Hokuspokus oder: Wie lasse ich meinen Mann verschwinden...? Page #4

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Arrest and restrain him.

He has a violent temper.

You are no gentleman, Mr. President.

That's no good. I can free myself.

See? My hands must be like this.

Not with the thumb on the inside.

Watch, like this...

Now try to get loose.

You can't. Good.

Goodbye, gentlemen. I'll be at

at the trial, but not in a tailcoat.

The murder weapon.

As a souvenir.

Be reasonable! It's senseless!

This is no bargain sale. Stop!

We're in the District Court main hall,

where Agda Kjerulf

is being tried today for murder.

The courtroom is jam-packed,

and people are still trying to get in.

The prosecutor and the new

defense counsel have not yet arrived.

We now await

the arrival of the justices.

Is the meteorological report there?

It's in the file, Mr. Prosecutor.

Constable?

- Mr. President?

Where's the defendant? It's time.

- She's with her new defense counsel.

Do we have the counsel's mandate?

- Yes, and it's in order.

Constable?

- Mr. President?

Has the police report

from Copenhagen arrived?

It's already in your file.

- Summon the defendant. - Yes, sir.

What is the new counsel's name?

- Dr. Bille. - I see.

What's his name?

I think that's him.

Mr. President, honorable judges,

state prosecutor and jury,

my name is Dr. Bille. I am

the new counsel, if it may please you.

I hope Mr. President doesn't hold

last night's incident against me,

but it's part of my defense. Unusual

circumstances require unusual steps.

And it's unusual for a defense counsel

to abandon his client.

That in itself shows that he doesn't

believe his client to be innocent.

Such a measure must be condemned

if he did it, as he says,

for reasons of conscience.

A man with a conscience

has no business being a lawyer.

I have followed this case,

and I am of the firm belief

that the defendant, now my client,

is innocent. And I will

stop at nothing to prove it.

As last night proved. And I beg

the prosecutor's pardon for lacking

the politeness of a guest counsel.

However, I have no choice

but to disprove his theories

with unrelenting perseverance.

I'm not fearful, so go right ahead.

I certainly will.

- Sir?

I won't praise you

for your performance last night.

I think it fair to inform

those present of this incident.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dr. Bille

showed up in my flat last night

claiming to be a former circus artist.

- Yes, but then I studied law,

which my father claimed

was a more noble circus.

He presented watertight evidence that

my best friend had come to murder me,

that the defendant didn't kill

her husband, but rather that he did.

And if I'd given him more time,

he would've likely proved that not he,

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