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Nicholas Simmons versus Luther Heggs, Miles
Beckett and the Rachel Courier Express.
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Where's my water, Charley?
Okay, Mr. Whitlow,
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you can start it up.
Thank you, Your Honor.
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Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, I intend to prove...
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Here's your water, Judge.
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Thank you, Charley. Where's
the Bible? I haven't got it.
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Haven't you got it? No, I haven't
got it. I left it right here.
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Can't run a court without a
Bible. Arnold, you got the Bible?
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Oh, thanks, Arnold. Here
it is, Judge. Arnold had it.
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Atta boy, Arnold.!
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Thank you, Tom. All right, Mr.
Whitlow, you can start her up again.
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Thank you, Your Honor.
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Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,
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it is my intent to prove that Luther
Heggs did willfully and with full intent...
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concoct and publish
a fabrication injurious...
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to the family name of
my client, Nicholas Simmons.
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I will prove, in fact,
that this fabrication...
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is the product of
the imagination of a man...
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whose dreams and ramblings
are a danger to this community.
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He's trying to say I'm crazy.
With your permission, Your Honor,
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I should like to call my first
witness, Miss Neva Tremaine.
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Miss Neva Tremaine.
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Who is she? She's my
old grade school teacher.
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Ma'am, just right
up to the stand.
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You wanna put your left hand on the
Bible and raise your right hand, please.
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You solemnly swear to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
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so help you God?
Mm-hmm. I do.
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Charley, your fingernails. I
had a flat on the way to work.
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Be seated, please.
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Would you state your name
and address, please? Mm-hmm.
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Neva Tremaine, 312 "E"
Street, Rachel, Kansas.
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- And your occupation, please.
- Schoolteacher.
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Willow Road Elementary School,
third grade, retired.
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Was there one Luther Heggs
a student of yours?
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Mm-hmm, he was.
Hi, Luther.
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How would you describe
Mr. Heggs as a boy?
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Oh, Luther was
a very good boy.