I looked through your registry cards

For the night of April 12th.

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I found those of Evelyn Bagby,

Mervyn Aldritch,

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and Mr. Aldritch's fiancйe.

00:42:45,407 --> 00:42:47,716

- Is that not so?

- Mm-hm.

00:42:48,327 --> 00:42:51,637

Did you hear the testimony

just given by Mr. Aldritch?

00:42:51,847 --> 00:42:52,916

Yeah, I did.

00:42:53,087 --> 00:42:57,126

Did you hear him say that Harry Merrill

had been at your motel that night?

00:42:57,287 --> 00:42:59,403

- Yes.

- Yet there was no card for him.

00:42:59,567 --> 00:43:00,841

Why not?

00:43:01,007 --> 00:43:02,884

He might have registered

Under a different name.

00:43:03,047 --> 00:43:04,526

- What name?

- I don't know.

00:43:04,727 --> 00:43:07,036

Mr. Boles, did you destroy

Harry Merrill's card?

00:43:07,207 --> 00:43:09,357

- No.

- Did Harry Merrill promise you money

00:43:09,527 --> 00:43:11,916

If you testified falsely

against Evelyn Bagby?

00:43:12,127 --> 00:43:14,436

- No.

- I'll object to that, Your Honour.

00:43:14,607 --> 00:43:17,405

Defence counsel is not only assuming

A fact not in evidence,

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He is attempting to cross-examine

His own witness.

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Your Honour,

Harry Merrill was given $10,000.

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And not one cent of that money

has been found. Where is it?

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That doesn't have to do

With this case.

00:43:28,287 --> 00:43:30,005

Ten thousand dollars

Is a motive for murder.

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JUDGE:

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

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If you have any remarks,

Address them to the court.

00:43:34,287 --> 00:43:35,322

Very well, Your Honour.

00:43:35,487 --> 00:43:38,524

As you've stated, Your Honour,

This is a preliminary hearing.

00:43:38,687 --> 00:43:40,200

The defence

Merely wishes to establish

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That more than one person had reason

And motive enough to kill Harry Merrill.

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That's all, Mr. Boles.

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Your witness, Mr. Burger.

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No questions, Your Honour.

00:43:54,767 --> 00:43:58,919

I now wish to call

Mrs. Mary Thompson to the stand.

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Raise your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear the testimony

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you're about to give in this case

To be the truth,

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- the whole truth, nothing but the truth?

- I do.

00:44:13,367 --> 00:44:14,686

Be seated.

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- Your name, please?

- Mrs. Mary Thompson.

00:44:22,887 --> 00:44:23,876

Occupation?

00:44:24,047 --> 00:44:26,925

I manage the Villa Espaсa apartments

In the Valley.

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Uh, does the defendant,

Evelyn Bagby, live there?

00:44:29,927 --> 00:44:31,485

- Yes, sir.

- Mrs. Thompson,

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Is there anyone else in this courtroom

who's rented an apartment from you?

00:44:35,887 --> 00:44:39,004

- Yes, sir.

- Would you point them out?

00:44:39,167 --> 00:44:41,635

- Him.

MASON: You mean Louis Boles?

00:44:41,807 --> 00:44:42,796

THOMPSON:

Yes, sir.

00:44:42,967 --> 00:44:45,720

MASON: When did Mr. Boles

rent his apartment?

00:44:45,887 --> 00:44:47,366

THOMPSON:

About two weeks ago.

00:44:47,527 --> 00:44:50,041

MASON: That was before

Harry Merrill was killed.

00:44:50,207 --> 00:44:52,323

THOMPSON: Yes, sir.

- Before Harry Merrill's death,

00:44:52,487 --> 00:44:56,196

Did you notice anything odd or different

about Mr. Boles' behaviour?

00:44:56,367 --> 00:44:58,244

- Yes, sir.

- Would you tell the court, please?

00:44:59,247 --> 00:45:03,001

Well, he rented the apartment,

But he never slept there.

00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:04,646

I only saw him three times,

00:45:04,807 --> 00:45:07,879

But each time, he was hanging around

Miss Bagby's door.

00:45:08,047 --> 00:45:11,801

MASON: Did you ever question what

he was doing, or did he ever explain?

00:45:11,967 --> 00:45:16,995

No, sir. Well, once he said that he

Had mistaken it for his own apartment.

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- Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, that's all.

BURGER: Just a moment.

00:45:31,047 --> 00:45:34,801

Mrs. Thompson, this man that you say

Rented an apartment,

00:45:34,967 --> 00:45:36,844

did he register as Louis Boles?

00:45:37,007 --> 00:45:40,079

No, sir.

He called himself Lawrence Benson.

00:45:40,287 --> 00:45:43,165

And you say that you've only seen him

two or three times?

00:45:43,327 --> 00:45:45,124

- Yes, sir.

- Then you could be mistaken

00:45:45,287 --> 00:45:47,039

In your identification of him,

couldn't you?

00:45:47,647 --> 00:45:50,286

No, I couldn't.

00:45:52,047 --> 00:45:53,799

That's all.

00:45:54,727 --> 00:45:59,960

I'd, uh, like to recall Louis Boles

To the stand.

00:46:09,847 --> 00:46:14,284

Mr. Boles, why did you rent

that apartment at the Villa Espaсa?

00:46:14,447 --> 00:46:16,677

BOLES:

I didn't. Never.

00:46:18,407 --> 00:46:21,285

Why did you take a pillowcase

from that apartment?

00:46:21,447 --> 00:46:23,085

I didn't.

00:46:25,047 --> 00:46:28,164

You ever see this before?

00:46:28,487 --> 00:46:29,715

No.

00:46:29,887 --> 00:46:33,163

You sure you didn't take this gun

the same time you took the jewellery?

00:46:33,327 --> 00:46:36,842

- Didn't take jewellery. Never saw that.

- Why destroy Merrill's registry card?

00:46:37,007 --> 00:46:38,804

I didn't. He didn't sign one.

00:46:38,967 --> 00:46:40,400

He...

00:46:40,567 --> 00:46:42,159

[CROWD MURMURING]

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He didn't sign one?

00:46:48,727 --> 00:46:53,562

He promised me $500

if I'd make trouble for Evelyn Bagby.

00:46:54,167 --> 00:46:55,520

Then he didn't pay me.

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