
South Sea Woman
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- 1953
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(0.00 / 0 votes)Gentlemen, the general court-martial
will convene.
- Is the prosecution ready to proceed?
- Aye, sir.
- And the defense? And the defense?
- Yes, sir.
Bring in the accused.
Provost sergeant,
reporting with the prisoner.
James o'Hearn, master gunnery sergeant,
Very well.
The accused will sit over there.
Your husband, ma'am?
- Brother?
- Court-martial will open.
Does the accused object
to any member of this court?
No, sir.
the charges and specifications.
The accused will rise.
"Charge one, desertion.
Sergeant o'Hearn,
United States Marines Corps...
...while so serving at Marine Headquarters
Fourth Marines, Shanghai, China...
...did, on or about November 24th, 1941...
...desert from said barracks
and from the Naval service...
...and did remain a deserter for 276 days
until apprehended and taken into custody.
Charge two, theft...
...in that Sergeant o'Hearn
did feloniously steal...
...a private yacht valued at $275,000,
leaving a receipt...
...bearing the forged signature
of the president of the United States.
Charge three, shanghaiing sailors.
Sergeant o'Hearn,
by assault with a deadly weapon...
...and by threat of murder,
on the French colonial island of Namou...
...did forcibly assemble a crew
to sail said stolen yacht.
Charge four, scandalous conduct tending
to the destruction of good morals.
Sergeant o'Hearn did take from Shanghai
a woman named Ginger Martin...
...and keep her with him constantly
for said 276 days...
...without benefit of wedlock.
Charge five,
willful destruction of private property...
...in that Sergeant o'Hearn did,
maliciously and without provocation...
...sink a saloon."
Oh, no.
James o'Hearn, master gunnery sergeant,
You heard the charges
and specifications against you?
- Yes, sir.
- How say you, guilty or not guilty?
I have nothing to say, sir.
You refuse to plead guilty or not guilty?
- You stand mute?
- Yes, sir.
Sergeant o'Hearn,
you served under me at Nicaragua.
your fighting qualities as a good Marine...
...or your ability to turn the air blue
with the gift of gab.
Why now do you choose to stand mute?
There's a time to talk, sir,
and a time to keep your mouth shut.
You are aware, are you not,
of the seriousness of these charges?
I am.
You are aware that you face
a possible sentence of death...
...not to mention a total imprisonment
of 143 years?
The last hundred won't hurt, sir.
And you still insist on standing mute?
Deaf, dumb and mute.
Lieutenant Miller,
...appointed defense counsel
pro tem, sirs.
Sergeant o'Hearn, you have no objection
to Lieutenant Miller acting as your counsel?
Why should I have counsel
if I'm not putting up any defense?
That's the point, sirs.
Since the sergeant... I mean,
the accused, has chosen to remain mute...
...it says in Section 413
of the Naval Courts and Boards...
It says here...
It says here:
"If the accused stands mute...
...the court shall direct a trial to proceed
as if the accused had pleaded not guilty."
- Isn't that right, sirs?
- That is correct.
Then I can defend him
like he pleaded not guilty?
I told you that was correct.
Sir, I object. I don't want any bathtub
jarhead beating his gums to save me.
- Objection not in order.
- But, sir...
The accused will sit down.
The prosecution will proceed.
Chief Boatswain's Mate
orville H. Masterson...
...United States Navy.
Chief Boatswain's Mate
orville H. Masterson...
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