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in whom the disposition of $20 million
may safely be entrusted.
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The writer of these articles,
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whose integrity in the newspaper world
is unquestioned,
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held him in such contempt that she quite
aptly named him the Cinderella Man.
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We have witnesses
from Mandrake Falls,
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who will tell of his conduct
throughout his lifetime,
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proving that his derangement is
neither a recent nor a temporary one.
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We have others who will tell
of his unusual behaviour,
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when he invited great leaders in music
to his home
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and then proceeded
to forcibly eject them.
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- I hope he can explain that.
- Yes.
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Only recently, when he was in
the County Hospital for observation,
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he not only refused to be examined
by these state psychiatrists,
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but he actually made
a violent attack upon them.
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In these times, with the country
incapacitated by economic ailments
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and in danger with an undercurrent
of social unrest,
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the promulgation of such a weird,
fantastic and impractical plan,
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as contemplated by the defendant,
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is capable of fomenting a disturbance
from which we may not recover.
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It is our duty to stop it.
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Our government is aware
of its difficulties.
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It can pull itself out of its economic rut
without the assistance of Mr Deeds.
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His attempted action
must therefore be attributed
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to a diseased mind, afflicted
with hallucinations of grandeur
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and obsessed with an insane desire
to become a public benefactor.
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Your Honour, we would like to call our
first witness, Louise " Babe" Bennett.
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Miss Bennett, please.
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Raise your right hand, please.
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Do you swear to tell the truth
and nothing but the truth?