:59:02
Pride...
:59:04
pride has lost more cases
than lousy evidence,
:59:08
idiot witnesses and
a hanging judge put together.
:59:11
There is absolutely no place
in a courtroom for pride.
:59:16
Mr Riley, you own the property
referred to here as the 15 acres?
:59:20
No, it's currently owned
by a non-profit corporation
:59:24
called The Wildwood Conservancy.
:59:26
Oh, yes. What is that?
The Wildwood Conservancy.
:59:29
- Is that a conservation group?
- Yes, sir.
:59:32
I've donated the land as
a sanctuary for indigent wildlife.
:59:39
I don't think the indigent wildlife
has heard about this, Mr Riley.
:59:43
I've been there several times
and haven't seen any living thing.
:59:48
He says no, no, no.
He says yes once, I've got him.
:59:52
He's not that stupid.
:59:54
Keep him there long enough,
he'll figure a way to get you.
:59:59
I'm not that stupid.
1:00:05
Mr Riley, experts
have testified in this court
1:00:08
that your land, your 15 acres,
1:00:10
is the most grotesquely polluted
land in New England.
1:00:13
You have no idea how that happened?
1:00:15
- No, sir.
- Does it upset you to learn this?
1:00:20
- Very much so.
- Really? Why?
1:00:25
And one last thing,
1:00:28
unless you know exactly
what the answer is,
1:00:31
never, ever ask a witness "why".
1:00:34
Never.
1:00:39
My factory is the oldest
surviving business in Woburn.
1:00:43
When the other tanners moved out,
I stayed,
1:00:46
even though that was
a very big financial burden.
1:00:49
- That's not...
- Woburn is my home...
1:00:52
That's not the question.
1:00:53
He's trying to answer it,
Mr Schlichtmann. Let him.