The Hermit of Turkey Hollow: The Story of an Alibi, Being an Exploit of Ephraim Tutt, Attorney & Counselor at LawCharles Scribner's Sons, 1921 - 207 páginas In this novel, Mr. Tutt defends a feeble-minded youth in upstate New York who is charged with murder. |
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... client ? Could he ' even appear against him as a witness ? Might not the half - wit , indeed , have had murder in his mind . that very morning when he had asked him if " any- thing ever really died ? " The squire's hopes wilted at the ...
... client ? Could he ' even appear against him as a witness ? Might not the half - wit , indeed , have had murder in his mind . that very morning when he had asked him if " any- thing ever really died ? " The squire's hopes wilted at the ...
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... client has to say for himself , and then I'll go up a couple of days before and examine the witnesses personally -I'll have the time of my life . " " Yes ! And incidentally you'll waste a week or ten days and end by paying all the ...
... client has to say for himself , and then I'll go up a couple of days before and examine the witnesses personally -I'll have the time of my life . " " Yes ! And incidentally you'll waste a week or ten days and end by paying all the ...
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... client ? " " Your client is a childish nut , " responded Mr. Doon , " who devotes his life to trying to find the pots of kale at the twin bases of the rainbow's arc . From my casual observation I should infer that he was a trifle less ...
... client ? " " Your client is a childish nut , " responded Mr. Doon , " who devotes his life to trying to find the pots of kale at the twin bases of the rainbow's arc . From my casual observation I should infer that he was a trifle less ...
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... client . " " H'h ! " mused Mr. Tutt . " How about the sheriff ? " Bonnie grinned , as with meticulous elegance he removed a cigarette from a golden case bearing his initials set in diamonds . " He's playing the constable in a b'gosh ...
... client . " " H'h ! " mused Mr. Tutt . " How about the sheriff ? " Bonnie grinned , as with meticulous elegance he removed a cigarette from a golden case bearing his initials set in diamonds . " He's playing the constable in a b'gosh ...
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... client fired the shot that killed the hermit and it took the witness three minutes to reach the shanty and - say - a couple of minutes more to look around there - then the defendant must have increased his five minute start to fifteen ...
... client fired the shot that killed the hermit and it took the witness three minutes to reach the shanty and - say - a couple of minutes more to look around there - then the defendant must have increased his five minute start to fifteen ...
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Abyssinian afternoon ain't alibi answered the sheriff asked Bonnie buggy called Camels of King chair client Colson's colt conviction court house court room cross-examination crowd defendant district attorney door Emerson evidence eyes fact feet feller flivver foreman four o'clock goin gold pieces gone gray moth half hand heard Hermit of Turkey hermit's clock hermit's shanty Heze Hezekiah honor hour hundred dollars James Hawkins Judge Tompkins killed the hermit King Menelik knew Lizzie looked lumberman miles Mohawk Mohawk Valley murder never never can tell night nuthin old lawyer Orient Mills Pennypacker Phoenix House photograph pocket Pottsville prosecutor rainbow replied retorted returned road Sacred Camels Sheriff Higgins shot Skinny the Tramp Skinny's Somerset Corners Somerset County Squire Mason stogies stopped sure tell testimony thing tion Toggery Bill took trial truth Turkey Hollow turned Tutt Tutt's What's window witness woods
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Página 146 - The laws o' th' land, that were intended 355 To keep it out, are made defend it. Does not in Chanc'ry ev'ry man swear What makes best for him in his answer? Is not the winding up witnesses And nicking more than half the...