44away heavily
30:45on anyone.
31:00That jury's got
31:02it in for me,
31:02father.
31:03I know it.
31:04Take courage,
31:06Mr Ainsley.
31:07There is still
31:08time.
31:09Now, tell me
31:10more about
31:10the businessman
31:11who tried to
31:12bribe Arthur
31:12with cigars
31:13and whiskey.
31:15I ask
31:16because it's
31:16possible he's
31:17a smuggler.
31:19I wouldn't
31:19know about
31:20that, father.
31:21But I can
31:22believe he's
31:22a crook.
31:23There are too
31:24many cents
31:24smashed up
31:25a batch
31:25of tiles.
31:26We lost
31:27a week's
31:27work.
31:29The day
31:29Arthur sank
31:30you, he
31:30said you
31:31had cost
31:31him takings
31:32because of
31:32a mistake
31:33in the
31:33kiln.
31:34What
31:34mistake?
31:35A batch
31:36of tiles
31:36have been
31:36fired
31:37twice.
31:39Twice?
31:41Odd.
31:46The works
31:47are locked
31:48up.
31:49How can
31:50I get
31:51in?
31:52There's a key
31:53hidden behind
31:53a loose
31:54brick in
31:54factory wall.
31:56Good.
32:12What are you
32:12looking for,
32:13father?
32:15Something
32:15that shouldn't
32:16be in a
32:17pottery kiln.
32:36here we
32:38are.
32:40No time to
32:41explain.
32:42We need to
32:43hurry,
32:44Miss Palmer.
32:44Ladies and
32:46gentlemen,
32:46I urge you
32:47to come
32:47to the
32:47only
32:48natural
32:48conclusion
32:49that
32:49David
32:50Ensley
32:50murdered
32:51his
32:51employer
32:52on that
32:52fateful
32:52night
32:52and
32:53must
32:53face
32:54the
32:54full
32:55consequence
32:55of
32:55the
32:55law.
32:58The crown
32:59rests,
33:00Your Honor.
33:03Mr.
33:04Ensley,
33:05you may
33:05begin your
33:05closing
33:06statement.
33:12Why the
33:13cellar,
33:14father?
33:16Because
33:16there is
33:17something
33:17I need
33:18to
33:19investigate.
33:20If
33:20there's
33:21any
33:21trouble,
33:22go to
33:23the
33:23telephone
33:24box
33:24on the
33:24corner
33:25and call
33:26Inspector
33:26Sullivan.
33:27I will.
33:36be careful,
33:37father.
33:48You
33:49can't be in
33:49here,
33:49father.
33:53Josie,
33:55I
33:56expected
33:56you to
33:56be in
33:57court,
33:57to hear
33:58the
33:58verdict.
33:59I'm not
34:00feeling well
34:00today.
34:01Or perhaps
34:02you don't
34:02have the
34:03stomach to
34:03see an
34:04innocent
34:04man
34:04condemned.
34:05Why
34:06would you
34:06say that?
34:07Because
34:09I found
34:10this in
34:12your father's
34:13kiln.
34:13It's a
34:14gold tooth.
34:15It belongs
34:15to the
34:16rival
34:16smuggler
34:17your husband
34:18killed.
34:20I don't
34:21know what
34:21you're
34:21talking
34:21about.
34:22I think
34:23you do.
34:27Your
34:28husband
34:28persuaded
34:29you to
34:31help him
34:31get rid
34:31of the
34:32evidence
34:33by
34:34incinerating
34:34the body,
34:36which would
34:36have been
34:36the perfect
34:37crime if
34:39your father
34:40hadn't caught
34:40both of
34:41you in
34:41the act.
34:45Are you
34:45sure you're
34:46not to
34:46work this
34:47thing?
34:49Josie,
34:51Dad, I
34:53thought you'd
34:54be asleep.
34:54I saw the
34:55light on in
34:56here.
34:57Is this
34:58what you've
34:58become?
35:00No, no,
35:01Daddy, it's
35:03not what you
35:03think.
35:04That man, he
35:05tried to kill
35:05Royce and he
35:06had to defend
35:06himself.
35:11Please don't
35:12tell the
35:12police.
35:14Please.
35:16Just let us
35:16leave and you'll
35:17never hear from
35:17us again.
35:21I won't tell
35:22anyone.
35:35Arthur would
35:36have kept
35:36his word.
35:37He loved
35:38you too
35:38much to
35:39turn you
35:39in.
35:41But your
35:42husband couldn't
35:43risk that.
35:45So he
35:46murdered him.
35:48No.
35:49No, when we
35:50left my father
35:51was still alive.
35:53It was David
35:54he killed him
35:55to get the
35:55inheritance.
35:57The very next
35:58night, after
36:00your father had
36:01witnessed the
36:01cremation.
36:04How fortuitous
36:05for Mr.
36:06Holland.
36:08Perhaps you
36:09cling to this
36:09fantasy because the
36:10truth is too
36:11much to bear.
36:13A truth your
36:15father tried in
36:15vain to make
36:16you see that
36:18your husband is
36:19capable of
36:21evil.
36:21You're wrong.
36:22He's a good
36:23man.
36:24Look,
36:25Josie,
36:28contraband.
36:31Royce didn't
36:32kill Lester in
36:33self-defense.
36:34He killed him
36:35because he got
36:37in his way
36:38as did your
36:40father.
36:40Royce would
36:41never do that
36:42to me.
36:42He loves me.
36:43He only loves
36:44himself.
36:46Which is why
36:47he starved you
36:48of your family's
36:49love.
36:51Josie?
36:52Josie, are you
36:53down there?
36:55Time to make a
36:56choice, Josie.
36:59A choice your
37:00father longed for
37:01you to make.
37:02Otherwise the guilt
37:03which torments you
37:04will deepen.
37:07Josie?
37:08Please,
37:08Walter, you have
37:09to go.
37:09I am not leaving
37:10without you.
37:13Come with me
37:14now and tell the
37:15court and the
37:16police of your
37:17husband's guilt.
37:18I can't.
37:19You must.
37:21God will not
37:22absolve you of
37:24your sins unless
37:25you face them.
37:28Ah.
37:31If you break in
37:32here, what kind
37:34of a priest are
37:35you, Father
37:37Brown?
37:38A curious one.
37:40Didn't you hear me
37:40calling you,
37:42Josie?
37:42Oh.
37:45What's he said
37:46to you?
37:47You're trembling,
37:48my poor darling.
37:50Here.
37:51It's time to take
37:53your pills.
37:54He's trying to keep
37:55you weak, Josie.
37:57You need to find
37:58your strength.
37:59Take them and
38:01go upstairs.
38:02They will
38:03announce the
38:04verdict soon.
38:05David's fate is
38:07in your hands.
38:09Now.
38:21up.
38:35I'm sorry.
38:39I'm sorry.
38:42Inspector Sullivan's on his way.
38:44Is there still time to get to the court?
38:46Well, that's Royce's, but I can't drive.
38:48I can.
38:53Chelsea!
38:54Open that door, you're a great 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've stopped 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.
40:59It was my husband.
41:11If we hadn't gone to the factory that night,
41:13my 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.
41:44I know I broke my father's heart.
41:45Arthur loved you.
41:47To the end.
41:52In light of this testimony,
41:54I hereby declare a mistrial.
41:56Mr. Ensley will remain in custody
41:58while the police make urgent inquiries,
42:00and Mrs. Holland will be detained
42:02for further questioning.
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?
42:40You sure?
42:44Mrs. Baldrige,
42:45wait there, please.
42:47Why? What'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?
43:10I'm sure it wasn't borrowed, Mrs. Sullivan.
43:12Borrowed? Well, who would...
43:21Brenda Palmer, what makes you think
43:24you can borrow Hercules without my permission?
43:26Not to mention driving without a licence.
43:28I'm sorry I didn't ask.
43:30I just thought it would spoil the surprise.
43:32I just passed my driving test.
43:34That is stupendous news.
43:37Congratulations.
43:38Well, how?
43:39Last time we practised, you were...
43:40I guess you're a better teacher
43:42than you thought, Mrs. S.
44:10I guess you're a better teacher
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