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Attendant, conduct the witnesses
to their room.
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- What about the Dreyfus case?
- Referencing it will not be allowed.
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Mr. President,
if Dreyfus was justly condemned...
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...a full inquiry now would give
that condemnation increased weight...
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...and we would lose our case.
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If the prosecution does not fear
what a reopening would reveal...
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...why does it not take
this easy means to defeat us?
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You have heard the ruling of the court.
Who is your first witness?
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Colonel Picquart.
1:12:35
Attendant,
call Colonel Picquart to the stand.
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Colonel Picquart.
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- Your name?
- Georges Picquart, Mr. President.
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Take the oath.
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Do you swear to tell the truth
without hatred or fear?
1:13:04
I swear.
1:13:07
What do you wish to ask the witness?
1:13:10
I'd like to ask him the circumstance
under which he first suspected...
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...that Esterhazy, and not Dreyfus,
was the author of the bordereau.
1:13:19
You have heard the question. Answer it.
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In May 1896,
while I was chief of intelligence...
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...I received parts of a torn letter
addressed to Esterhazy...
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...from the representative
of a foreign power.
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I obtained Esterhazy's letter
and compared it with the bordereau.
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Both writings were Esterhazy's.
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This was confirmed
by Esterhazy's banker.
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I was convinced that Esterhazy
had written the bordereau.
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I gave this proof of Esterhazy's guilt
to the general staff.
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Was Esterhazy informed
that Colonel Picquart suspected him?
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Naturally.
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And the warning originated from a certain
intelligence officer of the general staff.