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00:09I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give
00:12shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
00:17Sergeant Jones, will you tell the court, in your own words,
00:20the events leading up to the apprehension of the prisoner, John Harrison Peabody?
00:25Certainly.
00:26I was on patrol car duty on the night of the 27th,
00:29when we received a radio message that the officers of the Hathaway Jewelry Company
00:33were being burgled.
00:35We immediately drove to the premises on Brook Street.
00:37On arriving at the store, the prisoner leapt from the doorway
00:41carrying numerous items of jewellery, Exhibits 1 to 39, Millard.
00:46We chased after him, and after a brief struggle,
00:49we put him into custody and charged him with a felony.
00:52Thank you very much. No more questions.
00:55Your witness.
00:57It's very well done, isn't it?
01:00Just like Rumpel.
01:01Yeah.
01:03Would you, er, tuna and sweet corn?
01:05Oh, tough.
01:06I know.
01:07You can't beat marks and sparks, can you?
01:09No, change them if you don't like them.
01:11You know, my mother once changed a fillet of salmon for a pair of shoes.
01:16Well, she had to pay the difference, of course,
01:18when her feet were bigger for a star.
01:20Are the jury paying attention?
01:23Oh, sorry.
01:25And are you eating food?
01:27No.
01:28I can't have any breakfast this morning.
01:31Why, would you like a bit?
01:33Certainly not.
01:34This is a court of law.
01:35You're sitting on a jury, not a park bench.
01:37Oh, sorry.
01:41Carry on.
01:44Miss Longford.
01:45He put you in your place, didn't he?
01:46The prisoner made a statement on arriving at the police station, did he not?
01:50He did.
01:51What did he say in that statement?
01:53Er, he said, you've got the wrong man, Gov.
01:57Don't they all?
01:59Oh, please be quiet.
02:01This is a very serious case, and it will shortly be your duty to judge this man.
02:05Please show the necessary intelligence and restraint required by the responsibility bestowed upon you.
02:12That's the same time he's had a go at you.
02:15He shouldn't make you look a Charlie in front of everybody.
02:17Go on, tell him.
02:19My lad.
02:22I would remind you, I am the foreman of this jury, and as such, you shouldn't make me look a
02:26Charlie in front of everybody.
02:29Mr Foreman, I would remind you that I am the judge in this courtroom, and as such, I can replace
02:33you with someone I regard as more competent.
02:41Please continue, Miss Longford.
02:43Exhibits 1 to 39, please.
02:46These are the items of jewellery found on the prisoner's person.
02:51Yes, they're the same ones.
02:54Perhaps the jury would like to see them.
02:55No, no.
02:56The jury has seen them once already.
02:58How do we know if they're the same ones we saw before?
03:00Tell him we want to see them again.
03:01How do we know they're the same ones we saw before?
03:03We want to see them again.
03:04I am sure you they're the same ones you saw earlier.
03:07He says they're the same ones.
03:08Tell him that's for us to decide.
03:10We're the jury.
03:10That's for us to decide.
03:11We're the jury.
03:12Ask him if he wants a fair trial or not.
03:14Do you want a fair trial or not?
03:15This is a fair trial.
03:17The prisoner has not complained.
03:18Well, with all due respects, my lad, nobody's asked the poor sod.
03:23Don't you worry, mate, we'll see you get a fair trial.
03:26There'll be no withholding of evidence while I'm foreman.
03:28We are not withholding evidence.
03:30Then let's have another look at the exhibits.
03:32Hands up, we want another butchers at the evidence.
03:36I see, you've been outvoted.
03:38If this had been an election, you'd have lost your deposit.
03:42Oh, very well.
03:43Show the exhibits to the jury.
03:45You may stand up.
03:47Thank you, Bernard.
03:48This could very well take longer than the O.J. Simpson trial.
03:55Now what's wrong?
03:56Can't get it off you, honour.
03:59Stuck.
04:00Pull it, Matt.
04:01I ain't pulling it.
04:02It won't budge.
04:04Have you got a bar of soap up there?
04:06Of course I haven't.
04:08What about in your dressing room round the back?
04:09You must have a little bit in there.
04:10I have not.
04:11You'd think you'd want to wash his hands every now and then, wouldn't you?
04:14You have no right to put it on your finger.
04:17It's no good.
04:18It won't come off.
04:20What a farce.
04:21Very well.
04:22Show it to the rest of the jury, then try to get it off your finger.
04:27Please continue, Miss Longley.
04:29Thank you, my lord.
04:30My lord, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
04:33In all criminal procedures, it is the law of this land that to obtain a conviction, the prosecution must prove
04:39beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt that the prisoner is guilty as charged.
04:45This, I respectfully submit, they have failed to do.
04:50You must...
04:58Have you finished?
05:00I'm trying to get the ring off.
05:02Have you got a dab of, I can't believe it's not butter?
05:06Will you be quiet and sit still?
05:08You're making a mockery of this courtroom.
05:10Are you ever elected foreman?
05:11I shall never know.
05:12Ask him how he got made a judge.
05:18I don't even bother.
05:19Carry on, Miss Longford.
05:20And no more interruptions.
05:22Thank you, my lord.
05:23And so, members of the jury, I submit that the evidence the prosecution has put before you is in no
05:29way conclusive of guilt.
05:31And I further submit that no jury can be asked to convict on such flimsy grounds.
05:37And in the light of this fact, I suggest that you can have no other alternative but to find my
05:44client not guilty.
05:46And that he'd be discharged from this court a free man without a stain on his character.
05:52I thank you.
05:55She's very good, isn't she?
05:57Excellent speech, you're good.
05:59Yeah, very good.
06:00I was very impressed.
06:00Yeah.
06:01Right.
06:02Next!
06:05May I be permitted to decide on the procedure in this court?
06:09Or perhaps you'd like to borrow my wig and take over?
06:12Well, certainly, I don't mind having a go if you're getting a bit fed up like that.
06:14Will you sit down?
06:17Mr. Spoon, I would do care to sum up for the prosecution.
06:20Certainly, my lad.
06:23Oh, I don't like this one.
06:25Smarmy, look at him.
06:26Certainly, my lad.
06:28Right crawler.
06:29I was very impressed by my learned friend's appeal for this man's innocence.
06:35I was very impressed by my learned friend's appeal.
06:38I'd like to stick me foot right up his wig.
06:41It was very moving, eloquent, sentimental, maudlin rubbish.
06:46I object!
06:47It is not up to you to object or not object.
06:51You mind your own business.
06:53Mr. Spoon.
06:56The facts of the case are quite plain.
06:58This man was caught red-handed outside the shop with the proceeds.
07:01On him, he was also identified by the night watchman.
07:04It's an open and shut case.
07:06And I therefore submit you have no alternative but to find him guilty as charged.
07:11And put this vicious criminal beyond the reach of decent society.
07:17Now.
07:18Members of the jury, you've heard the evidence in this case.
07:21I would remind you that you are the sole judge of the facts.
07:23If there is any doubt in your mind whatsoever about this man's guilty.
07:26If you find you not guilty from your hand, you believe that the prosecution have proved
07:30that he is guilty, then of course you must bring in such a verdict.
07:32I will now ask you to retire and consider your verdict.
07:35Usher, please.
07:39I will take this jury to some private and convenient place and shall not suffer anyone to speak
07:43to them, neither shall you speak to them yourself, unless it be to ask me if they be agreed upon
07:47their verdict.
07:51Could you just send in just a little bit of butter?
07:54Some grill cream might do the trick.
07:55Have you got any axle grease?
07:57Or perhaps there's a drop of wig oil or something like that?
08:02Right.
08:03Ladies and gentlemen, we all heard what the judge said.
08:06We are the sole judges of fact.
08:09There's no need to hurry.
08:10We can take as long as we like.
08:11We won't be disturbed.
08:13Our time is our own.
08:14Good.
08:15What about getting a car?
08:16Yeah, all right, then.
08:17Hang on a minute.
08:19We're here to judge whether that poor wretch out there is innocent or guilty.
08:25Come along.
08:25Let's hurry it up.
08:26We don't want to be here all day.
08:27Hang on a minute.
08:28Let's not be too hasty.
08:29It is essential to the cause of justice that we deliberate slowly and carefully before
08:35coming to any decision.
08:36Agreed?
08:37Agreed.
08:37Right.
08:38Guilty.
08:41That wasn't much of a deliberation, was it?
08:44As far as I'm concerned, it's an open and shut case.
08:46The man is obviously guilty.
08:48Well, I think he's innocent.
08:50What about the rest of you?
08:51Guilty.
08:52Guilty.
08:52Guilty.
08:53Guilty.
08:54Guilty.
08:55Guilty.
08:55Guilty.
08:56Guilty.
08:56Guilty.
08:58Guilty.
08:58Too brute, eh?
09:00Well, let's face it.
09:01They all say guilty.
09:02We'll be here for days if we disagree.
09:04Come on.
09:05Let's get out of here.
09:05The pubs are open.
09:06Guilty.
09:07We've got time for a couple of pints down the wig and gavel.
09:09Oh, no, no.
09:10Hang on.
09:11That's not the right attitude.
09:12We're here to ensure that justice is done.
09:15That's what we're being paid for.
09:16Paid?
09:17We're getting paid.
09:18Well, of course we are.
09:19We get £44.80 a day loss of earnings, £9.30 a day subsistence, that's grub and all that.
09:25We get 10.3 pence a mile travelling, well, I mean, you could earn up to, er, well, 60 quid
09:30a day.
09:30Not guilty.
09:31Let's hang it out for as long as we can.
09:34Well, I don't agree with your motives, but I agree with your decision.
09:37Any advance on two not-guilies?
09:39Oh, this is ridiculous.
09:41I'm a company director.
09:42I'm losing a fortune while this goes on.
09:44I don't know, another privatised public utility, another fat cat with his nose in the trough.
09:51How can you put your personal gain above your duty as a citizen?
09:55Doesn't justice mean anything to you?
09:57Well, of course it does.
09:58The case against him is watertight.
10:00I don't see there's anything to discuss.
10:02There's loads to discuss.
10:03I reckon we've got seven or eight days of non-stop chat in front of us.
10:07This is stupid.
10:08He must be guilty.
10:10Well, I say he's not guilty.
10:11Of course he is.
10:12He isn't.
10:12He is.
10:12He isn't.
10:13He is.
10:14He's not smacking the mouth.
10:15Oh, dear.
10:15Oh, dear.
10:16For sakes.
10:17Patrol yourselves.
10:19I bounce up in the old Bailey.
10:20Whatever next.
10:21Jenny, yeah.
10:23Now, pull yourselves together.
10:24I'm the foreman.
10:25But he's talking a lot of nonsense.
10:27He wants to keep us here all week.
10:28The man is guilty.
10:30I did, Martin.
10:32Who's the foreman?
10:33You are.
10:34Well, that's it, then.
10:35Yeah, but we can't just sit here and listen to him.
10:37Ah, ah, ah.
10:38Yes, but...
10:39Ah, ah.
10:40But...
10:41Ah.
10:44We do not leave this room until we have reached a unanimous decision from all of us.
10:52Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today...
10:59The witness, the joining together of two people.
11:02Oh, no, that's not it, is it?
11:04We are gathered here today to sit in judgment upon a fellow human beard.
11:14But before we have the temerity, nay, the audacity, to take it upon ourselves to judge anyone, surely we must
11:24first judge ourselves.
11:31Are we, any of us, so pure, so without sin in our own lives, that we are able to dispassionately,
11:40nay, objectively, nay, dispassionately, judge another?
11:48I submit, therefore...
11:50Get on with it.
11:51Oh.
11:52Well, where was I?
11:53You were submitting.
11:54Oh, yeah, that's right, yes.
11:55I submit, therefore, that...
11:57What was I submitting?
11:58I don't know.
11:59Oh, you see, I've forgotten it now.
12:00I can't remember what I was submitting.
12:01Memory like a sieve.
12:03Can we get on with it, please?
12:05Well, you have a go, then.
12:06I'll figure it out.
12:07Well, it seems to me, without question, that there is not a scintilla of evidence...
12:13A scintilla.
12:15I thought they were rabbits.
12:18Carry on.
12:19A scintilla of evidence that points to his innocence.
12:23Ten of us say he's guilty.
12:25The will of the majority should prevail, as in any democracy.
12:28I agree.
12:29You should reverse your verdict to guilty.
12:31Oh, no, no, no, it doesn't work like that.
12:34That's not good enough.
12:36It could have been your son.
12:38You own flesh and blood.
12:40The little boy used to bounce up and down on your knee.
12:43It could be him that they're trying to send to a dark prison cell for 15 years.
12:47No son to light up his morning.
12:50Out in the moors.
12:52A damp mist swirling around his ball and chain.
12:57Breaking up huge boulders in the little stones.
13:01And then cementing little stones together to make huge boulders for somebody else to break up in their little stones.
13:07It's his wife, putting his baby to bed.
13:11Mummy, is Daddy coming home tonight?
13:16Just eat your piece of stale bread, child.
13:20Mummy, is that a tear I see trickling down your pale, thin cheek?
13:26Tis nothing, child.
13:28Drink your spoonful of watered-down milk and go to sleep.
13:32But, Mummy, I want my Daddy.
13:35Where have they put my Daddy?
13:37Not guilty. Not guilty.
13:39Shut up, I've got you.
13:40It's him I'm after.
13:43Mummy, where have they put my Daddy?
13:45Where have they taken my Daddy?
13:47Bring my Daddy back to me.
13:49Not guilty.
13:50Got him, 9-3.
13:51Anybody else want to change signs?
13:53You won't get me guilty.
13:56Yeah, yeah.
13:57Guilty.
13:58You won't get me either with those cheap tricks.
14:00Or me?
14:01Guilty.
14:01Guilty.
14:03Guilty.
14:03Send him to jail.
14:05Lock him up.
14:06Flog him.
14:07Birch him.
14:08Teach him a lesson.
14:09Bring back the cat.
14:12So much for the gentler sex.
14:15I suggest we go back and tell him we can't agree on a verdict.
14:19Then what happens?
14:20We all go home.
14:21Go home?
14:21Sixty quid a day.
14:23Is he kidding?
14:24But I've got a farm to learn.
14:25There's crops to get in.
14:27Charming.
14:28You're prepared to give this man 15 years just so you can go out and get your spuds in?
14:34The equation of human kindness.
14:3615 years equals two ton of King Edwards.
14:39But the man is guilty.
14:40He deserves to go to prison.
14:42Absolutely.
14:43Well, I think he's innocent.
14:44But why, man?
14:45Why?
14:47Why do you persist in saying he's innocent in the light of the overwhelming evidence against
14:51him?
14:52Caught.
14:53Red-handed.
14:54Identified.
14:55Why?
14:56Why?
14:59Well, he's got such a nice face.
15:01Oh.
15:03The man's an imbecile.
15:04We'll be here all night.
15:05Oh.
15:07Usher, send in 12 dinners.
15:08Oh, and an extra pat to butter.
15:09Oh, an extra pat.
15:11I'm a vegetarian.
15:12Oh, and I only eat fish.
15:13No red meat.
15:14Hang on.
15:14Hang on.
15:15One at a time.
15:15The man's on the phone.
15:16Let's sort this out properly now.
15:17How many soups?
15:18I don't see.
15:18One, two, one, six, lift the loops.
15:21Six, six, a million.
15:40But good grief, man.
15:41How could it have been his twin brother?
15:45It's possible.
15:46It's happened before.
15:48It's like the Corsican brothers.
15:49One was good, one was bad.
15:50We might have the good one.
15:52Oh, this is ridiculous.
15:54I've given absolutely nowhere.
15:56We've been locked in this flipping room for seven hours now.
16:00Seven hours.
16:01And what theories have you concocted?
16:03Twin brothers.
16:05Doubles.
16:07Blackouts.
16:08He was drugged by a gang of international crooks.
16:11He's the rightful heir to a European throne,
16:14and they want him out of the way so they can put his uncle on.
16:17Well, it's possible.
16:18His family all live in Brixton.
16:21They could have been exiled.
16:23I give up.
16:24I give up.
16:24I don't want to speak to him anymore.
16:26Just keep him out of my sight.
16:29Oh, well.
16:29That's 83 and one retired heir to me.
16:33Oh, this room is getting me down.
16:35I'm used to the open air.
16:38I'm suffocating in here.
16:47Oh, it's lovely, isn't it?
16:50Midnight over London.
16:53I'd sooner see it over my farm.
16:55How much longer do you think we'll be?
16:57Well, who can say?
16:59At this rate, it'll take weeks.
17:02Weeks?
17:03How much longer do you think we'll be?
17:05Oh, I don't know.
17:06Nine, three could take months.
17:08I heard of a case in Mexico.
17:10The jury were out for three years.
17:12Three years?
17:13Oh, yes.
17:14Are you married?
17:15Yes, I am.
17:16Oh, dear.
17:17I hope she's patient.
17:20So, who's looking after the farm while you're away?
17:23My wife.
17:24Country girl?
17:25No, she's from Wolverhampton.
17:27I don't suppose she knows much about farms, does she?
17:30No, she doesn't.
17:31It'll be a right mess when you get back.
17:34Dead chickens all over the place.
17:36Cattle lying on their backs, legs up in the air.
17:40How long have you been married, then?
17:41A week.
17:42Oh, well, I wouldn't worry about it.
17:44If she loves you, she'll wait forever.
17:48You could be out of here in ten minutes if everybody said not guilty.
17:51But you stick to your principles.
17:53Ruined, but not dishonoured.
17:57Well, best of luck.
18:02Poor devil.
18:09I've changed my mind.
18:10So have I!
18:11Not guilty!
18:12Seven-five!
18:13Anybody else waver in?
18:15You won't get the rest of us so easily.
18:17We're just as determined as you are.
18:19Well, we'll just have to sit it out, then.
18:22Won't we?
18:24For it's a long, long time
18:28From May to December
18:32And we haven't got time
18:36For the waiting game
18:40La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
18:45-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
18:50-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
18:53-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
18:54-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
18:56-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
19:11This room driving me mad let me out I want to go home
19:28Six all I fancy I think they're ready to break why don't you have another girl
19:38Ladies and gentlemen the score is now six all after extra time
19:44I shall not go through the facts of this case again save to suggest that there is some doubts as
19:50to this boy's guilt
19:52as Shakespeare said in the merchant of Vienna
19:56when portion accused Shylock Holmes of nicking a pound of meat
20:02The quality of mercy is not strained it drop up as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath
20:11Take Doubting Thomas who was sent to Coventry for looking through a keyhole at Lady Godiva
20:18Can anybody prove he was looking at her?
20:21Can anybody prove it was he who shouted out get your ear cut?
20:26Of course not
20:27Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you?
20:31Did she die in vain?
20:34That brave Hungarian peasant girl who forced King John to sign the pledge at Runnymede
20:39and close all the boozes at half past ten
20:43Is all this forgotten?
20:46No
20:48My friends
20:50It is not John Harrison Peabody who's on trial today
20:54But the fair name of British justice
20:57I ask you
20:59To send that poor boy back
21:02Into the loving arms of his dear white-haired old mother
21:05A free man
21:07I thank you
21:08Oh brilliant, brilliant
21:10All right
21:11After all those who say not guilty
21:13Ten-two
21:14It's just you two left
21:15Yes, come on, you two
21:17Who do you think you are?
21:18Come on
21:19Very well
21:21I can't stand any more of this
21:24As much as I disagree with you all
21:25All right
21:26Let the criminal go free
21:29I don't care
21:30Let him look so he can rob more shops and houses
21:33Your houses perhaps
21:34I don't mind
21:35Not guilty then
21:36As you wish
21:36Eleven-one
21:37What about you?
21:39Wait, face ache
21:41Do what you like
21:42I don't care
21:43Well, that's it then
21:45Unanimous verdict of not guilty
21:46We can all go home
21:47Thank goodness
21:52What's the matter?
21:54I'm just thinking about what you just said
21:57About letting him go
21:58So he can rob other people's shops and houses
22:02I don't think I could have that in my conscience
22:04No, I'll have to change my mind
22:05Guilty
22:05Oh, no
22:07Guilty
22:08Good boy
22:09Eleven-one
22:10We can start all over again now
22:12All right
22:14All right
22:16Guilty
22:16I'm quite happy with that
22:18We don't have to go through all that again
22:20I'll go along with that
22:21Guilty
22:22All in favour of guilty
22:23Guilty
22:24That's it
22:25Everyone says guilty
22:37It's all over
22:38He's guilty
22:38Your friend says he's guilty
22:40I don't care
22:41I say he's not guilty
22:42I'm counting on another five days out of this
22:44Oh, no
22:45No
22:45Not again
22:46We can't go through all that again
22:48All right
22:48All right
22:49All right
22:49I'll tell you what I'll do
22:50Look
22:50If you all chip in 20 quid apiece to compensate for my loss of earnings
22:54I'll go along with that
22:55I'll go along with that restaurant
22:55You all right
22:55What?
22:56Yeah
22:57Yeah
22:58All right
23:02Be honest
23:04Ladies and gentlemen
23:05We have reached a unanimous verdict
23:07Thank you
23:07British justice has triumphed again
23:09Absolutely
23:10Well
23:13Hey, where's the ring?
23:15What?
23:15What ring?
23:16The ring I had on me finger
23:16It's gone
23:17Where's the ring?
23:17Oh, my God
23:20Be upstanding in court
23:24Carry on, Mr Farnsworth
23:26Put up the accused
23:44You have been accused of conspiring to steal a diamond ring valued at £20,000
23:49How do you plead?
23:50We've got nine not-guildies
23:52One don't know
23:53He's a diminished responsibility
23:54And I plead insanity
23:57Do I want to go on to my picks?
23:59What about one?
24:00What about one?