1:31:04
Miss Claiborne cannot testify
unless she is called.
1:31:06
Mr. Tolliver, do you wish
Miss Claiborne sworn as your witness?
1:31:12
I do not.
1:31:14
But he's chargin' Steve
with somethin' he didn't do.
1:31:17
Your Honor, there is
nothing to be gained by calling her.
1:31:23
I call Miss Claiborne...
1:31:25
as a witness
for the court.
1:31:32
The reason the Claiborne didn't reach
Havana was that I disabled her.
1:31:36
- You disabled her?
- I parted the main halliards
with a wreckin' ax.
1:31:40
Why?
1:31:44
Because I had faith
in Jack Stuart.
1:31:50
Didn't Mr. Tolliver tell you
that he believed Stuart...
1:31:52
- would wreck the Southern Cross?
- Yes, sir, he did.
1:31:56
Miss Claiborne had every reason
not to believe me.
1:32:00
[Judge]
This is incredible.
1:32:02
Have you any questions,
Mr. Tolliver?
1:32:06
None.
1:32:08
I certainly have.
1:32:11
So, Miss Claiborne,
you disabled this vessel.
1:32:14
Virtually knocked her apart
with your own little hands...
1:32:17
while a full crew of able seamen
stood 'round sucking their teeth.
1:32:21
No, gentlemen.
What you have heard...
1:32:23
is a girl caught hopelessly
between two men...
1:32:26
who have fought over her
as dogs fight over a bone.
1:32:29
- I object to this outrageous...
- Sustained.
1:32:31
Didn't you play these men
one against the other,
1:32:34
encouraging each
in turn?
1:32:36
Isn't that why they're both
hopelessly entangled in this disaster?
1:32:41
I won't answer that.
1:32:43
Isn't that why you're
now trying to undo what you've done,
1:32:46
by taking some part of
Stephen Tolliver's guilt to yourself?
1:32:50
Judge, we're not here to crucify
this woman who's not even on trial.
1:32:53
No, we're here to learn the facts,
and they're deadly plain.
1:32:58
Now we can understand
this vicious persecution of a man...