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Hear ye, hear ye.
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The Court of General Sessions is now in session.
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lf it please the Court, may I call--
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Your Honor, from this point forward...
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...I would like to dispense with counsel
and conduct my own defense.
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For my first and only witness...
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...I would like to call my friend
and former attorney, Mr. Harold Lampson.
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You must be--
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Will you approach the bench, gentlemen?
1:37:23
Hey, wait a minute! Stan, you....
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Now, let me understand this, Mr. Ford.
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You wish to be your own counsel...
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...and call him as a witness for the defense?
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I do, Your Honor.
1:37:35
I really don't know what to say.
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How about, ''This is most irregular,
but he may take the stand''?
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Thank you.
1:37:43
This is most irregular, but he may take the stand.
1:37:49
Now, wait a minute, Stan.
1:37:52
This is ridiculous!
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You don't even know how to conduct a....
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I could have got you off from 20 years to life.
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But this way you're gonna wind up
in the electric chair!
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Raise your right hand, please.
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Do you swear to tell the whole truth
and nothing but, so help you God?
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-I do.
-Be seated.
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State your full name, please.
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-Harold Lampson.
-Are you married, Harold?
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You know damn well that Ive been....
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Yes.
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-How many years you been married?
-Let's see.
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Hal Jr. is 10.
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We were living on West 11th Street at the time.
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So that would make it in the neighborhood of--
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Eleven years, you idiot!
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Eleven glorious, wonderful years.
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That's right.
1:38:46
Eleven glorious, wonderful years.
1:38:49
Your Honor, I fail to see what--
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Im merely trying to establish
the witness's qualifications.
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As what?
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As a typical example of a happily married,
American male.
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That's what you are, isn't it?
A happily married, American male?