1:32:01
Be upstanding in court.
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All persons who have anything
to do before my lords,
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the queen's justices of oyer and terminer
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and general jail delivery for the
jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court,
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draw near and give your attendance.
God save the queen.
1:32:30
Since the defence has called
but one witness, the prisoner,
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it has the right to be heard last.
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Mr Myers, if you are ready, let us have
the final address for the prosecution.
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My lord, members of the jury,
I will be brief in my final speech
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because I think we've proved so obvious
a case of murder against Leonard Vole,
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that a verdict of guilty
must be the only possible conclusion.
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I will briefly summarise these facts...
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You'd better begin again, Mr Myers.
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That is, if Sir Wilfrid
is at all interested in our proceedings.
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I am, indeed, my lord. The speech
for the crown, however, is premature.
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I ask that the case for the defence be
reopened. And that a witness be recalled.
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I most strenuously object to the case
being reopened at this final stage.
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Evidence of a startling nature
has come into my possession.
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The course my learned friend
proposes is quite unprecedented.
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I have anticipated this objection
and can meet it with ample precedent.
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There is the king vs Stillman, reported
in the criminal appeal reports of 1926
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at page 463.
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Also, the king vs Porter in volume one
of the king's bench division reports,
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1942 at page 153.
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And lastly there is the case
of the king vs Sullivan
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in which this issue was raised, which
I'm sure Your Lordship will remember,
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since you appeared for the prosecution.