1:34:00
Widgeon!
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Come on, Wi...
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Sheriff! Sheriff!
Widgeon is dead!
1:34:14
Sheriff,
Widgeon is dead!
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[Judge]
Doctor, in your opinion,
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- how long has Widgeon been dead?
- Less than half an hour.
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[Crowd Muttering]
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[Man Whispering]
Maybe good riddance.
1:34:32
Your Honor, this case must be recessed
for full investigation.
1:34:36
I can hardly recess in lieu of a witness
who can never appear.
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- But if Federal council
wishes to withdraw...
- Withdraw?
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But Your Honor, America's very life
depends upon the sea!
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This case goes far beyond
the fate of one man...
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who betrayed
his own command.
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We must know whether any group of men
can endanger the safety of our seas...
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by preying upon
American commerce.
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The government's witness
has been murdered,
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but we elect
to proceed.
1:35:06
Just a minute!
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I agree that
he was murdered,
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silenced for
what he knew.
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I charge that Widgeon drove that ship on
the reef in direct conspiracy with you!
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You're off your course,
Cutler.
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I told you
he was a bad Yankee.
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You can sustain that too,
Will, if you've a mind to.
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Certainly this poor, honest seaman
had no knowledge of it.
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Then why did he order his stokers
driven under the whip?
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- That has not been shown.
- I'll show it now.
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Call Salt Meat.
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- [Steve] Your name is Salt Meat?
- Aye, aye, sir.
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And you're a Barbados freeman
who served as stoker...
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- aboard the Southern Cross?
- Aye, aye, sir.
1:35:50
You know Capt. Stuart's
voice, don't you?
1:35:54
I reckon I does.
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- Didn't you hear him order full speed?
- Why...
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- Objection!
- Sustained!