The Trial

perhaps even hangmen. 750 00:39:48,376 --> 00:39:50,043 I notice that all of you are wearing the same badge. 751 00:39:50,210 --> 00:39:53,210 So is every damn one of you here is an official of some kind. 752 00:39:53,376 --> 00:39:54,751 That means you've all come rushing in here 753 00:39:54,918 --> 00:39:56,918 to listen to nose out what you can about me. 754 00:39:57,085 --> 00:39:59,210 Half of you clap, it was just to lead me on. 755 00:39:59,376 --> 00:40:00,918 Get out of my way. 756 00:40:01,710 --> 00:40:04,710 Maybe you wanted some practise in fooling an innocent man. 757 00:40:04,876 --> 00:40:06,835 Perhaps you found some amusement in the fact 758 00:40:07,001 --> 00:40:09,335 that I seriously expected you to be interested in justice. 759 00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:11,668 One moment. 760 00:40:12,001 --> 00:40:14,960 I only wish to point out that tonight you have thrown away 761 00:40:15,126 --> 00:40:16,043 with your own hand 762 00:40:16,210 --> 00:40:21,585 all the advantages which an interrogation invariably converts on an accused man. 763 00:40:21,751 --> 00:40:23,085 Just you wait. 764 00:41:21,918 --> 00:41:22,918 Sir... 765 00:41:23,585 --> 00:41:24,501 What are you doing here? 766 00:41:24,668 --> 00:41:25,585 We're gonna get flogged. 767 00:41:27,835 --> 00:41:28,918 - You're what? - We're gonna be beat. 768 00:41:29,085 --> 00:41:30,501 - It's all because of you mister. - Yeah, yeah. 769 00:41:30,668 --> 00:41:32,126 - Hey, why... - It's all your fault mister... 770 00:41:32,293 --> 00:41:33,626 You caused that thing about us to the authorities. 771 00:41:33,793 --> 00:41:35,251 You accused us of corruption. 772 00:41:35,668 --> 00:41:37,210 You lodged a complaint. 773 00:41:37,626 --> 00:41:39,710 I only mentioned it to the inspector. 774 00:41:39,876 --> 00:41:41,585 And to the examining magistrate. 775 00:41:41,751 --> 00:41:42,376 Let's get on with it. 776 00:41:42,543 --> 00:41:44,168 You accused us of soliciting for bribes. 777 00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:45,376 Well you're not exactly innocent... 778 00:41:45,543 --> 00:41:46,835 If you knew what kinda money we're expected to live on 779 00:41:47,001 --> 00:41:47,918 you wouldn't be so hard on us. 780 00:41:48,335 --> 00:41:50,501 I've got a family to feed. Frank here wants to get married. 781 00:41:50,668 --> 00:41:52,501 Anyways, it's the custom for the arresting officers 782 00:41:52,668 --> 00:41:53,835 to get the prisoner's body linen. 783 00:41:54,001 --> 00:41:56,585 What difference can a few shirts make to anybody? 784 00:41:56,751 --> 00:41:57,668 - Once he's arrested... - Nothing 785 00:41:57,835 --> 00:42:01,043 Nothing at all but still you had to go ahead and denounce us. 786 00:42:01,210 --> 00:42:04,335 Well it wasn't anything personal I was just defending a principle. 787 00:42:04,501 --> 00:42:05,543 Didn't I tell you? 788 00:42:05,710 --> 00:42:06,460 I told you the gentleman... 789 00:42:14,210 --> 00:42:17,793 If it wasn't for them shirts and... before he had found out about it. 790 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,918 And nothing would have happened if you hadn't gone ahead and denounced it. 791 00:42:21,335 --> 00:42:22,626 It's because of you that we're punished. 792 00:42:23,668 --> 00:42:25,376 What kind of justice do you call that? 793 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:26,710 We've all got clean records, 794 00:42:26,876 --> 00:42:28,043 me especially. 795 00:42:29,210 --> 00:42:31,835 Take him for instance, if anybody ever'd lodged a complaint against him 796 00:42:32,001 --> 00:42:33,293 you think he'd be where he is now? 797 00:42:33,460 --> 00:42:35,418 - Come on let's get on with it. - ...how painful it is... 798 00:42:35,585 --> 00:42:36,543 You too, strip. 799 00:42:36,710 --> 00:42:39,043 We even have to take off our clothes. 800 00:42:39,710 --> 00:42:41,751 - Look. - What do you want? 801 00:42:41,918 --> 00:42:45,210 If you could see your way through to letting him off just this once, 802 00:42:45,376 --> 00:42:46,293 I'd certainly appreciate it. 803 00:42:46,460 --> 00:42:47,876 - What are you trying to do? - Nothing. 804 00:42:48,043 --> 00:42:49,626 You plan to lodge a complaint against me? 805 00:42:49,793 --> 00:42:51,418 No, I haven't lodged any complaint. 806 00:42:51,585 --> 00:42:54,210 Why if I wanted those men to be punished I'd... 807 00:42:54,376 --> 00:42:56,460 I could just leave right now and close the door 808 00:42:56,626 --> 00:42:59,210 and close my eyes and ears and forget about the whole thing. 809 00:42:59,376 --> 00:43:00,668 But I don't think they should be punished. 810 00:43:00,835 --> 00:43:01,585 They're not to blame. 811 00:43:01,751 --> 00:43:03,876 It's the people above them that should be punished. 812 00:43:04,043 --> 00:43:05,835 The authorities, the whole