Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Vulnerabilities are different from loopholes

The court took a break for a while. Derek pushed aside the crowd in the auditorium, and quickly came to Mason.At this time, the security police entered the courtroom with half a dozen newspapers.He runs to Prosecutor Borg's seat and hands him a newspaper. The prosecutor anxiously opened the newspaper and read it. Mason glanced at the prosecutor from time to time and asked Drake, "How is it?" "A fiasco. Please read the newspaper." "Stupid. I'd rather know why you failed at work." "Following your order, I flew to the city of Rina. When I arrived, I went to the post office to inquire, and a telegram from Secretary Tina had arrived, informing me of the apartment of the woman to whom I sent the divorce papers. I put the telegram in my pocket, I went to the hotel to book a room, took off my clothes and went into the bathroom. But when I got dressed after taking a shower, I suddenly found that the telegram in my pocket was missing. It seems that the police have been following me since I arrived in Rina .”

"So the attendant who came in when you were in the bath was a police agent." "There is no doubt about it. Later, when I went to the apartment where the woman lived, I asked her if she was Hazel Chalmaz, and the woman replied blankly, 'No.' I watched her closely and thought she was very beautiful. Like a murderer, Hazel Henwick. So I pulled the papers out of my pocket, and the woman immediately said, as if reciting lines: 'My name is Therma Babbins. But if you send it to Hazel Henwick Ke or Hazel Bashard, or Hazel Chamaz's papers, I'll take them.' Although I thought she was a little weird, I handed the papers to her as I was told. At this moment, the opposite The door suddenly opened, and several criminal policemen surrounded me and the woman. The criminal policemen left me in the corridor, pushed the woman into the room, and roughly interrogated me."

After Detective Drake finished speaking, Mason frowned and slowly opened the newspaper.The two-line headline immediately jumps people's eyes: Unaccounted for witnesses found in Rena city Famous lawyer Mason suspected of helping his escape At this time, the Borg Procuratorate walked up to Mason with a cold sneer on his face, looking like a cat playing with a mouse. "Attorney Mason, due to very serious circumstances, if you have no objection, the trial will be adjourned to tomorrow." "What major situation happened?" Mason asked calmly. "The sole witness to the Bashad murder case, Haile Henvik, was found in the city of Rina."

"Hey, so she has come to the court?" Mason pretended not to know. Prosecutor Borg was angry and said, "You know that woman is hiding in Lina City better than anyone else." Mason snorted coldly. At this moment, the adjournment ended and the court resumed.Prosecutor Borg shouted loudly, "Culmer come out." "Your profession?" asked the inspector. "Mr. Bashad's secretary. I worked there three years ago." "You know Mrs. Sylvia Bashard, the defendant, well?" "Of course. She's Mr. Bashard's wife, so I know her very well."

"What did Mrs. Bashard ask you about her husband's life insurance?" "Three days before Mr. Bashad was killed, my wife called me and asked me if I knew how much life insurance her husband had paid for." "Mrs. Bashad was very concerned about her husband's life insurance a long time ago. In this way, it can be considered that she killed her husband for the insurance money." Prosecutor Bosen said maliciously, leaning towards Mrs. Bashad in the dock. Lawyer Mason responded quickly and said loudly: "Judge, I have an objection—the prosecutor's statement just now was not a serious inquiry, but an absurd imagination—please cancel his statement." The presiding judge nodded and said: "The objection Approved."

"I'm sorry, presiding judge." Prosecutor Borg apologized honestly, but with a smug smile on his lips, he continued to ask questions. "Then next question. Do you know Burnett?" "Yes. I have seen him come to Mrs. Bashard." "Did you see him the night of the murder?" "I saw him running out of the office." "Did you say hello to him?" "No. But when I passed the streetlights, his face was well lit, so I knew it was him." "What did you do after that?" "I went into the office and saw Mrs. Bashard and her son Dick in the anteroom, looking very agitated. I vaguely caught a glimpse of a person lying on the sofa in the corner. 'What's the matter, madam? Is something wrong?" I asked. Mrs. Bashad pushed me out of the door and said, "There is nothing to worry about. You can go back to your room." So I went back to the room on the second floor."

Kulmer answered fluently.Prosecutor Borg smiled confidently at Mason. Mason stood up slowly at this moment, and walked to Kulmer. "Later, when the police came to investigate, you were called to the office again. Did you see Mr. Bashad's body?" "right." "It is said that the young woman lying on the sofa saw the murderer coming out of the office inside. If she sees the murderer again, she can clearly identify the murderer. Did you hear this from anyone?" "I heard from Constable Holcomb that there was such a witness." "I heard that when the murderer escaped, the reception room where the woman was was not turned on, and it was very dark. But because the light came through the door glass of the office, when she tore off the murderer's black mask, she could see the murderer's face clearly. There are these words Bar?"

"Yes, I've heard that too." "I heard that the murderer couldn't see the woman's face because her back was facing the light from the door?" "I heard..." Kulmer replied hesitantly in a low voice. "Witness Kulmer, assuming the murderer wore a mask, can it be considered that he was trying to hide his face?" "I think so." "However, the murderer made two holes in the black mask, deliberately making it impossible for people to see that he is a one-eyed man. Don't you think the murderer is strange when you hear this?"

"This, I'm not sure." "One more question. The murderer wrapped the pistol in a blanket to cover up the sound of the gunshot, but how could it be possible to walk into the manager's room with the blanket between them, approach Mr. Bashad and shoot without arousing his suspicion?" "I think that's impossible. Mr. Bashad is very careful." "Nevertheless, he put up little resistance and was killed without even drawing the gun in his pocket. Is that so?" Mason asked questions like a cannonball, and suddenly, there was a commotion behind the overcrowded auditorium.

"We're the police! Get out of the way!" said the yeller, Officer Holcomb. The presiding judge frowned, and hurriedly knocked on the gavel, "Silence! No matter if it's the police or anyone else, making noise will be punished as insulting the court, and the court is in trial." "Judge, I have a request." Prosecutor Borg stood up in time, with a resolute and decisive tone. "Mr. Judge, Officer Holcomb has now brought in a most important new witness. I want to question this new witness. Doing so will immediately prove that the defendant Burnett is the murderer. Therefore, Kulmer who is now on the witness stand It is no longer necessary. Please order him to retire."

But Mason said decisively not to be outdone: "I express my objection. I am now asking Kulmer's witness. It is very inappropriate to arbitrarily suspend the questioning." Prosecutor Borg blushed and stared at Mason: "Judge, the new witness is a lady who is hostile to the prosecutor. She has been evading the police and hiding. The new witness is the one that the newspaper said A woman named Hazel Henwick." "Then Witness Kulmer can step back. Please send Heather Henwick to attend. Before that, take a five-minute break." After the presiding judge made a solemn announcement, he withdrew from the courtroom.