0:00:02 > 0:00:03William!
0:00:03 > 0:00:05The duel, it was over Lady Sarah.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06Damn you!
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- Runners!- You bitch!
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- Am I a cuckold? - No, sir, you are not.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- The way you shot at me marks you as a loathsome cad.- Steady, Garrow, I could challenge you.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21- This is torment. - For now, yes, but given time. - William, there is no hope.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23You are ill-prepared...
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Be reckless with your own life, not your client's.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Filthy murderer! Poacher!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31You have trained me but you do not own me!
0:00:31 > 0:00:33If this association is no longer beneficial...
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Very well.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35Susannah Wagstaffe is indicted for that she, on the 27th October,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38in the parish of St Clement Danes,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41not having the fear of God before her eyes,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48on Francis Kotzwara - composer, musician -
0:01:48 > 0:01:53feloniously, wilfully, and with malice, did make an assault.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54And that she,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56with use of a length of cord,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59valued one penny, did strangle and murder
0:01:59 > 0:02:01the said Francis Kotzwara.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09- You bought brandy, porter, ham and beef with two shillings given you by Mr Kotzwara?- I did.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14You then returned with it to the back room at number five Vine Street?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17And was it at this point that he asked you to cut off his member?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Yes, sir.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- And you refused?- I did.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Mr Kotzwara then produced a length of cord and expressed the wish to be hanged for five minutes.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30He said...
0:02:30 > 0:02:32it would raise his passions.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35By which he intended...?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37My Lord, it was long observed true at Tyburn
0:02:37 > 0:02:40that while in every other region of the hanged man's
0:02:40 > 0:02:41stretched and nerveless body
0:02:41 > 0:02:44the vital sparks were entirely extinguished.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47In those other areas and centrical
0:02:47 > 0:02:52and critical parts that Mr Kotzwara had in mind,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55the symptoms of life and vigour were...
0:02:57 > 0:02:59..expressly evident.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01The cock
0:03:01 > 0:03:04was upstanding?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06LAUGHTER
0:03:12 > 0:03:14My Lord, yes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Were you then instructed by Mr Kotzwara on how to hang him?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20No, he tied himself up to the back parlour door.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23He tied HIMSELF to the door handle.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25My Lord, this surely must reduce the indictment
0:03:25 > 0:03:29which is already unsteady in its foundation, from murder to manslaughter?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31My Lord, how unsteady?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Meaning what by that? - My Lord, I am mindful of the hour.
0:03:33 > 0:03:39Perhaps a few moments in camera might hasten my Lord's dinner?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Very well. Mr Silvester?
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Joseph?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Joseph, do you hear me?
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- Mary, are the children well? - They're fine, don't worry.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59They kept it from me you were moved from the Tower!
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Did my letters not get to you?- No!
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Come on. Out of the way.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07The petition for your release holds 1,500 names.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Support stays strong from the North!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Still no news of a date to face the court?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Go on, that's enough!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- I should not have put you through this Mary!- They say
0:04:15 > 0:04:18our case must be put before the Prime Minister himself!
0:04:31 > 0:04:34The point of law is surely assistance
0:04:34 > 0:04:39to suicide, itself a criminal act, must make this woman also culpable.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44My Lord, this was a grossly immoral act, but suicide was not the intention
0:04:44 > 0:04:46and so culpability cannot be attached.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- How may the prisoner not be culpable?- No more than were I to sell Mr Silvester a horse
0:04:51 > 0:04:55and he, seeking pleasure, jumps a ditch and breaks his neck. Where is my culpability?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57And you have a second contention?
0:04:57 > 0:05:02My Lord, I have a fear for the moral climate should this episode
0:05:02 > 0:05:07catch the public's attention via the excitable press
0:05:07 > 0:05:10and encourage the depraved part of mankind
0:05:10 > 0:05:14from seeking similar... indecent stimulatives.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17And you would have me do what?
0:05:19 > 0:05:24I propose this charge be dismissed and suppression of this material.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26My Lord, I trust you to remind
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Mr Garrow he does not decide what is or is not a trial!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Thank you, Mr Silvester.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41All records of the proceedings to be struck.
0:05:41 > 0:05:47None to be reproduced whatsoever, that includes you, Mr Rawlings.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50The Crown versus Wagstaffe is dismissed.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53The accused is free to go.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Am I to take this as fraud Mr Southouse?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Or will your genius Mr Garrow stand up to his self-proclaimed reputation?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Madam, I cannot speak for Mr Garrow. We have, quite recently parted our...
0:06:09 > 0:06:12This bill states you as his procurer.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It does. I was.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- And as I have tried to explain... - Then why will you not show my trouble to him?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21This great city is aflood with a thousand tales of innocence, madam.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27At every turn, I hear fresh accounts of this or that desperate husband stealing to feed his family.
0:06:27 > 0:06:34You do not listen, sir. My husband was dragged from his home and put in the Tower. Why?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38For meeting with like-minded men to exercise his freedom to speak.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43And now, without charge, they throw him in Newgate amongst common, unprincipled criminals.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48In which case there is nothing I might do until your husband has charges against him.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50But that is my despair.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Joseph is held in this limbo while his children starve and his business dies.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57You have my sincere sympathies.
0:06:57 > 0:07:04Truly. But until your husband stands before a judge there is nothing even the great Mr Garrow can do.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07BABY GURGLES
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Sir? I owe you my life.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- I thank you.- I have my fee and you have your freedom.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39But I might give you such satisfaction with a screw.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Sir, some small coin for a pleasure I might give,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45so I can eat?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I will decline your extravagant offer.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50But perhaps this will suffice instead.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Thank you, sir.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Sir, this was not as it may seem.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Of course not and we are both worldly men.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Although she is more travelled than us.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- What I mean to say she is my client, I'm not hers. - Please, I make sport of you.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Mr Silvester already told me of your victory today and where I might find you.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13And why do you seek me out?
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Only to satisfy myself that there is no animosity between us.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Nothing grown out of our differences in politics that might overcome our commonalities as men.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Well, I hope not, certainly none on my part.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Excellent.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Then you must share in my good news.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31News, sir?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Yes, I heard today from my wife.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Sarah carries my child.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15William!
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Did you think I would despise you?
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Did you think that if you told me why my feelings for you could not be returned
0:09:22 > 0:09:25that I would in some way think less of you, and instead thought it better
0:09:25 > 0:09:28to let me torment myself with all manner of speculation?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32You are determined to tell me what I thought and think.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I wonder - am I necessary to this conversation?
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Or will you play both parts?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37A child?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I must confess that this news, brought to me by your husband,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46gave me an idea of your marriage other than you led me to believe.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Forgive me if...
0:09:50 > 0:09:53I led you to any false understanding.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Leave him.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00SHE SCOFFS
0:10:00 > 0:10:04We are of common mind about this world and although
0:10:04 > 0:10:08I cannot offer all a man of his position can,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12we will be well together, we... we will begin anew.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13This is a madness!
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Is it?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Tell me you that you cannot imagine a life
0:10:18 > 0:10:20other than the one you have.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24With a man who sees you, and accepts you and...
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- will love you for all that you are. - For all that I am?- Yes.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31And will you play father to another man's child?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Yes.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Yes, truly yes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I cannot see this...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41this life that you paint for me.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44You are an unconvincing witness Sarah Hill.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I am no witness. And this is no trial.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50You have my answer.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17BACKGROUND CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Mr Southouse?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Mr Garrow.- Please! I feel that perhaps this meeting is a little fortunate.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I think that, if...
0:11:31 > 0:11:34If there is a distance to make up between us...
0:11:34 > 0:11:36the journey is largely mine to make.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Largely?!
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Entirely mine to make.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46I feel an undoubted and dispiriting absence since our dispute.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49If I have tested your patience
0:11:49 > 0:11:55by my enthusiasm for the irregular execution of my trade and of my life...
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- it causes me regret.- Regret?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01That is as far as you will go on this journey?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03How far would you have me go?
0:12:03 > 0:12:08- Please, let us put it behind us... - It's a great thing isn't it? To come and go as you please?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Madam, are we familiar? Forgive me. - You're Mr Garrow?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- I am.- Madam, I told you clearly...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Don't let me prick at your conscience, sir.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Please, block your eyes and ears to the world beyond your privilege. Enjoy your leisure.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27If one of us has lost their wits, please say it's not me.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29She came looking for you.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33I heard her out and told her there was nothing to be done. Her husband it seems.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36< How can we say that we are free men
0:12:36 > 0:12:39when by Royal proclamation our letters may be seized?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Spies sent to infiltrate our most innocent meetings,
0:12:42 > 0:12:46when the King's government supports those who attack us in the press?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48This woman's husband -
0:12:48 > 0:12:51for campaigning for what we all know is just.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Votes - not only for the wealthy, a fair representation in Parliament,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58and a right to the protection of a secret ballot!
0:12:58 > 0:13:02I told the woman that, since we no longer work as attorney and barrister...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I've heard of this tale. Do they talk of Hamer? Joseph Hamer?
0:13:05 > 0:13:10He did find himself arrested and imprisoned without charge these three months.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Members of the London Corresponding Society,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I have words from your secretary, my husband.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22- The law demands a prisoner be brought before the court...- Enough!- ..pro...
0:13:22 > 0:13:28Enough! As messenger for the Secretary of State I call an end to this seditious assembly.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- -- This is an outrage! - -- All these so named to be charged with breaking the peace.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- You can't do this!- Benjamin Winthrop.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35- Edward Ironside.- >
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Samuel Cuff. Mary Hamer.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41What spy gave you these names?!
0:13:41 > 0:13:43That's enough!
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Take care, sir!
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Would you add your name to this list, sir?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- You have go to the magistrate and plead her case!- I will not!
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- Al that I ask...- All that you ask is that I act as your puppet once more
0:13:55 > 0:13:58and make a nuisance of myself such as will unfriend the magistrate.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01But I will do you no favour. However,
0:14:01 > 0:14:07to help Mary Hamer I will act according to my judgment
0:14:07 > 0:14:09as an attorney.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13And if you are sincere you will act against your nature,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17recognise your limits and stay away until I have done it.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Edward Ironside accused, what charge?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Meeting as a society to break the peace.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36So charged.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Robert Boddam,
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- what charge?- Meeting as a society to break the peace.- So charged.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Mary Hamer, what charge?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Intervention, sir, on behalf of Mary Hamer.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Mr Southouse, what objection have you?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55That the charge cannot apply.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58This woman was present at the coffee house.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03But Mary Hamer, the records will show, is not a member of the Corresponding Society.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05And you contend what?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09That she was no more than a bystander to this meeting.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- As was I.- Hmm.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Mary Hamer, are you a member of the society?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18No, sir, not signed.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21But I will not be treated other than all these arrested.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24That will not be yours to decide.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Mary Hamer dismissed.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Next.
0:15:31 > 0:15:37- Charles Lynam. Lynam is a member, sir.- He may be but his name I think is missing here.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40On which grounds he is also entitled to be dismissed.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Mr Southouse, if you wish to play the barrister, I recommend the Bailey.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Mr Garrow.- Mr Southouse.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Mr Lynam, Mrs Hamer.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It seems you have done well.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Though I fear my performance will not fill the newspapers.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Here is proof an attorney works best when allowed to do his job.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12And now I must do mine. Madam, we shall go to Newgate and speak with your husband.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Joseph, Joseph!
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Joseph, this is Mr Garrow.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49I have little faith in the law.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53All I want from you is to give me the chance to say my piece in court.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I am resigned to what will come.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02And I will be plain. If I let you speak your mind, you will put a noose around your own neck.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And I think your wife would prefer you a little less resigned.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Joseph, Mr Garrow's a fine barrister.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13I have no doubt. But this is a matter of politics, not law.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18If news comes that the King exiles his government and wants me
0:17:18 > 0:17:21as Prime Minister then I will show you some optimism.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23And I will be first in line to vote for you.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27But be sure that my own optimism is not born out of ignorance.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31You see your case Joseph, is played out in the shadow of the guillotine.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33They fear you.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Tom Paine, the American revolutionary, published The Rights of Man.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42He was tried in his absence for sedition.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46The prosecution had no need to rebut the arguments.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The jury decided Paine guilty.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53John Frost, when drunk was heard to cry out "Equality and no King".
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Tried for sedition. Found guilty.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00The game, Mr Hamer, is tilted against us.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02And yet still you would take up my cause?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I would.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09I feel that when two souls are of common mind, they should work together.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11And are we two such souls?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16I believe we are both fleas in the ear of the same horse.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Will you not accept that when the laws that we now examine
0:18:23 > 0:18:28were first coined we did not face such modern perils
0:18:28 > 0:18:32as we do now from the likes of Joseph Hamer, that threaten our security as a nation?
0:18:32 > 0:18:40But Secretary of State, this idea that the looming threat almost upon us is surely old news?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43I did find the Secretary of State's argument quite persuasive, sir.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46But we must show a healthy caution.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50By us forcing through these laws that allow imprisonment
0:18:50 > 0:18:52without charge, will only bring us more trouble!
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Shall we have another show of hands, gentlemen?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Against the recommendation of Parliament?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Let the record show three against.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07And for?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17I believe there is no option for abstention, Sir Arthur.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23Recall, sir, that those for and against must be recorded
0:19:23 > 0:19:26and that the names will be put before the Prime Minister.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31For.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33The recommendation is carried.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Back for more punishment, Mr Sibley?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I will give you the advantage of three pieces that...
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Where do they take me?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Is it the gallows?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Oh, for pity's sake, tell me!
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Promise me you'll get word to my wife.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Sirs, you must forgive my wretched appearance.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26You are here to answer questions relating to
0:20:26 > 0:20:33the London Corresponding Society, concerning anti-Parliamentary plans. Plans to bring down the King.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37I know of no such plans, I make shoes!
0:20:37 > 0:20:42I see some of my best work in this room.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43And I see you, sir.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Are you not Member of Parliament of the rotten borough of Bramber, West Sussex?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49You are here to answer, sir.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53A borough of not three houses, yet it sends two members to Westminster.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- While the town of Manchester... - Sir, be aware
0:20:56 > 0:20:59that these are the men who will decide what charge you face.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04The town of Manchester, home to above 60,000, cannot send one!
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Here is a letter addressed to Thomas Paine...
0:21:09 > 0:21:11the radical,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14a convicted seditionary. You admit that you wrote it?
0:21:14 > 0:21:19I wrote to Thomas Paine, the philosopher and man of principle.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24I wish to ask about the proposed convention of members. A gathering of...
0:21:24 > 0:21:26And I ask you a famous question.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30By what lawful authority do you bring me here?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43God save! Who is this man?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Joseph Hamer, madam. Take him out.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52- Sarah, it is not the moment for this. - You think I haven't read what's happening in the newspapers?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55These desperate times call for serious deliberation.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Assure me that you have spoken on the side of reason?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01And not in support of this witch hunt?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12KNOCKING AT DOOR
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Charles?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Tell me, I must know.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Please?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Joseph is to be charged and tried.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Come.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Forgive me,
0:22:39 > 0:22:40it's what we wanted.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46But now I fear what will come.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48What charge?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51That we will not know until the indictment is read.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56We expect either the publishing of libellous materials or sedition.
0:22:56 > 0:23:02- Sedition?- Mr. Southouse, having spent hours in his books, has found nothing in its support.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04We are well prepared, Mary.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06We will win.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25May I introduce my wife, Sir John?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31This is Sir John Scott, the Attorney General.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Lady Sarah.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I see you have the modern woman's habit.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37A romance perhaps?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39The Mysteries of Udolpho.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42A tale of castles and night horrors.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Although I do hope its content is not seditious, Sir John.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Sir John is to lead the prosecution.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Your opponent is Mr Garrow?
0:23:50 > 0:23:55It is. I understand he has unorthodox methods,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58but a fragile grip on the law.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03But we must not keep this Billingsgate man waiting.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Lady Sarah.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- You would do well not to underestimate Mr Garrow.- >
0:24:10 > 0:24:13He has a devilish skill in digging out a witness.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Sarah, I must have your assurance that you will be civil to our guests.
0:24:16 > 0:24:22And I must have yours, that all of this is about principle and about the law.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24It is a matter of politics.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26It's just politics.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48I trust you know that if you lose this, you will be reduced
0:24:48 > 0:24:51to defending cattle thieves in the provinces?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Here to witness my fall? - To wish you luck.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I hear all the best legal minds are ranked against you.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02It is appreciated.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35As I said,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38ALL the best legal minds.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Be upstanding in court.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The prisoner, Joseph Hamer,
0:25:58 > 0:25:59being a subject of the King,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02not having the fear of God in his heart,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil
0:26:06 > 0:26:11did contrive, in concert with other persons, to disturb the peace of the kingdom,
0:26:11 > 0:26:16to subvert the Government, to depose the King by force of arms
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and to put him to death.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24The indictment records the charge against the prisoner to be High Treason.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25< Treason?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Surely he can be hanged on that charge?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31They will not get opportunity, Mary.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35But a guilty verdict brings the noose does it not? He would be hanged.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Hanged, drawn and quartered.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48Gentlemen of the jury, I will show here by evidence
0:26:48 > 0:26:52that this man, and others with him,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55did plot to undermine Parliament.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01Did arm themselves to make that intention manifest.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07And that the express aim was to extinguish the monarchy and declare this nation a republic!
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I will describe
0:27:12 > 0:27:15plans uncovered
0:27:15 > 0:27:22to summon a great convention of its members. A convention that sought
0:27:22 > 0:27:25by its number and its ferocity,
0:27:25 > 0:27:31to overawe Parliament at the very moment it made its demands.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32The threat
0:27:32 > 0:27:34behind a refusal
0:27:34 > 0:27:38to meet with these demands
0:27:38 > 0:27:40was armed rebellion.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43War against the King.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44High Treason.
0:27:48 > 0:27:54And the constitution is so interwoven with the state that they cannot be separated.
0:27:54 > 0:28:00Once again the 25th act of Edward III states -
0:28:00 > 0:28:04"To compass or imagine the death of the King
0:28:04 > 0:28:09"is held to be rebellious conspiracy."
0:28:13 > 0:28:18I also shall call upon many witnesses who were employed by Government
0:28:18 > 0:28:24to infiltrate these so-called friendly societies.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27So now we are a nation of spies?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29JUDGE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:28:29 > 0:28:31The prisoner will keep his tongue.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35These men were determined
0:28:35 > 0:28:42to meet to plot the undermining of the authority of Parliament.
0:28:42 > 0:28:48I have gone through this awful business as well as I am able.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I am grateful for the court's patience.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56I trust you will now do that which is your duty.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Pronounce a guilty verdict.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06God send the prisoner a good deliverance.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15I expect that everyone in this court was with you, Mr Scott,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18until they heard your argument. My Lord, gentlemen,
0:29:18 > 0:29:24the law says that proof of treason must stand out, be established on manifest facts,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26not conjecture, inferences, or strains of wit.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30I swear I never saw a case in which
0:29:30 > 0:29:34such complicated facts were drawn out as makes necessary a speech of three hours.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Three hours.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Does that not tell us a great truth?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40That there was no treason.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Mr Garrow?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Does the defence have no more?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I ask only that we adjourn, if only from pity for the jury's backsides.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59The court adjourns.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Court shall rise.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17Are they so hungry to hang my husband they make up high treason? How do they call it that?
0:30:17 > 0:30:23They reach back 400 years and twist a law to their particular use.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28The prosecution wishes to call the planned convention an armed insurrection.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- There was no insurrection. - But that will be their attack.
0:30:30 > 0:30:36And we will build a case that will defeat it. No matter what they throw at us.
0:30:36 > 0:30:42This letter is signed "to my dear friend, Joseph Hamer.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47"Sincerity, Maurice Margarot."
0:30:47 > 0:30:49A convicted seditionist.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54As you will hear, it describes plans
0:30:54 > 0:30:58for an assembly of thousands in Southwark -
0:30:58 > 0:31:02across the bridge from Westminster.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- This is not true!- Mr Garrow, you will have your client quiet.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10- I will, my Lord, although I share his frustration.- Or see him removed.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14One document after another to be read out in full. Letters. Reports on meetings
0:31:14 > 0:31:20- in coffee houses and taverns across London.- The defence will have chance to argue when the prosecution has...
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Each tells what Tom said to Dick on the subject of Harry.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Nowhere do I see connection made to the innocent at the bar.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Excepting he also has two legs and two arms.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30LAUGHTER
0:31:30 > 0:31:34I object to this material being read unless it can be shown Mr Hamer knew the content of it.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37What is declared by conspirators is evidence against those that ARE present,
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- as well as those that are not. - My Lord, surely not or where will this end?
0:31:41 > 0:31:46There are those in the gallery ready to give their view of this fine man. Is that not evidence?
0:31:46 > 0:31:50The law is clear. I will educate the gentleman opposite if he wishes.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55This morning's Times suggests Mr Scott was less than succinct in his presentation. Is that evidence?
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Mr Garrow will have his fun. But it does not mask his ignorance of the law.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02A failing his client may not live to regret.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07If the law calls this material evidence, then it is the law that is ignorant.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I believe there is Mr Garrow's argument.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I ask my Lord to make a ruling on the matter.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19- JUDGE:- This letter and others like it shall stand as evidence.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Perhaps my Lord feels that six on the other side isn't enough. Perhaps he would add himself as one more?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Mr Garrow!
0:32:26 > 0:32:29My Lord, I humble myself. My passions had the better of me.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31It shall not happen again.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42And at this meeting in Silk Street, Mr Thoroughgood,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44a transcript of which we have heard,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47item 19,
0:32:47 > 0:32:54a proposal for the manufacture and distribution of arms was made by Mr Scotney of Snow Hill?
0:32:54 > 0:33:00It was. I was also present when King's messengers searched the workshop of Mr Scotney.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03And there were found some 15 pikes.
0:33:03 > 0:33:09- And these 15 long pikes were hidden? - They were.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14No further questions.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19Fifteen pikes. All the agencies of Government set to the task and what do they find?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Fifteen pikes.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23- They are weapons.- They are.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27But weapons enough to defeat the whole of the King's army?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- Where are the rest? - I believe more to be still hidden.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33You believe! You must not believe anything, sir!
0:33:33 > 0:33:35You overstep your part!
0:33:37 > 0:33:41I fear this is more of Mr Scott's so-called evidence. Again I ask, where is the crime?
0:33:49 > 0:33:53We lose ground. Garrow proves himself a dangerous creature.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54But the case is still strong.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57We must act to stop further damage.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59I believe the verdict can yet be won.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01By Sir John Scott? I think not.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04We must do what is necessary to keep our support.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Sir John! Another fine performance in court today!
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Thank you. It goes well, I think.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16When father comes home again, he'll want to know you were both good children.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24POUNDING ON DOOR
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- I have authority to search this place.- What?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Why are you doing this?
0:34:33 > 0:34:37- No! Not the children! - Do not obstruct my men in their duties.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39BABY CRIES
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Why are you doing this?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Why?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Whatever it is you think you're going to find...
0:34:55 > 0:34:57It is this!
0:35:01 > 0:35:03The message was just that we meet them here.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07And that they wish to discuss a matter.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Is it too much to speculate that Mr Scott intends a surrender?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Sirs.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23There's been a development.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Prompted by new-gained intelligence, the Secretary of State ordered
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Joseph Hamer's home searched once more.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34A bill of sale for 100 muskets was found.
0:35:34 > 0:35:43A witness, William Oakes, has come forward to testify that he sold 100 muskets to Mr Hamer.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47And that they lie stored in a warehouse in Cheapside.
0:35:49 > 0:35:57You no longer mock me, Mr Garrow, now your case is holed beneath the water line.
0:35:57 > 0:36:04But the King has no intention in hanging every member of the London Corresponding Society.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Instruct your client to change his plea to guilty.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14If he does that he will hang, and the rest of the Corresponding Society committee facing trial
0:36:14 > 0:36:16will also hang if found guilty.
0:36:16 > 0:36:25But a further 800 men on whom warrants have already been drawn up will face only charges of sedition.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27And not high treason.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31If found guilty, they will not hang.
0:36:31 > 0:36:37Joseph Hamer cannot save himself, but he may save his army of followers.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Advise your client.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52One hundred muskets? And you think I would have kept such a thing from you, if it were true?
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- You say it's false? - More than false - treacherous!
0:36:56 > 0:37:01- A witness will swear to the sale of 100 muskets.- You think then beyond manufacture of this witness?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Both Mary and Charles Lynam saw the bill of sale retrieved from the strongbox.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11How can you ask me to do this?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15If I change my plea to guilty, they will have beaten us by duplicity.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20I did not come for that. I came to know the truth of your Society's intentions.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22To know whether or not there was a plan.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Makeshift or not, theoretic or not, absurd or not,
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- to arm yourself against the King and the King's Parliament.- None!
0:37:30 > 0:37:35- Beyond any doubt that a jury might be made to swallow.- None.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39The lives of many men are at stake here, Joseph.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43More than that, sir! There is more at stake than that.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48And I hear the fellow Washington's been elected Mr President a second time.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51100% of the vote. All 13 states.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Something crooked there, eh?
0:37:55 > 0:38:00I understand he declined the salary came with it. Some 20,000?
0:38:00 > 0:38:05- Which makes him a crook and a fool. - But did accept it when pressed.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08There you have it, the man's a crook, a fool and a hypocrite!
0:38:10 > 0:38:14I must say, gentlemen, I'm surprised to find you all in such high spirits.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18I understand the press don't share your optimism for the outcome of this trial.
0:38:18 > 0:38:25Madam, the press will sell you half of the story as if it were the whole tale. That is their trade.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27And the whole story is what?
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Oh, I'm afraid even our hostess will have to wait for that.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Until it comes out in court tomorrow.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36And not even then.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Your husband makes comment on the difficulty of knowing the whole truth
0:38:42 > 0:38:45in the heart of a man like Joseph Hamer.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- Fine bird, Hill. - Indeed.- Delicious.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Thank you.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03One hundred muskets?
0:39:03 > 0:39:08I tell you that because of another thing passed to me by Scott and Silvester.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Help me with this and you'll have the full account of the trial for your paper.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- In your own words?- In my own words.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Agreed.
0:39:17 > 0:39:25There are warrants already made out on 800 men, named as treasonous citizens.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- Eight hundred?- The warrants will be exercised if Hamer is found guilty.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- I need to know who those citizens are.- I have sources in Parliament who might help.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Drink when the errand is done. I need those names now!
0:39:40 > 0:39:43How long will this continue?
0:39:48 > 0:39:52If you will not speak to me, at least I should be allowed to know why!
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- As you husband, I demand that you talk to me!- I will not speak with you
0:40:02 > 0:40:05until you decide you will deal with me honestly!
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Honestly on what matter?
0:40:08 > 0:40:14There is intrigue surrounding the trial of Joseph Hamer. And it has been manufactured in this house.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15- I cannot discuss that.- Please?
0:40:17 > 0:40:21I know your part in this is poisoning you. Tell me of it.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26What have you to gain from affecting this trial?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Is it to injure William Garrow?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32To hell with Garrow.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- All roads do not lead to his door. - Then what?
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Everything that I have built, I stand to lose if men like Joseph Hamer get their way.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46They would reform the boroughs. I would lose my seat, my influence.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Arthur, what have you done?
0:40:50 > 0:40:54- Even if I tried, I could not stop them. - Please, please tell me.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59I am in danger of losing...
0:41:01 > 0:41:04all I have.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07You are in danger of losing your wife.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12We will not change our plea.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Our aim is to control the damage this new evidence will cause.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19And what of the witness Oakes who claimed he sold Hamer muskets?
0:41:19 > 0:41:23We will undermine his testimony. Do all we can to support the character of Joseph Hamer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25We will call witnesses, Mr Lynam among them.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29We'll say again and again that armed uprising was never in his mind.
0:41:29 > 0:41:38Tell the court, Mr Oakes, when you met the prisoner Joseph Hamer on that day,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40it was to complete a transaction.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47A sale of goods.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Tell us...
0:41:49 > 0:41:51what goods?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53A sale of muskets, sir.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55MURMURING
0:41:55 > 0:41:58A hundred muskets.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01All of this is lies!
0:42:01 > 0:42:03SHOUTING
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- No more questions. - BANGS GAVEL
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Mr Oakes,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15did Mr Hamer's wife or any of his friends
0:42:15 > 0:42:18ever meet you over the course of your supposed business with him?
0:42:18 > 0:42:22They did not. Mr Hamer made particular point as I should not,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25and that the business should be of a secret nature.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32So, we are to take your word against Mr Hamer's that this business happened at all.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35The bill of sale lies there for all to see, sir.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39No further questions.
0:42:49 > 0:42:56- And did you, Mr Lynam, in all the time spent with Joseph Hamer, ever see him strike a man?- I did not.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Threaten to strike someone?
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Or propose violence of any kind?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02No.
0:43:09 > 0:43:15Were you present at every meeting of the London Corresponding Society?
0:43:15 > 0:43:22- Not all.- So you cannot say that the arming of the Society was not discussed, can you?
0:43:22 > 0:43:30- The only discussions were the self-defence of the members.- So! The Society did discuss weapons?
0:43:31 > 0:43:36By which I mean the 15 pikes already spoken of. There's such an example.
0:43:36 > 0:43:45I will leave the court to wonder how many other muskets, pikes and such examples were gathered.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Mr Lynam!
0:43:54 > 0:43:58This self-defence you spoke of?
0:43:58 > 0:44:03Was it a defence against those violent groups who made it a habit
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- to disrupt the peaceable meetings of the Society?- Yes, exactly.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09There was a lot of anger amongst the members on that count.
0:44:09 > 0:44:14But not anger sufficient to change the law-abiding nature of the Society?
0:44:14 > 0:44:15No, sir.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25- My Lord, with your indulgence... - Yes, yes, yes!
0:44:49 > 0:44:50Mr Garrow!
0:45:03 > 0:45:07Mr Lynam, we have heard much of a bill of sale found in Joseph Hamer's home.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Yes?
0:45:10 > 0:45:14How do you imagine the Secretary of State's men knew where to find it?
0:45:14 > 0:45:18Well, I don't know. They seemed to search all of the room.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21And yet within two minutes
0:45:21 > 0:45:24they came upon a hidden strong box - why was that?
0:45:27 > 0:45:34The answer to this vexing question comes in three parts, does it not?
0:45:35 > 0:45:40Firstly, that Mr Oakes, the salesman witness, is a fraud - a paid witness.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42My lord!
0:45:42 > 0:45:46And secondly, the bill of sale is also a fake, isn't it, Mr Lynam?
0:45:46 > 0:45:51My Lord, I hope we are going to hear testimony to support this nonsense!
0:45:51 > 0:45:54And finally, that the man who planted it in Joseph Hamer's home
0:45:54 > 0:45:58was a spy working in the employ of the Government.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00The spy,
0:46:00 > 0:46:04claiming to be Joseph Hamer's true friend.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07But betrayed him.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11That man is you, Charles Lynam.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13SHOUTING
0:46:13 > 0:46:15No, Charles! Not you.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21- I call an adjournment! - Court shall rise.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30Judas! Judas!
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Lady Sarah.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58I find I am indebted to you...again.
0:46:58 > 0:47:03You need not thank me, Will. We wish the same outcome.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08But you cannot be so outspoken?
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Not in all my passions, no.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13But I can at least act on them.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17Well, for Joseph Hamer, it is his good fortune.
0:47:54 > 0:48:00I have followed your career with immense interest, Mr Garrow.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04I'm pleased we meet finally without the bench between us.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06My Lord.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10Your many sharp-witted performances, your obvious hunger for reforms.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13- All have brought you deserved acclaim.- Thank you, sir.
0:48:13 > 0:48:20As Secretary of State for the Home Division, I have want of a robust judiciary.
0:48:20 > 0:48:25- I have a post in mind for you, Mr Garrow.- I enjoy my current position quite well, sir. Thank you.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29Enjoy the constraints placed upon you?
0:48:29 > 0:48:33For the first time, and only in this trial, you are permitted to address the jury.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Does that not give you appetite for more?
0:48:35 > 0:48:38It is the rule for a barrister such as myself.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Would you not prefer King's Counsel?
0:48:41 > 0:48:45On the side of the prosecution?
0:48:45 > 0:48:48I fear you think yourself dreaming. Pinch me.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50I am real, sir.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53This sweetmeat I am offered.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55What price am I to pay for it?
0:48:57 > 0:49:00I will not desert my client and let him swing!
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Please, do me some justice, William.
0:49:03 > 0:49:09The jury will decide Mr Hamer's fate. The subject discussed is YOUR future.
0:49:09 > 0:49:14And as King's Counsel, you would have the ear of the most powerful in Government.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17None better placed to oversee reforms.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24I appreciate you will have need to consider.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30So I wait respectfully on your answer.
0:49:50 > 0:49:56Yes, I will endeavour to arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister as early as possible.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58Thank you, sir.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Lady Hill, Sir Arthur.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04I was beginning to fear you might miss the final act.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07We are intent on enjoying it together.
0:50:07 > 0:50:15In spite of Mr Lynam's difficulties in court yesterday, I think we shall see Mr Garrow today possess his own.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19- You mean, sir?- I have offered Mr Garrow King's Counsel.
0:50:19 > 0:50:24So, now we will see what a man might do for principle and what for glory.
0:50:34 > 0:50:41And the witness, Mr Lynam, let us not forget,
0:50:41 > 0:50:45was investigating high treason.
0:50:45 > 0:50:51And Mr Lynam, like all the witnesses called, is a man of courage, of principle.
0:50:51 > 0:50:59- A man...- Who spies on his friends! - A man who put the security of his country before his own safety!
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Gentlemen...
0:51:07 > 0:51:10now comes your judgement.
0:51:10 > 0:51:20The object of every verdict is that the country sees public justice take its fair course.
0:51:23 > 0:51:29I trust this task in your hands.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41My Lords. Gentlemen of the jury.
0:51:43 > 0:51:49Many say of this trial that Government oversteps its role in the lives of its citizens.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Mr Garrow?
0:52:11 > 0:52:13Are you ill?
0:52:20 > 0:52:23No. The answer is no.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29I fear something sticks in my throat.
0:52:38 > 0:52:39Mr Garrow?
0:53:10 > 0:53:12Mr Garrow?
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Are you revived?
0:53:19 > 0:53:21I am, my Lord.
0:53:22 > 0:53:27Gentlemen of the jury. When we speak of liberty, we speak of the liberty
0:53:27 > 0:53:32of thought and speech and action that every Englishman was born with.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36It is not a thing granted him by the King and his counsellors.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40And not to be taken from him by those counsellors.
0:53:42 > 0:53:43It must not be taken from him.
0:53:47 > 0:53:51Beware the role that this trial will play in the history of our nation.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Be aware that if prosecution have their way,
0:53:53 > 0:53:57each one of you will be seen as criminal first, citizen second.
0:53:57 > 0:54:02Be aware that powers ceded to Government in times of fear are rarely removed from statute.
0:54:02 > 0:54:08The power of the Government to arrest and imprison a man without charge.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12This removal of his right to know what he is accused of,
0:54:12 > 0:54:16if it achieves its aim today, be sure it will stay.
0:54:16 > 0:54:21Be aware that if this imperfect trial finds this man guilty,
0:54:21 > 0:54:25800 more will be given the same unjust treatment.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29Eight hundred, whose names are on this list.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31My Lord, I must object to this
0:54:31 > 0:54:36- and demand Mr Garrow reveal where he obtained this secret document! - It is of no matter, my Lord.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43Although it is good fortune, for the Government and its secret committees,
0:54:43 > 0:54:44that it fell into my safe hands.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50Eight hundred warrants for the arrest of innocent men
0:54:50 > 0:54:53assumed to be guilty.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56Some of those named are in this court today.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00I see names here of those in the public gallery.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05Names of others on the lawyers' bench.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09I even see my own name among them.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13There is even the name of one sat before me in the jury.
0:55:18 > 0:55:19Be aware
0:55:19 > 0:55:27that if you send this man to the gallows today, you should be prepared to follow him tomorrow.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31I trust in God you will give your verdict of acquittal for the prisoner.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Jurymen, consider your verdict.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14- You have reached a verdict?- We have.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18How do you find the prisoner, guilty or not guilty?
0:56:18 > 0:56:22- Not guilty. - SHOUTING
0:56:22 > 0:56:23My fellow Englishmen!
0:56:29 > 0:56:32The prisoner must be discharged.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35CHEERING
0:57:24 > 0:57:26You wish to change the law?
0:57:26 > 0:57:32Well, you have made a mortal enemy of the Attorney General, so there is some progress.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35I no longer make an enemy of you, at least.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37Of course not.
0:57:37 > 0:57:41I fear you shall find trouble enough.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44WE shall find it, Mr Southouse.
0:57:44 > 0:57:45We.
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