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I'm from downstate,
and I'm sitting temporarily...
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while your good Judge Maitland
is recovering from a severe illness.
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There's no need to dwell
at length upon my methods.
:56:11
One judge is quite like another.
:56:14
The only difference is maybe
in the state of their digestions...
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or their proclivities
for sleeping on the bench.
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For myself,
I can digest pig iron.
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And while I might appear
to doze occasionally...
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you'll find that
I'm easily awakened...
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particularly if shaken gently
by a good lawyer...
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with a nice point of law.
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We will now take up
the criminal docket.
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Case number one--
The People v, Clarence Madigan--
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breaking and entering
in the nighttime.
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Will the defendant rise
and come forward?
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That's me, Your Honor.
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State of Michigan,
court of Iron Cliffs...
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I, Mitchell Lodwick, prosecuting
attorney, come into Iron Cliffs...
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and give the court to understand
that one Clarence Madigan...
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alias ""One-Shot"" Madigan,
alias ""Smoky"" Madigan...
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did break and enter the dwelling house
of Casper Katz...
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and did there commit the felony
of larceny on said premises.
:57:17
Does Mr. Madigan have an attorney?
:57:20
No. A man's gotta have money to ask
them fellas the time of day.
:57:23
Mr. Madigan,
if you're impoverished...
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it's my duty to appoint an attorney
on your behalf.
:57:28
I wouldn't bother, Your Honor.
:57:31
I stole the whisky.
I'm guilty as hell.
:57:34
It was a full case of
expensive bourbon, Your Honor.
:57:36
Did you sell this whisky?
:57:38
No. I drank it.
:57:39
- All of it?
- You bet,Judge.
:57:42
Are you aware that it will be
necessary to punish you for this crime?
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It was worth it.
:57:46
Well, I'll accept your plea
of guilty, Mr. Madigan.
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You'll be sentenced later.
You may now return to your place.
:57:52
Thanks, Your Honor.
:57:55
Case number two--
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The People v, Frederick Manion,