:18:01
Did Mrs. Manion tell you
about this rape and beating?
:18:05
- She did.
- Did she take you to where it happened?
:18:07
Yes, the next morning.
:18:09
Did you find anything there pertaining
to the story Mrs. Manion told you?
:18:14
On the lane in the woods we found
some tire tracks and some dog tracks...
:18:19
and a leather case with
some horn-rimmed glasses inside.
:18:23
We also looked for...
:18:26
a certain undergarment of Mrs. Manion's,
but we didn't find it.
:18:29
Will the attorneys for both sides
approach the bench?
:18:36
Mr. Biegler, you've finally got
your rape into the case.
:18:40
I think all the details should now
be made clear to the jury.
:18:43
- Do you agree, Mr. Lodwick?
- Absolutely.
:18:47
What exactly was the undergarment
just referred to?
:18:51
Panties, Your Honor.
:18:52
- Do you expect this to come up again?
- Yes, sir.
:18:56
There's a certain light connotation
attached to the word ""panties.""
:19:00
Can we find another name for them?
:19:02
I never heard my wife
call them anything else.
:19:05
- Mr. Biegler.
- I'm a bachelor, Your Honor.
:19:08
That's a great help.
Mr. Dancer?
:19:11
I was overseas during the war.
I learned a French word.
:19:16
I'm afraid that might be
slightly suggestive.
:19:18
Most French words are.
:19:20
All right, gentlemen,
back to your places.
:19:23
For the benefit of the jury, but more
especially for the spectators...
:19:28
the undergarment referred to
in the testimony was, to be exact...
:19:32
Mrs. Manion's panties.
:19:37
I wanted you to get your snickering
over and done with.
:19:41
This pair of panties will be mentioned
again in the course of this trial.
:19:45
And when it happens, there will not be
one laugh, one snicker...
:19:49
one giggle or even one smirk
in my courtroom.
:19:53
There isn't anything comic
about a pair of panties...
:19:56
which figure in the violent death
of one man...