Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series)
Trial at Tablerock (1962)
Richard Boone: Paladin
Quotes
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[last lines]
Paladin : Now, on the contempt charge against the prosecutor, I'd appreciate it if you'd fine him exactly one thousand dollars.
Judge Bryant : Are you charging us for killing Beech?
Paladin : No sir, for defending him.
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Paladin : Mr Adams, you have made a serious mistake, I am not an executioner.
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Paladin : Sir, this will be a legally constituted court, won't it?
Judge Bryant : Tablerock District Territorial Circuit Court. Informal but legal.
Paladin : Are you aware, sir, that the murder charges against the defendant are completely fraudulent?
Judge Bryant : I'm a believer in reason and law. I felt the same way once. Until the good citizens of my home state impeached me for actually dispensing justice, logically and lawfully
Paladin : And what does his Honour believe in now?
Judge Bryant : What every honest man ultimately admits, my belly full, my skin intact.
Paladin : Reason and law.
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Paladin : Now it is a remarkable facet of our system of jurisprudence. We take a perfectly ordinary chair, just like that one there, we put a supposed thoroughbred in it, and he immediately betrays himself by braying like a jackass.
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Paladin : If it please the court, may I call your attention to the fact that defence has no counsel.
Judge Bryant : $25 fine for interrupting the proceedings.
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District Prosecutor Adams : All we need is one person to corroborate the Sherif's testimony.
Paladin : You mean, tell the same story?
District Prosecutor Adams : I don't need your help!
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Judge Bryant : Mr Paladin, this is not an elocution platform. The purpose of a trial is simply to determine whether or not the defendant is guilty.
Paladin : Yes, sir, your Honour. And any other reason for holding a trial would be hypocrisy. I apologise for wasting the court's time on a matter so obvious.