Chapter 637 On the court(1/2)
Eston's stammering and Cooper's barely stiffness all show that something must be strange.
The judge could see that the jury members could see that, and even the public on the auditor's table could see that.
Eston and Cooper in the accuser's seat are lying!
However, the plot reversal was a bit quicker, which made them feel a little at a loss.
The elephant party candidate's face turned pale, and he could not understand why Director Eston and Chief Cooper, who were the accused, lied and lies on such small issues. Adam Breson, who was sitting on the other side of the same row, breathed a sigh of relief. The judge would inevitably agree to collect evidence of the on-duty records of Cooper and Eston. In this way, Clarence had enough time to wait for Stander to appear in court. Once Stander stepped into the court, then Clarence would play the trump card in his hand without hesitation.
The judge in court felt like he had taken a roller coaster. At this moment, he was a little confused and didn't know when the case would be confused. But the defense lawyer's request had to be answered, and it had to be agreed, otherwise, there would be a suspicion of harboring the accusation party. "This court agreed to the defense lawyer's request, and the bailiff of this court immediately went to collect evidence. Now this court announced an adjournment, and the opening time was to be determined. During the adjournment period, the prosecution and defense parties must move with the designated area of this court and must not contact the outside world."
With a hammer, the judge looked solemn and left the court first.
Then, the twelve jurors, either smiling, frowning, meditating, or confused, and vague.
The public at the auditor's seat also had various mentalities, either in groups, alone, discussing secretly or thinking quietly, but the direction was the free area outside the court.
As a candidate, Adam Breson enjoys a separate lounge where you can smoke a cigarette, lie down and take a nap, or drink a cup of coffee, and even some pastries to wrap your stomach. When you enter the lounge, Adam Breson handed Role Conley to his side and reminded him: "When the court is held again, Stand will probably be taken to the court. As soon as Stand arrives, Clarence will launch a final blow to them, and Director Arnold will also testify in court. Conley, I know you have regarded Noli as a friend, and Noli regards you as a brother. At the last moment, I hope you can remain calm and cooperate with Clarence to give them a fatal blow to make them lose their freedom!"
Luo Lie then patted Conley on the shoulder and said, "Believe me, Conley, I will definitely send you out of the court safely. Outside the court, Anliangtang's brothers are ready. They will escort you out of Kingsoft and arrive in Miami. In Miami, a cigar chamber named Robut sent you on a steamship to Cuba. As long as you arrive in Cuba, you father and son will be safe. Someone will help you father and son apply for a new identity certificate. If you want to stay, stay there. If you don't want to stay, it's okay to go anywhere. As long as you don't return to the United States of America, just do it."
Conley said: "Of course I believe you, Noli, and Mr. Breson. Please rest assured that I will not panic. I will definitely cooperate with lawyer Clarence and give them a fatal blow. However, Noli, I still want to persuade you to give up your original plan. I am not afraid of going to jail, but I am really afraid of losing a friend like you."
Adam Breson looked at Luo Lie with almost the same eyes as Conley, hoping that Luo Lie would give up his desperate plan. "Nori, Conley's advice makes sense. I discussed with Clarence that he defended Conley, and that Conley's sentence was very hopeful to reduce Conley's sentence to about ten years in prison."
Luo Lie shook his head and said firmly: "I said that this issue is not within the scope of discussion."
In a separate lounge on the other side, Eston faced Cooper with a sad face.
Although the two of them used the excuse to send off the two police officers, they were still worried that the wall would be full of ears, so they could only communicate with gestures, expressions and words.
"Let's run! If you don't run, it's too late!" Eston wrote and gestured on the armrest of the sofa.
Cooper shook his head.
Eston sighed.
Cooper waved to Eston, and Eston quickly leaned his ear up. Cooper whispered: "We have made one mistake, we cannot make two more mistakes. As long as we leave the court today, we will immediately become wanted criminals on the run, and now we are almost penniless, where will we run? Where can we run?"
Eston whispered in Cooper's ear, "But, there is only that day on my duty record."
Cooper nodded, then attached it to Eston's ear and whispered: "That's not fatal, Eston, when the trial begins, I will confess to the court to lie. The reason for lying is simply to protect my informant. The informant is from An Liangtang. Once his identity is exposed, he will be retaliated. I think the judge and the jury can understand our difficulties."
Eston rekindled hope and nodded heavily.
The easiest thing is Clarence.
This world-renowned case was a relatively relaxed case for him in his lawyer's career. The case seemed confusing, but after communicating with Dong Biao, he felt that the so-called confusing was nothing more than an appearance. Just go deeper into the case, and the evidence needed to go deeper into the layer, the young man named Nuoli also helped him find it. What he needed was to delay time and wait until Stander arrived in the court and then put out these powerful evidence one by one.
After eating a few pieces of pastries and drinking a glass of white water, Clarence pulled up the curtains, lay on the sofa, and glanced beautifully.
At about 2:00 p.m., the court reopened. At this time, the bailiff had returned from collecting evidence, and Stander had been taken outside the court to wait for the summons.
As soon as the judge's gavel fell, Cooper stood up and asked to speak without waiting for the two on-duty records collected by the evidence officer. Without waiting for the judge to agree, Cooper couldn't wait to speak, "Hisser Judge, all the jurors, I admit that I lied in court. On the day of the incident, the informant contacted me. When I learned that a riot was about to occur in Chinatown, I notified Director Eston and rushed to Chinatown together."
There was another chaos in the court.
"Silent! Silent!" The judge's gavel sounded again. After a little quiet, the judge asked: "Captain Cooper, do you know what it means to lie in court?"
Cooper said calmly: "Report to the judge, I know that lying in court is sentenced to perjury. However, Judges, the reason why I lie to Eston and lie to the court is just to protect my informant. The person who informed me of the information was a Chinese, and, right in Anliangtang, once it was exposed, his life safety would be seriously threatened. This informant had noticed Anliangtang's riot attempt very early, so I communicated with Director Eston in advance, let him stay in the office for those days, waiting for further news at any time."
The judge nodded slightly and said, "Defense lawyer, do you have any questions about the accused party's speech?"
Clarence sat in his seat as if he was not awake, still closing his eyes slightly. Hearing the judge's question, he slowly opened his eyes and said, "There are many questions, but I want to wait until Commander Cooper has finished explaining it before asking questions."
The judge turned to Cooper and said, "Accused, do you have anything else to add?"
Cooper shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for the defense lawyer to ask questions."
Clarence rubbed his eyes, stood up, smiled slightly, and said, "They are all informants, why would it be safe to say that Director Eston belongs to you, but it is not safe to say that you, Commander Cooper belongs to?"
Cooper responded calmly: "Reporting to the police station is a normal channel, but through me, it will definitely cause An Liangtang's corruption to be alert."
Clarence smiled evilly and suddenly said, "Your informant is Lian Jiachuan, right?"
Cooper was startled and replied subconsciously: "How do you know?"
Clarence's smile became even more evil, he looked at Cooper with a slight look, staring at Cooper, and said, "You must have never imagined that it was what Superintendent Carl Stockton told me. When Superintendent Carl told me this news, there was a young man named Xiao Anzi from Anliangtang next to him."
Cooper suddenly laughed, cleared his throat, and replied in a deep voice: "My informant is indeed called Lian Jiachuan. As for the Superintendent Carl and what Xiao Anzi you mentioned, I don't know."
Clarence smiled and said, "Don't worry, Captain Cooper, you will know them soon." Instead, he said to the judge: "His Excellency Judge, now I apply to Brigadier General Stander to appear in court for inquiries."
Cooper's explanation of the reason for lying seems reasonable, but looking at the expression of the defense lawyer, it seems that there is a bigger secret. After making eye contact with the jury, the judge agreed to Clarence's request and ordered the bailiff to bring Stander to the court.
When the bailiff came to the military port with the court procedures to find Stander, the guy became panicked, but at this point, he could only hold on. Therefore, Stander did not speak a serious expression along the way until he walked to the court, without looking at him, demonstrating the majesty of a brigade general to the extreme.
Seeing that the three of them were all in the public's sight, Clarence took the opportunity of looking around at the trial seat and exchanged glances with Adam Breson. Adam Breson nodded secretly and signaled that Clarence could start his performance.
"There is another person who can be revealed to the truth of this case." Clarence turned around and faced the judge and said loudly: "This person is the Director of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, Mr. Arnold!"
Arnold spent 100 dollars to exchange a seat ticket for a citizen who had obtained the qualification to inspect the trial. At this moment, when he heard Clarence's call, he immediately stood up, walked to the deliberation table, and handed over his ID card to the bailiff.
The bailiff had checked the certificate and did not dare to neglect it. He quickly handed the certificate to the judge in court.
At this time, Eston's face turned pale, and Stander couldn't help but wipe the sweat beads on his forehead.
Cooper was also panicked, but he still tried to calm down and protested: "The accuser objected! Judge, this court heard the case of An Liangtang intending to create a riot, which has nothing to do with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration."
Clarence replied: "Judge, I have sufficient evidence to prove that Eston, Cooper and Stander jointly carried out a horrifying opium smuggling case. It is precisely because they were obstructed by An Liangtang during the implementation of this case that they joined forces with the buyers of this opium smuggling case to retaliate against Tom Cao and Jack Dong of An Liangtang, intending to destroy An Liangtang, which created the so-called riot crime that our court is being tried!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole court was filled with noise, and even the jury couldn't help but whisper.
The judge knocked the gavel five times in a row, shouted five times, and then barely suppressed the noise.
Emotionally, whether it is a judge or a jury, there is a tendency towards the accusation party. After all, the accusation party represents the mainstream society of the United States of America, and the accused party is the most despicable yellow man.
However, this is a case that attracted the attention of citizens in the city and even the state, and it is also a case in which two governor candidates attended the hearing together. The judge in court dared to be negligent and quickly announced the recession. He needed to discuss with the jury. Even if something went wrong, the jury would have to bear the responsibility together with him.
The jury system of the United States of America originated from the British Empire, and is different from the British Empire. In terms of the composition of juries, the United States of America inherited the system of the British Empire. However, in the role of the court, the jury of the United States of America was only responsible for determining the facts of the case. As for how to control the court and how to apply the jury's ruling to the law, it is the duty of the judge. Therefore, after fifteen minutes of discussion, the judge in court can only decide whether the case should be expanded.
However, through these fifteen minutes of adjournment discussion, the judge in court calmly thought about the problem and understood it.
The public certainly want to see the truth of the incident. If Director Arnold, who refuses to enter the court, may not only be accused by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but also will arouse the indignation of the general public.
By coming to this conclusion, the judge's choice will not be so difficult after the trial is held again.
"This court ruled that Director Arnold had the right to participate in the trial of this case!" The judge sounded the gavel and made a ruling: "Defense lawyer, please start your statement."
Clarence invited Director Arnold to the defense seat, then looked around the court and said, "Three months ago, Superintendent Carl Stockton of the Police Department, with the assistance of Mr. Tom Cao and Mr. Jack Dong, seized a batch of opium. The total number of this batch of opium is as large as 200 tons. Director Eston, Commander Cooper, you will not forget this case. At that time, Superintendent Carl applied for military assistance to Commander Cooper through Director Eston. In that battle, the soldiers of Commander Cooper killed more than 60 opium smugglers from New York."
Eston was already dead, and Stander was already trembling slightly. Although Cooper, who had been so calm that he nodded calmly, his heart was already panicked.
"However, the batch of opium that had been seized was transferred. The police did not report the case to the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but made a decision to destroy it without authorization. However, the only thing that was destroyed in public was only a batch of impersonation, and the real opium was transferred to a secret place by Director Eston, Cooper, Stander and others." Clarence said, turning his eyes to the direction of the three, saying: "I know you will intimidate me and say, what should I be guilty of falsely accusing federal soldiers in court, especially two officers with the rank of colonel or brigadier general? I am a lawyer, and of course I know the guilt of falsely accusing soldiers, but please let me explain the facts."
Clarence turned to Arnold and continued: "Supervisor Carl Stockton realized the problem and asked Tom and Jack of Anliangtang for help, and also mailed a letter of complaint to the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Director Arnold, I would like to ask you to show Superintendent Carl's letter of complaint to the judge of this court."
Arnold opened his briefcase and took out the letter of report sent by Carl Stockton, who had found from the archives when he set out from New York. He stood up and swore, "On behalf of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, I swear to the sacred United States of America law, to the solemn Kingsoft Court, that the evidence I submitted was true and reliable." After saying that, he held the letter in his hands and handed it to the judge.
Clarence continued: "Director Eston found out that Superintendent Carl knew the secret, so he asked Cooper for help. Cooper sent his subordinates, the killer lurking into Jack Dong's mistress's house, to find Carl Stockton in a secret villa of Tom Cao and execute him. It was also in that operation that the killer of the commander Cooper took Lian Jiachuan of Anliangtang as the informant of the commander Cooper, and executed another disobedient young man, Xiao Anzi."
Eston bottomed out and shouted in anger: "You are lying, you are talking nonsense!"
The judge roughly read the report from Carl Stockton. He was fascinated by listening to Clarence telling a wonderful story, but was suddenly interrupted by Eston, so he subconsciously stopped him and said, "Accuser, please pay attention to your words and deeds. Defense lawyer, please continue."
Clarence whined, shook his head, and said, "The first assassination of Tom and Jack by the subordinates of Captain Cooper failed. Fortunately, Tom and Jack's attention was not on the direction of the two hundred tons of opium, but on the remaining 1,800 tons of opium, everyone here, maybe one of you has participated in that heart-wrenching national smoking selling campaign, right?"
As a citizen of Kingsoft, even if he did not participate in this matter, he was quite aware of it. At the moment, a voice of resonance suddenly came from the auditor's seat.
Clarence pressed down with both hands, calming the noise in the court instead of the judge, and continued: "It was precisely because of this gap that Eston, Cooper and Stander contacted Ballmer, a New York opium smuggler. After purchasing Eston, Cooper and Stander transferred 200 tons of opium stolen, he asked them to kill Tom Cao and Jack Dong, and was willing to pay up to 420,000 US dollars. The three of them were so eager that they decided to accept Ballmer's transaction request in New York. Cooper set up a plan for this, first using his killer's subordinates as bait, which attracted Jack Dong to lead thirty subordinates to ambush in Chinatown and surrounded the killer sent by Commander Cooper in the courtyard."
Clarence said this, and made a brief pause, took a deep breath twice, turned to the jury first, and then gave two attention salutes to the auditor's seat, and continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, how should we deal with it when facing a killer transformed by a professional soldier? Should we not resist and let the killer slaughter? Here, I don't want to discuss whether Anliangtang has extremely lethal grenades, I just want to say that fortunately they have these grenades to kill the killer at the lowest cost. But unfortunately, the killer was just a bait for Commander Cooper. He and Director Eston led the military and police personnel to arrive immediately, and launched a massacre against those members of Anliangtang who had just solved the threat of the killer and cheered."
Clarence said this, closed his eyes lightly, took a deep breath, calmed the indignation in his chest, and restored his calm tone, and continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, the sacred Constitution of the United States of America stipulates that the people's power to hold and carry weapons shall not be violated. When the government aims the gun at the people, the people have the right to take up the weapons in their hands and resist. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the truth of the incident. As Mr. Adam Breson gave a speech, the hardworking and kind Chinese laborers made outstanding tribute to the construction of Kingsoft.
They worked hard and received the most meager salary, but took on the hardest and most tiring work. Without them, how could Kingsoft mines be mined? Without them, when will Kingsoft's railway be opened? Without them, can Kingsoft's sewers remain unobstructed? Without them, how can Kingsoft's prosperity and greatness come today? Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to give this kind, brave and hardworking ethnic group a reasonable explanation. We must recognize that, like other nations in the world, the Chinese are also a great nation!”
Clarence's deafening voice echoed in the courtroom, and it was surprisingly quiet at first. After a moment, Adam Breson took the lead in applause. In an instant, everyone was infected and the applause suddenly thundered.
The judge rarely picked up his gavel. He knew that even if his gavel was broken, it would be difficult to restore the court to quiet. Some people in the jury applauded, but after slapping twice, they suddenly found that it was not very suitable. Just as they were about to stop, the jurors beside them clapped.
The most embarrassing thing is that the candidates of the Party are not just applauding, nor are they not applauding.
Adam Breson couldn't help but give a meaningful glance to the Elephant Party.
Cao Bin, who stood in the trial table with handcuffs, could no longer hold back, and could no longer hold on. Just as his eyes were red and he was about to shed two lines of tears, his eyes suddenly turned black and he fell down on his back.
The judge had to announce that he had to go into an adjournment again.
However, this time the jury was still motionless, and the people on the watch were also motionless. They did not want to see Cao Bin fall at the moment when the dawn had already appeared.
Eston, Cooper, and Stander on the witness stand were also motionless, trapped beasts still fighting. They wanted to use this short time to clarify their thinking and would never surrender.
The judge had already walked to the door of the court, but noticed something strange. He stood awkwardly for a few seconds, and returned to the judge's seat with awareness.
The bailiff who was warding Cao Bin did not understand medicine, but fortunately he was still experienced, so he promptly determined that Cao Bin might have fainted due to hypoglycemia. Without waiting for someone to order, he had already gone to the lounge outside the court to get water, sugar cube for seasoning coffee, and two pieces of pastries. He first opened Cao Bin's mouth, put in sugar cube, and fed some water. Before he could do it, Cao Bin woke up quietly.
"I'm fine, please help me up." Cao Bin stood up again with the help of two bailiffs, and there was another burst of applause in the court.
During the whole process, Luo Lie remained motionless, as if he had entered a state of meditation.
It was not that he didn't want to move, but the moment Cao Bin fell down, he wanted to rush over to support Cao Bin. But Luo Lie restrained himself. He could not emerge at this time, otherwise his final plan would inevitably be affected. In addition, he firmly believed that Cao Bin would be able to stand up again.
The bailiff had been moved by Clarence's speech just now. Without the judge's permission, he moved a chair and let Cao Bin sit down, and placed the two pastries he had just brought in Cao Bin's hand. Faced with all this, the judge chose the wisest approach and turned a blind eye, which was equivalent to acquiescent.
To be continued...