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This is a special delivery
letter postmarked...
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...in this city at 11 p.m. Last night...
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...and addressed "Judge Daniel Hopkins,
Hall of Justice, Courtroom 10."
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Is this the letter you received,
Your Honor?
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It is.
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The communication is not handwritten.
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It is formed by letters cut
from a newspaper...
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...and pasted together to spell words.
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It is, ladies and gentlemen, the
confession of a tortured conscience.
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Listen.
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"I can't hide the truth any longer.
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I am a citizen of Strand
who helped clean up the jail mess.
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In the ashes,
I found this enclosed ring.
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Nobody knew it, so I was keeping it for
a mement... Memento.
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But it is upsetting my conscience.
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I don't dare sign this, or I would
probably get lynched myself.
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A citizen of Strand."
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I now draw your attention to this ring.
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It's gold, melted and misshapen,
as if by fire.
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Inside the ring is an engraved
inscription, reading...
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I can decipher only the words...
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..."Henry to K."
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The rest is melted out.
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But after that word, I can plainly read...
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...in a different style of engraving...
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..."To Joe," obviously meaning...
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- Objection!
- Sustained.
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Since when have anonymous letters
become gospel in law?
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Who can say that ring was
the property of Joseph Wilson?
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What proof is there that it was found...
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...as that concocted letter
would have us believe?
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Who sent that letter?
A man afraid to sign his name.
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I believe that this fraud is
a fabrication of some soul...
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...poisoned with hostility
toward these defendants!
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The state recalls
Katherine Grant to the stand.