Brought into court today.

00:38:45,007 --> 00:38:47,077

True, Mr. Aldritch?

00:38:47,247 --> 00:38:48,236

I don't know.

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It's the one marked Exhibit 5.

The one marked so

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In the presence of the court

No more than half an hour ago.

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Isn't that so, Mr. Aldritch?

00:38:56,647 --> 00:38:58,205

Yes.

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Did you put the file mark

on this gun?

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- Did you, Mr. Aldritch?

- No, I did not.

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- Then who did?

- I don't know.

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BURGER: Defence counsel

Is asking the witness to conjecture.

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The witness could have

Bought the gun with the file mark on it

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Without noticing the mark.

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Very true.

00:39:14,767 --> 00:39:16,041

Mr. Aldritch, you've stated

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That you gave one of the guns

To your fiancйe.

00:39:19,367 --> 00:39:20,595

For the third time, yes.

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- Was your fiancйe's gun stolen?

- Yes.

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From where?

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From her overnight bag.

00:39:28,447 --> 00:39:31,041

Where was the overnight bag?

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In a motel cabin.

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In the Eucalyptus Grove Motel

in Riverside?

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- Yes.

- Was something else taken?

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Some jewellery.

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Was the defendant, Evelyn Bagby,

accused of stealing that jewellery?

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- Yes.

- But she was acquitted?

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Yes.

00:39:51,327 --> 00:39:54,524

Now, Mr. Aldritch,

Was Harry Merrill at that same motel

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On the night the gun and jewellery

were stolen?

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He was.

00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:03,555

Did you give Harry Merrill any money

that night in Riverside?

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Ten thousand dollars.

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Yet, when Harry Merrill's apartment

Was searched, no money was found.

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He had no bank account.

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Mr. Aldritch, why did you give

Harry Merrill that money?

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To prevent him from causing a scandal

About my fiancйe.

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- Did your fiancйe kill him?

- No.

00:40:26,567 --> 00:40:29,365

Did I visit you at your home

a few nights ago?

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- Yes.

- I showed you a gun?

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Yes.

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You took it from me,

You left the room,

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Returned, and gave the gun

Back to me again.

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- Yes.

- Was it the same gun I gave to you?

00:40:41,807 --> 00:40:43,206

Yes.

00:40:43,367 --> 00:40:45,278

The same gun I gave you?

00:40:51,087 --> 00:40:53,123

No, it was not the same gun.

00:40:53,327 --> 00:40:54,760

You switched guns, I know.

00:40:54,927 --> 00:40:57,282

Because the gun I gave you

Had a file mark on it.

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The gun you returned to me

Had no mark.

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This gun, the gun with the file mark,

Is the one you brought into court today.

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But the one with no mark,

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This is the gun the ballistics expert

Says fired two bullets,

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Which were taken

From the tree and the post.

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This is the gun Lieutenant Tragg

Took from me

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And which the prosecution claims

Was in the possession of Evelyn Bagby

00:41:18,487 --> 00:41:20,557

On the night of the murder.

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Your Honour,

The prosecution contends

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That Evelyn Bagby

Was in possession of this gun,

00:41:28,607 --> 00:41:31,326

The gun without the file marks

On the night of the murder.

00:41:31,487 --> 00:41:33,205

And yet we know

It was in the possession

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Of Mr. Aldritch at that time.

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JUDGE:

You may step down, Mr. Aldritch,

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but don't leave the courtroom.

00:41:41,007 --> 00:41:44,204

To further establish the innocence

Of my client,

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I should like to call

Another witness.

00:41:46,487 --> 00:41:47,522

Go ahead, Mr. Mason.

00:41:47,687 --> 00:41:51,077

MASON:

I call Mr. Louis Boles to the stand.

00:41:59,567 --> 00:42:02,764

Raise your right hand, please.

Do you solemnly swear the testimony

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you're about to give in the case

00:42:04,367 --> 00:42:06,597

To be the truth, the whole truth,

nothing but the truth?

00:42:06,767 --> 00:42:08,564

- I do.

- Be seated.

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Your name?

00:42:13,207 --> 00:42:14,640

Louis Boles.

00:42:14,807 --> 00:42:16,559

- Occupation?

- Motel owner.

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Eucalyptus Grove Motel

In Riverside.

00:42:19,127 --> 00:42:23,006

Mr. Boles, you were the chief witness

For the prosecution in the robbery case

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- against Evelyn Bagby, were you not?

- Yeah.

00:42:25,767 --> 00:42:28,725

And you knew Harry Merrill?

00:42:28,887 --> 00:42:30,115

No.

00:42:30,287 --> 00:42:32,278

- No?

- Mm-mm.

00:42:33,567 --> 00:42:36,923

A short time ago,

I went to see you in Riverside.

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