1:04:00
Are any of you related
by blood or marriage...
1:04:03
to any law enforcement officer?
1:04:07
So much for qualifications.
I will now examine for cause.
1:04:10
Do any of you have
any business pending...
1:04:13
with the prosecuting attorney,
Mitchell Lodwick?
1:04:16
Do any of you have any business pending
with Paul Biegler...
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attorney for the defense?
1:04:23
Are any of you acquainted
with the defendant...
1:04:25
sitting there on Mr. Biegler's left?
1:04:30
Will Mrs. Laura Manion,
the defendant's wife, please stand?
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Do any of you know Mrs. Manion?
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Thank you, Mrs. Manion.
You may be seated.
1:04:41
Counsel may challenge the jury
for cause.
1:04:43
Before counsel's challenge, may I
introduce Claude Dancer to the court?
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Mr. Dancer is an assistant
attorney general from Lansing.
1:04:51
Because of the peculiar nature
of this case...
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I requested the attorney general to let
Mr. Dancer sit in with the prosecution.
1:04:58
Your reputation precedes you,
Mr. Dancer.
1:05:01
It's a privilege to have you
in my court.
1:05:03
Thank you.
I'm sure it'll be instructive.
1:05:06
Do any of you have
any business pending...
1:05:08
before the
attorney general's office?
1:05:13
I must apologize for
my disparaging remarks...
1:05:16
about the Upper Pennisula
and its customs.
1:05:19
I've seldom seen a murder jury selected
and sworn in less than half a day.
1:05:24
You have won my heart
completely, gentlemen.
1:05:27
Mr. Dancer, you asked for the recess.
What's your problem?
1:05:30
It was a little suggestion
I wanted to make.
1:05:33
- By all means.
- Since the defense plea is insanity...
1:05:36
the prosecution has retained
a psychiatrist.
1:05:39
Under the statute, we have a right
to petition for a mental exam...
1:05:42
of the defendant
by our own doctor.
1:05:44
- Are you familiar with that statute?
- Uh-huh. Moderately.
1:05:48
I think it would only delay things
to file a formal petition...
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so why don't we informally agree
to ask His Honor for an adjournment...
1:05:55
only a day or so, and our doctor
can visit with the defendant.
1:05:59
It would save everyone time.
Don't you think so?