0:00:02 > 0:00:04I will be an Old Bailey barrister.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08- I have both to serve me?- You are instructed.- This goes very well.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10- Who is this?- William Garrow.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Court shall rise!
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Two hangings before lunch. I recommend the broth.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16And I recommend you read your brief, again.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20- Guilty.- No! No!
0:00:20 > 0:00:21I will pay for Mr Garrow.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26This young woman may be executed in consequence of your evidence. Will you not venture to recall?
0:00:26 > 0:00:30My husband would consider my participation in this an infidelity.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Not guilty.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Hurry up with that!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46The prosecutor is a gentleman...
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- I've read the brief. - ..Of Cavendish Square!
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- Julius Champion Crespigny. - Pronounced Crapeney.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54What I mean to say is, be careful.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56You are not invulnerable, William.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- And how will I defend William Haywood?- Indeed, how will you?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06He shall not speak and I shall not call witnesses.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08He shall be innocent until proven otherwise.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Mr Crespigny shall have to prove guilt.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12And with my assistance, he shall not.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24William Haywood was indicted for stealing, on 21st August last,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28one pair of plated chariot harness, valued ten shillings,
0:02:28 > 0:02:33the property of William Champion Crespigny Esquire.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- How do you plead?- Not guilty, sir.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Call William Crespigny!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I think he said he'd meet us in an hour.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Oh! Maria!
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Some assistance here!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01For God's sake, some assistance!
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Mr Haywood was my coachman a very few months.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09He quitted it the 12th of August.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I paid him his wages and went to the country.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16After I had been in Berkshire three or four weeks,
0:03:16 > 0:03:21I wrote to town for the old harness and it did not come.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Why write for the old harness, Mr Crespigny?- I required it.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28I see. And you have two coaches?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- I have one.- Ah, well... I am indeed sorry for that.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Mr Garrow!
0:03:34 > 0:03:39Sir, but one coach and you required, all of a sudden, two harnesses?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Am I at fault for requiring my property?
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Was the old harness laid by as unserviceable?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50I knew it was useful but might want repair.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Then if not unserviceable, unusable, but still you wrote for it?
0:03:52 > 0:03:57- I am not at fault for that. - Did it have a sentimental attachment?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58It pained you to be separate from it?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- Is that your only fault? You loved it too well?- My Lord.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- You will not mock me, sir! - Mr Garrow.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Address yourself to the evidence and how to disprove it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16When this coachman was engaged, did you make a bargain with him?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- I did, of course.- Good.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And I will trouble you to state it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I believe, at first, he asked for 26 guineas.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- I do not recollect. - This will be very important.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I'm afraid I must trouble you to tax your recollection.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32I believe, in the end, the standing wages agreed
0:04:32 > 0:04:36were to be 22 guineas, together with other articles.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Yes! Yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Now we do make progress. - I cannot say.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Do you recollect whether he was to have the old wheels and the old harnesses to make up the sum?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I never allowed old wheels and old harnesses to any coachman!
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Well, then, explain to me what those articles were that were to make up the 22 guineas to be 26 guineas?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59I believe...
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I believe I paid him 25 guinea.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- I do not have such a minute recollection.- A few moments ago, you recollected it perfectly.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15- Now you'll guess away a man's liberty.- 25 guineas.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I understood you.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23The agreement was 22 guineas a year wages.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28But what other agreements did you make besides?
0:05:29 > 0:05:34I believe there were...boots and breeches and...a number of...
0:05:34 > 0:05:40- a number of etceteras that the coachmen generally have.- Etceteras?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Etceteras?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45An old harness in want of repair, perhaps?
0:05:45 > 0:05:52Under the pretence of my giving it to him, he took the plated harness out of my stable.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Upon this man being discharged, did he, by your desire,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59deliver you an inventory of the things in the stable?
0:05:59 > 0:06:05- He did.- Good. Do you have the inventory?- Of course I have not.- Ah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08What if I was to tell you the old harness is not listed in it.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- Impossible!- And if I have here the inventory that proves it?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15My Lord, this is improper.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Mr Garrow,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24are you attempting to introduce new evidence?
0:06:24 > 0:06:30My Lord, I'm merely introducing the face of Mr Crespigny to the jury at this moment.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It is my fervent wish that they mark it.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Mr Garrow, I will not have such tricks in my court.
0:06:38 > 0:06:44My Lord, I apologise for the creation of such a misleading impression.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49But I cannot best Mr Crespigny, who stands before me, in the way of that vice.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Mr Crespigny,
0:06:51 > 0:06:56I believe that at the time you parted, you were in considerable displeasure with this man.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I was.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03And how it shows still.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07How it shows.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10No more questions, my Lord.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Who would you call now, Mr Silvester?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17The shaking servant still in the gentleman's employment?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I call...
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Benjamin Weaver, servant to Mr Crespigny.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25LAUGHTER
0:07:27 > 0:07:29JUDGE BANGS GAVEL
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- Thank you, Mr Garrow. ..Mr Southouse.- You're welcome.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37You attract some attention, Mr Garrow.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- You will introduce yourself, sir? - Thomas Rawlings, from the London Gazette.- I see.
0:07:42 > 0:07:48He came for a murder but all he has today is a diary item that a defence counsel was witty!
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- Come.- Witty, fierce and merciless.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- You think so?- I think the coffee house a better engagement than this.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Mr Garrow, do you seek to change the nature of the trial?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Are the lawyers and not the judges to turn events now?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06The defence of the individual against the power of the state.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11The rights of defendants against the rights of those who seek to prosecute them.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- Come away. You are not a pamphlet. - But he solicits my views.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Let your vanity be in the interests of your clients.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Not in the interests of yourself.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23You are envious.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26You are careless.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Are the judges to read in the London newspapers that you intend to take control of their courtroom?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32That can happen case by case.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35It does not require you to become famous.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Mr Silvester. What do you think of Mr Garrow's speaking?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I think it is like a racehorse -
0:08:40 > 0:08:43runs fast because it carries a feather.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47You are even lighter because you carry no convictions at all.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53Mr Garrow, can you expand more on the defence of the individual against the power of the state?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Have a care, sir!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Oh!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Agh! Oh!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Help me!
0:09:16 > 0:09:21To attack unsuspecting women with SUCH a weapon
0:09:21 > 0:09:24is a crime rendered still more atrocious
0:09:24 > 0:09:30by the savage delight he enjoys in the terror, pain
0:09:30 > 0:09:33and distress of the lovely victim.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39Elegant and attractive women, almost without exception.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Gentlemen, I will open a subscription
0:09:44 > 0:09:48to raise a reward of £100.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 50! £50...
0:09:53 > 0:09:57for the arrest of such a vile person
0:09:57 > 0:10:02and a further 50 upon conviction. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Sir. Sir.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09A journalist from my own newspaper.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14I can't think I pay him well enough to subscribe to this reward.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16LAUGHTER
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Sir, I wondered, is there not the danger that...
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Danger, sir?
0:10:24 > 0:10:29..that this may lead to the apprehension of innocent men.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Innocent men may be inconvenienced.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Innocent WOMEN will be saved.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Thank you, sir. Very good, sir. I will quote you directly.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44And at length.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47APPLAUSE
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I'll see you in the chambers.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04KNOCK AT DOOR
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Lady Sarah.- Mr Garrow.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23You wish to pay me?
0:11:23 > 0:11:28Your guinea fee for our defence of Elizabeth Jarvis.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32You should make payment to Mr Southouse. He will then make payment to myself.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- I see.- He didn't explain this?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Yes, I do recollect now. - It's of no matter.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43- You did not...tremble as you made your way here?- Why would that be so?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45The monster, the sanguinary terror.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Ladies are now having copper petticoats fitted to protect them.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Yes, I thought you did enter with a very decided gait.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55The only metal in my petticoats are in my stays, Mr Garrow.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Then you're not enthralled to this new fever?- No, I have not that fever.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07Yet I have to find my husband. I was not to go out unless in company.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Yet here you are and not in danger.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I'll go to Milk St and Mr Southouse to make rightful payment there.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Sarah.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25You're not so mistaken about your errand here.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Judge Buller. You can assure me that when this monster is caught he can be hung?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42- So that you may assure the public? - That wouldn't just be politic. It would be reasonable, would it not?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46It's a question of finding the right indictment that will see him hang.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52It's been difficult but I find we are indebted to the sixth act of George I.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00The cutting of cloth?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Felony. Introduced in 1721 to redress the issue of English weavers
0:13:04 > 0:13:07slashing garments made of cloths from India.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10What has this to do with the monster?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Our monster does not murder.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17And common assault, even with intent to maim or kill, is a misdemeanour.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23But this, this cutting of cloth, is a felony -
0:13:23 > 0:13:25punishable by hanging.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32If a bad law will becalm London, we must have it.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37I hear there are calls for a permanent police patrol in light of the monster?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40That would be very expensive for the Treasury.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43The Home Secretary will be most grateful to you.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Miss Ann Porter is down there, sir.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58He came upon me like a madman
0:13:58 > 0:14:04and suddenly I found myself brought down into a most indelicate position.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06On your hands and knees?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I had more regard for decorum than my wellbeing.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17I'm sorry to have to make you revisit your most foul ordeal
0:14:17 > 0:14:23but it's merely my way of cataloguing the man's crimes
0:14:23 > 0:14:28and so build up a body of evidence against him.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32And will news of my welfare appear in your newspapers?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36With all the other victims of this most aggrieved city,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Miss Porter.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I see.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46One further question, if I may.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Certainly.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51The wound, it heals now?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- Thankfully so.- And...
0:14:55 > 0:14:58anatomically...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01the thigh or...higher up?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Higher up, sir.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Higher up.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13You bear it most courageously.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I asked you not venture out unaccompanied.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37I had no wish to have Mrs Browning as my companion.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39You wish a monster keep you company?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Then should I stay at home, employed at my needle and thread?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Arthur, I'm not strung high as a violin,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53screaming at gusts of wind. I have never been.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56That is why I didn't engage you at the Old Bailey.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58I made you a guest of Judge Buller to serve both of us.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02But your welfare to me is not your progress...
0:16:04 > 0:16:05..it's your safety.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Maria, this is too much to bear!
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- To be out in public again?- No. - What, then?- That man, that man there!
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- You know him?- Yes, I know him. I recognise him.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32That man is the monster! He is the monster that did attack me!
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Stop!
0:16:57 > 0:16:59It is nine o'clock in the morning.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04- Your son was arrested yesterday afternoon.- Yes, sir.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09I am therefore obviously not the first attorney whose assistance you have sought?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11No. No, sir.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16This morning, your son is the most unpopular man in London.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21No other attorney has wish to represent the Monster.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24He is not the Monster.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28He has alibis for each occasion?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31He is not the Monster because he is my son.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36A mother knows what her son may be capable of and while Renwick may be many things, sir, he...
0:17:36 > 0:17:38What kind of things?
0:17:41 > 0:17:46I did read that 22 women were called to the magistrates in total.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Half of them claiming Renwick bore a resemblance to their attacker but not able to swear to it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54And the other half unable to do either, sir.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56So, pray, what would that tell you?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59That you neglect your mathematics, madam.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03There was one who did swear to it, a Miss Ann Porter.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06But the numbers are good enough for me.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Let us hope it is good enough for counsel.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- I have heard of a Mr Garrow. - Oh, I am sure of that.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26"Monster At Bay?"
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- God is merciful.- Hmm.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Not to those other poor wretches wrongly accused and brought up before the magistrate.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36They have him now, for certain. Renwick Williams, 23,
0:18:36 > 0:18:41native of Wales, no doubt, and an artificial flower maker.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Hardly an occupation for a monster but at least he be not an Englishman.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- Will this be an end to your agitation?- I agitate for London.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58Well, the press reports from the magistrates' court have thankfully been extensive.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02And it appears there is only one indictment,
0:19:02 > 0:19:08which is "Wilfully and maliciously cutting Ann Porter's cloak, gowns, stays, petticoat and shift."
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- Injuries to buttocks or thighs? - Disregarded.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15This indictment of cutting clothes is surely not a felony?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You should know your law better than I.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I can plead a case, do not expect more.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25They wouldn't dare make the Monster's crimes a mere misdemeanour.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28In London's fever, that would cause outrage.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- So in the cutting of clothes they have found a felony.- How so?
0:19:33 > 0:19:39They've dug up an obscure and very perverse statute from 1721.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45I cut to the flesh, it's only pillory or prison
0:19:45 > 0:19:49but if I merely cut cloth, I will hang.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Strange in fact...
0:19:50 > 0:19:52BOTH: But true in law!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57You will take the brief.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Visit him in Newgate.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It is worth, surely, that?
0:20:13 > 0:20:18In London's eye, you are a beast, a creature beyond the pale.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- What I learned from Mr Southouse and what London must also know is that you are...- Respectable?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25A man who makes his way in society happily and modestly.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30My son was in the theatre, a violinist and teacher of dance also.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I myself dance like the movements of heavy cavalry
0:20:34 > 0:20:37but the opportunities it gave me,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41to guide the movements of the limbs of high-born maidens.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45He has played violin in theatre orchestras.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Renwick, you will tell them of your musical gifts.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53I screeched a living with my bow until the orchestra pits of London
0:20:53 > 0:20:57swooned with the smell of the drink I'd taken.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I beg your pardon.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04What I mean to say is that I possessed a spirit
0:21:04 > 0:21:06of such effervescent gaiety
0:21:06 > 0:21:10the trammels of art were just too much of a confinement.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Mother, is that some improvement? - Are you the Monster?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Good. A man as direct as myself.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- Then oblige me with a direct answer. - Mr Garrow, I cannot lie.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27I am a man who does indeed go after women.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31I lay siege to them - in restaurants,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34dancing parlours, assembly rooms.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40And if I am lucky, they will allow me to lay into expenses for them.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43And if I am very lucky, they will allow me to lay...
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Renwick, you must stop this now!
0:21:48 > 0:21:51He has settled in a permanent position now.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56He is a flower maker. He has put the habits of the past behind him.
0:21:56 > 0:22:02In defence of me, there is no-one more vociferous or loyal.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08Do you think you can summon up such a feat of conviction, Mr Garrow?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14If he is not the Monster, he certainly enjoys his monstrosity.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16But surely you can plead a case?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I can already conjure up what the prosecution will say - he's a lecherous libertine.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24- So you will not take this case because you think you may lose it? - I cannot well defend it.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Your rising reputation no match for the grime attached to his name?
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Huh! How does a man bound for Hell propel you?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Justice is not applause. Approval is not the law!
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I cannot do what is not in my heart.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44You were called to the bar. They did not announce your heart there!
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Your business done here, gentlemen?
0:22:48 > 0:22:53It seems the business of one gentleman here is certainly done.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I have refused to defend the Monster.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28From conscience?
0:23:28 > 0:23:33If you would listen to Mr Southouse you wouldn't venture that I am troubled by morals here.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- It is not a popular cause.- You think me impressed with my popularity?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It must be a true novelty to you.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I find I do like approval.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49I have no parents alive who might do the approving.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52I am sorry for that
0:23:52 > 0:23:56but you may be sorry if you do not fulfil your duty.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00But Sarah, win the case and I will not be thanked for it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Lose it and I will be remembered as the Monster's apologist.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06If Mr Williams does not have representation and is hung,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10that will not be a trial but simply a lynching.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Gentlemen...
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- Mr Silvester...- If I take a fee from the Monster, I may never get another.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42- Has Mr Garrow already refused it? - Mmm.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Finally he understands how discretion is the better part of valour.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Or is it that you will only defend those that will add to the sum of your goodness?
0:24:55 > 0:25:00There we have it! Garrow, not the reforming revolutionary
0:25:00 > 0:25:03but an insufferable hypocrite!
0:25:03 > 0:25:05LAUGHTER
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Mr Angerstein?- Afternoon.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Forgive me.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30John Julius Angerstein.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I see you take my publication.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40- A man of judgement in all things, I hope.- We have business, sir?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42The Monster is your client.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I would venture there isn't a respectable attorney in London
0:25:46 > 0:25:49who would wish to receive a guinea to defend his crimes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Therefore I am not a respectable attorney, sir?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I am sure that is something I could persuade you to remedy.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03This comes from what, sir? That you fear I have lost my moral sense,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07or that representation may mean success?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Do you wish the man success?
0:26:09 > 0:26:14I wish him the chance to plead his case.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And you have counsel engaged in this?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Of course.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23You take my newspaper, Mr Southouse.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Beware, it may take you.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Sir, his mother engages me
0:26:30 > 0:26:33and I am very fond of his mother.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35I believe her.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It's the Monster's mother.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56That's the Monster's mother!
0:26:56 > 0:26:57PEOPLE SHOUT
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Leave her alone!
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I hope he starves and rots!
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Madam, I am sorry that you endure this.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25I would rather you defend my son than myself, sir.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29I will happily lose a basket but not so happily my son's life.
0:27:51 > 0:27:57Your colleagues at the flower factory, they will attest to your attendance on the day of the attack?
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- There is an hour they will not be able to account for.- An hour?
0:28:01 > 0:28:06- It is thirsty work there.- I see. The name of the inn you did frequent?
0:28:06 > 0:28:11- Several.- And witnesses there who will attest to your character?
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- Have we dispensed with alibi? - Yes, I think we have.- My character?
0:28:15 > 0:28:19To show that what you are accused of is inconsistent with who you are.
0:28:19 > 0:28:26I am sure there are some who would say that I am a man normal in my appetites.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Mother, your attendance here is a credit to you
0:28:32 > 0:28:34but it's not really necessary.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39If there are ladies who will appear in court for you, then you must inform Mr Garrow.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- Mother...- You must do so! - They are prostitutes.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47They are the ladies of my acquaintance.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53And less apt to judgment on my station or my manners.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- Very welcoming.- I bring these men here to save you, Renwick.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Please give them the incentive to do it
0:29:00 > 0:29:05- and please, do not deprive me of the incentive to wish it!- Mother...
0:29:05 > 0:29:09it may be that you should not let me detain you.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11How can you speak to me so?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Half my life you have watched me disappoint you
0:29:16 > 0:29:20and worn a brave face through it.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Perhaps you should not trouble yourself so painfully any more.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28But you did not do it! You are not the Monster!
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Alas, I am a very good fit.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47You have a mother, Mr Garrow?
0:29:50 > 0:29:51No.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56It is my good fortune
0:29:56 > 0:29:58and her hell.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02You are not sentenced yet.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Then let us go to it.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14The ladies of your acquaintance, you mentioned that they were less apt to judgment on your station
0:30:14 > 0:30:17or your manners. Less apt than who, Mr Williams?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Than that bitch.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22What person do you refer to?
0:30:23 > 0:30:28- Ann Porter. He knew her already, did you not?- Oh, yes.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Why would she not let me seduce her?
0:30:39 > 0:30:46No alibi, character witnesses from a bawdy-house and a motive to harm Ann Porter.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Good God, we will never earn our guineas here.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50In none of these newspaper accounts does Ann Porter suggest
0:30:50 > 0:30:53that Renwick Williams was previously known to her.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57- You look to the newspapers for the preparation of your defence?- We have no other intelligence.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Angus Dean's journals only further the case for the prosecution.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04You will find nothing to encourage you here.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07And your hands will be black with newsprint.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Good day.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12I find I like Renwick Williams a little more.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- It's not surprising.- How so?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18He's wayward.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Outspoken.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Rude, belligerent, and an enemy unto himself.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Do you suggest...?
0:31:26 > 0:31:30The likeness is remarkable.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Mr Angerstein.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46A runner has just informed me that the monster struck again.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Another woman attacked and he was called to her assistance
0:31:49 > 0:31:53and it appears it was in the very way the monster goes about his work.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Did this new victim make complaint?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58- At the magistrates' court. - Nowhere else reported?
0:31:58 > 0:32:01I've enlisted the runner as a source of information for a guinea or two.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05You will not report this.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08On the eve of the trial, such a revelation.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Would create unnecessary alarm.
0:32:10 > 0:32:16And divert attention from the crimes of a man already identified.
0:32:16 > 0:32:24Would you wish Renwick Williams to go free because a woman yesterday made complaint which we print?
0:32:24 > 0:32:28There is the danger that another newspaper may find themselves privy
0:32:28 > 0:32:32to this information and not feel quite so...delicate about it.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36And there is a danger that you will be in want of employment if you press the matter.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53KNOCK AT DOOR
0:32:56 > 0:32:58The trial of this monster begins tomorrow.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00And?
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I thought to accompany you.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05There will be some uproar there.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Do you wish to stop up my ears from the oaths?
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Stand fast as the mob invade the bench in their frenzy and overcome me?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Judge Buller will be the man for that.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18He will throw his arms about you.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21That is a thought not to be born.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27- What would be your purpose? - I merely wish to observe the trial that is the talk of London.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Such frivolity from one so steeped in higher matters.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Together we could observe, and then...
0:33:36 > 0:33:38we could...
0:33:38 > 0:33:41engage about it.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44You wish to engage me?
0:33:47 > 0:33:49It is my only wish.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- Mr Garrow.- Mr Williams. - You're in want of more information.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00I merely thought you may wish some company.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03You did bring some, then?
0:35:03 > 0:35:10- What's that?- As you do not appear to be in possession of a small waist or dainty feet yourself.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11HE LAUGHS
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Am I to be hung tomorrow?
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Well, I must be honest with you, the whole of London has its hands on the rope.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35But if the law does its duty and I'm allowed to do mine, I think we may overcome the prosecution.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37And then you will save me from damnation?
0:35:37 > 0:35:40From death perhaps, but in life I think you are hopeless.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Your hands are black as the devil.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Yes. Newsprint.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07THEY ALL MURMUR
0:36:09 > 0:36:15Oh, my God, who does rampage now through our streets wielding his terrible weapon?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Oh, it's Garrow's infallibility let loose upon us all.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Renwick Williams was indicted for...
0:36:28 > 0:36:30SHOUTING
0:36:37 > 0:36:43..unlawfully, wilfully, maliciously and erroneously make an assault on Ann Porter.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47You no longer find favour with the public gallery, Mr Garrow.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53- Take care.- Has humanity taken flight from this damn place?
0:36:53 > 0:36:57To whit - one silk gown valued 20 shillings.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01A pair of stays valued five shillings...
0:37:01 > 0:37:03You who slaver like dogs at the sight of a bone.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05LOUD SHOUTING
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Silk petticoat, value five shillings.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Newgate is a haven of a civilisation in comparison to this dog's kennel.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16..Against this form of the statute and against the king's peace.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- Mother! - SHOUTING
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Animal! Animal!
0:37:29 > 0:37:34I did warn you. It's never a most congenial place.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38And Renwick too infamous to expect fairness.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40I must return.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47From your poster, Mr Angerstein.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53The monster is generally described as 6 feet high, thin made, thin visaged,
0:37:53 > 0:38:00full eyes, large nose and is marked with the smallpox upon his cheekbones.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Now look, if you will, at the appearance of Mr Williams.
0:38:04 > 0:38:095 feet 6, round-faced and no sign of smallpox.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17Men such as these are capable of fiendish cleverness.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20What, to gain six inches in height?
0:38:20 > 0:38:25You have invested a great part of your energy and reputation in this case.
0:38:25 > 0:38:32Well, I thought I was fortunate enough to be able to exert some influence on the outcome.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37You mean that your efforts would help to furnish arrest and conviction?
0:38:37 > 0:38:42I would think it be the hope of anyone in London to see such a conclusion.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45And is it not the case that what you would settle for
0:38:45 > 0:38:50as the conclusion is the arrest and conviction of any man who might fit this sorry position?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54And in Renwick Williams, you think you had found him and the matter over and done.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01In all this, I wished merely to save young women from the danger.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07I have here a collection of interviews
0:39:07 > 0:39:13you conducted with the victims of the monster and were published in your own newspaper.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17The interviews were conducted under the general title, "An authentic account..."
0:39:17 > 0:39:22"..of the barbarities lately practised by the monster."
0:39:22 > 0:39:26- And you do recognise them as your own?- I do.- Good.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Why did you note the dress and appearance of the victims that you interviewed?
0:39:30 > 0:39:36Well, I thought a description of each of the fair victims
0:39:36 > 0:39:38to be interesting.
0:39:39 > 0:39:46"May 12th, the victim is young, below the middle size with blue eyes that do allure.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52"Pale, soft skin, fine teeth, delicate and pretty." Do you recognise her?
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Mary Forster.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58And another. "June 6th.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02"Young, about or rather below the middle size, shiny black hair,
0:40:02 > 0:40:07"black eyes, full lips, a dainty waist, an agreeable countenance and, again, very, very pretty."
0:40:07 > 0:40:09That's Rebecca Godfrey.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15What a noble opportunity presented to be able to sympathise with those beautiful women, yes?
0:40:15 > 0:40:20To sympathise, certainly, but also to obtain information.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24And provide a good excuse to visit them repeatedly.
0:40:24 > 0:40:30- You will not imply... - If only further to display your sympathy and want of information.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35It seems, sir, that you wish to save handsome young ladies from danger,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38if only to put them in the way of another -
0:40:38 > 0:40:40yourself.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- LAUGHTER - No further questions, my Lord.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Thank you, sir.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Call Surgeon Tompkins.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12The case goes better, madam. Decidedly so. Come.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21The wound, Surgeon Tompkins - can you tell me of its appearance?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Er, four or five inches long.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28Its middle part had penetrated the skin to a depth of an inch or so.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32A wound, in your view, only rendered by a sharp instrument?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Most certainly.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37And but for the bow of the stays, the wound might have penetrated the abdomen.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42If not for the bow of the stays, this may have been a murder.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48And the brave Miss Porter, that did suffer such trauma,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- is she fortunate still to be living? - Oh, yes.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Your witness, Mr Garrow.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Murder, you say, intent to kill?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Or at least maim.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Excellent.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19No further questions, my Lord.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32It seems that Mr Garrow knows more of his law than we at first supposed.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Call Ann Porter.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Do you swear that you shall present the truth,
0:42:57 > 0:43:01the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
0:43:01 > 0:43:02I do.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Miss Porter,
0:43:13 > 0:43:18you can identify the man who maimed and abused you so cruelly?
0:43:18 > 0:43:20I can.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24And if it is not too much to bear,
0:43:24 > 0:43:27I wonder if you would venture to do so.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34SHOUTING AND MURMURING
0:43:35 > 0:43:41Miss Porter, may I commend you for the grace and valour with which you have appeared here today?
0:43:41 > 0:43:44I am aware of the great attention which has fallen on me,
0:43:44 > 0:43:48but I merely wish to do my duty as a prosecutor, sir,
0:43:48 > 0:43:51even with the eyes of London upon me.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Especially with the eyes of London upon me.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56No more questions.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59I was not aware that you had asked any.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Miss Porter?
0:44:03 > 0:44:07You will forgive me, Miss Porter, if any of my questions might confuse or dismay you.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11I can assure you that no man in this court may sympathise more with your sufferings than I.
0:44:11 > 0:44:16But firstly, I must insist, my Lord the judge, that her veil be removed.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20I cannot bear to have the wretch stare upon me or look upon him!
0:44:20 > 0:44:23My Lord, I ask the veil be removed so the jury may see
0:44:23 > 0:44:27how my questions demand a truth that cannot simply come from speech but from the colours of a female cheek.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Miss Porter,
0:44:30 > 0:44:32you will remove the veil.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46Can you describe what your assailant was wearing on the day you were attacked?
0:44:46 > 0:44:50- A tight-fit coat.- Oh, it's a tight-fit coat today, is it?
0:44:51 > 0:44:56Can you explain why you told the magistrate that it was a greatcoat, a surtout?
0:44:58 > 0:45:02- I was confused. - May it have something to do with the fact that a runner,
0:45:02 > 0:45:06having searched Mr Williams' lodgings, found no greatcoat, as you had sworn it,
0:45:06 > 0:45:10but a tightcoat, and now conveniently you concur with that?
0:45:10 > 0:45:11He came upon me suddenly! I was...
0:45:11 > 0:45:15- SHOUTING - I was mesmerised by the knife before me.- Oh, the wretch!
0:45:19 > 0:45:24What words did your assailant speak to you on the night you were attacked?
0:45:24 > 0:45:27- Insults.- Such as?
0:45:27 > 0:45:29I cannot bear to recall such obscene and gross...
0:45:29 > 0:45:32- Bear it, madam.- I will not! - Blast your eyes, you damned bitch!
0:45:32 > 0:45:36- Shame, sir!- Mr Garrow!
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Beg your pardon, my Lord.
0:45:38 > 0:45:43I am merely quoting what comes from the magistrate's committal.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45"Blast your eyes, you damned bitch.
0:45:45 > 0:45:51"I will take a particular pleasure in murdering you and drowning you in your own blood."
0:45:51 > 0:45:56- You do recall recalling that?- I have tried to put it out of my mind.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00How would you describe your state of mind in the minutes after your attack?
0:46:00 > 0:46:02It must have been the most terrifying experience.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04I was insensible with fear.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07But not so insensible that you could provide a thorough description of your attacker
0:46:07 > 0:46:09and identify Mr Williams here.
0:46:09 > 0:46:13However agitated I might be, I should have always known him.
0:46:13 > 0:46:18His features are more impressed on my recollection than that of my most intimate friends.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21And because you were previously acquainted with him.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Not acquainted but accosted, sir.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28You will tell the court what passed between you.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30He had attempted to seduce you.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32It is too dreadful to recall.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36Then you did at least rebuff his advances.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38- I did disdain him most definitely. - How so?
0:46:39 > 0:46:41I called him a shop man, a wretch
0:46:41 > 0:46:43- and a scoundrel. - And he did further insult you?
0:46:43 > 0:46:45- He did.- How so?
0:46:47 > 0:46:49- No.- No?
0:46:49 > 0:46:53Will you answer the question, Miss Porter?
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Precisely what the insult was.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04"Blast your eyes, you damned bitch.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08"I will take a particular pleasure in murdering you
0:47:08 > 0:47:10"and drowning you in your own blood."
0:47:10 > 0:47:12It is very familiar.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17I put it to you, Miss Porter,
0:47:18 > 0:47:20that on that occasion, Mr Williams did insult you
0:47:20 > 0:47:25- most scandalously and indecently but there was never another one. - Am I to be insulted again?!
0:47:25 > 0:47:30I put it to you that for those insults, you determined never to forgive him and to gain revenge.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34You seek revenge by portraying Mr Williams as the monster and the man who cut you.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Madam, your agitation seems to occur at the most convenient time.
0:47:37 > 0:47:42Withdraw, sir. ..My Lord, I ask you to bring my learned friend to order.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45- Very well.- Mr Garrow, do not insult the witness.- Very well.
0:47:54 > 0:47:59Miss Porter, I accept that you were indeed attacked and cruelly used...
0:48:01 > 0:48:03..but not by this prisoner.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06Behold him, Miss Porter.
0:48:07 > 0:48:12A man it is easy to accuse, in that he is an unsympathetic figure,
0:48:12 > 0:48:16his position in society generally despised,
0:48:17 > 0:48:20his social habits far from respectable.
0:48:21 > 0:48:26But does he deserve this accusation and the death it may bring him?
0:48:26 > 0:48:31- Does he deserve the way you have set your eyes upon him?- He should not have set them upon me!
0:48:35 > 0:48:37That is your answer?
0:48:43 > 0:48:47Now we do most certainly have your answer.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50You do hide your own iniquity.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53No more questions, my Lord.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57The court will adjourn.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00The court shall rise.
0:49:00 > 0:49:01My chambers.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04Scheming, swooning, irrational.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06She acts like a defective man.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11- And Garrow a heartless one. - Well, she deserves no-one's pity or admiration.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Who's the real hater of women, the monster or his counsel?
0:49:17 > 0:49:19Judge Buller awaits me.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30This prosecution fails.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34- Mr Garrow has...- The court is yours, it's not Garrow's.
0:49:34 > 0:49:40My duty is to give advice as to the law, as to proof.
0:49:40 > 0:49:46Williams's conviction may answer your difficulties in Parliament, but this jury may not even convict.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50Well then, it is your duty to direct the jury to see it favourably.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Mr Garrow?
0:50:03 > 0:50:05Lady Sarah.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09- You're alone.- Sir Arthur did need the ear of Judge Buller.
0:50:09 > 0:50:14- In this case.- I fear he does not attend him for entertainment.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Ah, I think the jury may yet acquit.
0:50:20 > 0:50:25If the judge does turn their attention to the law and away from the hue and cry.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28The judge will not.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32I think we may be in want of one very particular law, Mr Southouse.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Indeed.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Gentlemen.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41The attack on Miss Porter is not in dispute.
0:50:41 > 0:50:45Her identification of her attacker, absolute.
0:50:45 > 0:50:50And the motive of the prisoner, apparent.
0:50:50 > 0:50:55As for his alibi, that's barely credible and certainly not convincing.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59This is a man who had previously waylaid Miss Porter with lewd intent
0:50:59 > 0:51:04and when these intentions were frustrated, threatened her most violently.
0:51:04 > 0:51:09You have before you an opportunity to remove this foul potential
0:51:09 > 0:51:14from the streets of London and restore peace of mind to its gentlewomen.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17I trust you will do your duty by them.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20You will consider your verdict.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50You have reached a verdict?
0:51:50 > 0:51:52We have.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56How do you find the prisoner? Guilty or not guilty?
0:51:56 > 0:51:58- Guilty.- Damn the lot of you!
0:51:58 > 0:52:01This is a lynching, not a trial.
0:52:05 > 0:52:09Renwick Williams, you've been found guilty of the indictment.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- The sentence I pronounce upon you... - My Lord!- ..is that you be...
0:52:12 > 0:52:16My Lord, I submit my client has been wrongly indicted and that any sentence be respited.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19- You're a little late in the day, Mr Garrow.- My Lord, if you will allow me.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Mr Silvester.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25- My Lord.- Very well, I will hear you.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29In 1721, certain weavers who were objecting to the importation of Indian fashions
0:52:29 > 0:52:34purchased in preference to theirs poured aqua fortis onto the clothes of people wearing those fashions.
0:52:34 > 0:52:39To stop these outrages, it was made a felony punishable by hanging to assault any persons
0:52:39 > 0:52:43in the public streets with intent to tear, spoil, burn, deface or cut the garments of such persons.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47My Lord, the clothes of my client were cut.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50But, my Lord, you did accept the evidence of Ann Porter,
0:52:50 > 0:52:53who quotes my client as wishing to murder her.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56You did hear and accept the testimony of the wounds to her flesh.
0:52:56 > 0:53:02- This surely would prove by my client an intent to maim or kill, which is a misdemeanour.- A misdemeanour?!
0:53:02 > 0:53:07Strange in fact, but true in law, therefore, therefore...
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Mr Williams should face a retrial for the minor offence
0:53:09 > 0:53:14for the misdemeanour of wilfully and maliciously cutting Ann Porter with intent to maim and kill her.
0:53:20 > 0:53:25It was, of course, impossible for him to strike Miss Porter's person
0:53:25 > 0:53:28without...cutting the clothes.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Unless he did in fact...
0:53:30 > 0:53:36cut the clothes in order to get to the flesh underneath.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40It's an ancient statute.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46Indictment is indeed debatable.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53I shall reserve the case for the 12 judges of England.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Sentence is respited until then.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06- What does this mean? - You'll at least not hang.
0:54:21 > 0:54:22Why did you come here?
0:54:22 > 0:54:24- I was sent here.- By whom?
0:54:30 > 0:54:32You wish only to engage me.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35In what, sir? Certainly not the truth.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38The Home Secretary sent me.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42In all this, I wanted nothing more than the safety of this city.
0:54:42 > 0:54:48- It was a weak law to try a man's life with.- All law is weak if men can bend it to their will.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52I did not succeed there. Mr Garrow was very persuasive.
0:54:52 > 0:54:57Mr Garrow saved an innocent man's life.
0:55:06 > 0:55:07Lady Sarah.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12Neither the Old Bailey or I can detain you further?
0:55:12 > 0:55:14I'm already detained by you, sir.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17It's injustice that quickens your heart?
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Dear Will.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23You are mistaken in that.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Mr Rawlings.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50"A foul attack - monster still infects the streets."
0:55:50 > 0:55:53Tomorrow's edition.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55But this is the Times, not the Gazette.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59Angerstein would not allow it. The Times are very happy to employ me with it.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03Three more attacks, identical, all committed during Williams' incarceration.
0:56:03 > 0:56:07- You come with this now?- This would have served justice during the trial, not after it.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09My position is only now just secured.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13So you are safely in your new employment while Williams still rots in Newgate!
0:56:13 > 0:56:17I'm afraid there is more. The runners have a man for the crimes.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19I would happily lay my hands on you, Rawlings.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25- But I will instead shake the hand of my client.- Come, William.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36..which should prove to be a most welcome occasion.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40And I shall be even happier to tell his mother.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Indeed, Mr Southouse.
0:56:42 > 0:56:47Gentlemen, it appears the rough court of Newgate
0:56:47 > 0:56:50has given its own verdict here.
0:57:25 > 0:57:29Madam. My profound sorrow.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35And your son now proven an innocent man.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38An innocent man should be a free one.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42And living.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52I would offer her consolation in prayer.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54But God will not change the law.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10- You think him not guilty? - I defended her as best I could.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14Mr Forrester, still filling your pockets with blood money?
0:58:14 > 0:58:19- Many in the house hope you will lose.- You overestimate Mr Garrow's influence.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22- How much would a criminal pay? - I wouldn't know.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24You are ill-prepared.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Be reckless with your own life, not your client's.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30Beast! Vulture!
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