Chapter 9: Reversal! The fox's tail is exposed!
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"Not bad." Neely Johnson took all of this in his eyes and, to be honest, if he wasn't the defendant's lawyer, he would have even applauded.
The prosecutor was William T. Wallace, an old friend of Neely Johnson, and they often drank and rode together.
Could it be that Johnson will be out of friendship...... NONONO, Johnson is preparing to put on a good show and have a Jedi counterattack!
"......" Li Mengyang In fact, he knew that he was afraid that he was going to be hanged, and now he just cut off his hope, and there are many people who have the same idea as him, basically, the people in San Francisco City City Square now think so.
Li Mengyang, you are dead!
"Your Excellency, I would like to bring one witness to Mr. Smith, a medical examiner at the San Francisco Police Department."
"Yes."
The Smith came up, but at first glance this guy didn't look like a doctor, he was an old man, dressed very scruffily, but like a butcher.
yes, do you still have too high requirements for the doctors in the police station these days? They are not responsible for healing.
"Mr. Smith, may I ask what was the cause of Officer Slade's death?"
"Hah! This is the funniest thing I've ever seen, Slade drank so much that he wanted to throw up, but he didn't, and what's even more interesting was that he suddenly lost consciousness after that. You know, I don't know why about that......"
The medical conditions of this era are at this level, and doctors know almost nothing about what is going on in the brain. However, Li Mengyang knew a little reason, because the trick he made at that time was the word 'shock', not to break Slade's jaw, but to stun him.
In fact, the principle is very simple, that is, the hook position of the mandible is very close to the human brain, and the strength is well controlled, and the opponent is easy to faint. In this way, Slade's jaw was not broken, and there was no too obvious scar, and Smith was not a powerful doctor, so he naturally couldn't find out the cause.
This is the magic of 'tearing you dead on an empty stomach', you foreign devils know a fart!
“…… When I cut Slade's trachea with a knife, Fake, a lot of wine squirted out, hahaha, he drowned in the wine he drank, hahaha......" The old man laughed as he spoke, as if he were telling a joke.
The laughter of "......" sent chills down the hearts of all the onlookers in San Francisco. Many people even think that even if Lao Tzu dies in the future, he will not fall into the hands of you old man if he feeds the dog in the wild.
"So what can be a coincidence...... Johnson continued, but Smith rushed to speak.
"I'll tell you for you, the guy who killed Slade must be a man who was favored by God, and he was so lucky. Judging from my experience, if you want to kill someone, there is no need to make so many coincidences, this guy Slade is afraid that he has done too many bad things, so God let him go to hell. ”
"So, Officer Slade is not a good person?"
"That's a crumb! Mad dog! I didn't see him enforce the law, but people were often beaten by this guy, and the prostitutes in the tavern didn't do his business. ”
As soon as the old man Smith's words fell, a soprano burst out in the crowd.
"Slade, this bastard, the old lady won't give money! It's cheap to go to hell! ”
“OHOOH!”
"Hahaha...... "Those who know how can see that this should be the famous flower Stacy in Old Sean's Tavern."
"Don't keep women's morals!" The Chinese workers all reprimanded in their hearts, especially Huang Rong.
However, Li Mengyang saw the doorway, and his defense lawyer was really defending himself. It reminded him of the first time he met this guy named Johnson......
"I'm your defense lawyer now, but don't get me wrong, in my eyes, your life is not as good as a pig, but I will defend the spirit of American law!"
This person definitely has a special skill in pretending to be B!
I didn't even think of what to say, Johnson just walked away, and Li Mengyang didn't even get a chance to scold him.
Li Mengyang didn't think that this Johnson was lying at that time, but now, why is he defending himself so hard?
Immediately afterward, Neely Johnson found several more witnesses to appear in court.
"This guy always buys potatoes from me, very hateful guy, it's hard for me to take advantage of a Chinese worker......"
“…… Nice guy, he tells funny jokes...... He's a good guy. ”
One witness after another, they don't seem to have anything to do with this case.
"Your Excellency, the defense attorney is clearly wasting our time." Prosecutor Wallace couldn't sit still, and he jumped out first to object.
"Your Excellency, I've finished asking, and I'll be able to give my reasons now." Neely Johnson looked very personable.
"Okay, you can say it." A lot of people are confused, and the judge has more water on his head.
Johnson is very capable of pretending, and I saw that he also posed as a POSE, and said: "From the testimony of these witnesses above, it is not difficult for us to see that the defendant in front of us, he can't be said to be a bad person, right?" ”
"......" was silent in the audience, as if that was the case.
"So what does it matter?" For this lawsuit, Wallace is also very well prepared.
"It's related!" Johnson's posture changed, and then he said loudly: "And the victim Officer Slade, this guy is a complete villain, which can completely confirm the police record, he was ready to commit violence against that Chinese girl, and at the same time, our medical examiner also provided us with important clues, this person!" ”
Johnson pointed at Li Mengyang, "He didn't subjectively want to kill Slade, Slade's death was a coincidence, and it wasn't even caused by this Chinese worker!" ”
And it's a crime deterrent, then......
Li Mengyang has already seen this Johnson's methods, he is an indirect witness to sue the jury, his defendant is a good person, and the one who was killed is a bastard, as for these indirect witnesses, they are all traders related to the Golden Scale Pavilion, it seems that this Johnson has put in a lot of effort, at least now it has been confirmed that he is worthy of sympathy.
This can affect the jury, but is that enough?
"......" Some members of the jury shook their heads, you know, the murderer in front of him is a Chinese worker, and the Chinese worker is a bastard who steals the white man's job, and they are no less guilty than Slade, right?
"Hang him!"
"Hang him!"
At this time, what is even more unfavorable to Li Mengyang is the public trial, the crowd is excited, at least half of the people in California are here, what kind of good feelings can they have towards Chinese workers?
The jury is just ordinary people, and they may not be influenced by public opinion?!
It seems that the flame that has just emerged with a little hope is about to be crushed!
"Hahaha......" At this time, Johnson laughed, and then he said to the judge very confidently: "Your Excellency, I have another important piece of evidence here!" ”
It was a letter......
“…… Texas Ranger Slade, killed in 1853! ”
The letter was short, but the meaning was ...... And it was William T. Wallace who read the letter, and of course, it was John Neeley Johnson's request that the opponent read out the evidence that was most favorable to him, and this guy was really too good at pretending to be B.
After the "......" letter was read, that is, in a matter of seconds, the entire San Francisco Municipal Square became silent!
Needless to explain, everyone can understand that the real Slade has died a long time ago, and the villain who is dying now is either a robber or a murderer, maybe he killed the real Slade.
The current western United States is very chaotic, and the Rangers and police officers basically overlap in their duties, such as Texas. And the gold diggers know what a blessing it is to come to California by land, a strange place in California, with gold and silver, but surrounded by mountains and deserts. In the Mexican-American War that year, the U.S. troops came by boat, and they had to get off the ship in Panama and then go west to change ships, and it is said that they vomited very badly.
The current situation is a little better, at least there is a mail route, but if Washington goes to California, a letter will take more than 40 days, but fortunately, our letter only needs to go from Texas to California, but it took more than 20 days to climb mountains and deserts along the way.
Why did you wait almost a month for a public trial? The answer has already been revealed.
California's objective conditions make it easy to impersonate a police officer, and when a guy wearing a police badge appears at the door of any police station in California, do you give him a warm welcome, or do you spend a few dollars and wait at least 20 days to investigate his identity and background?
The answer is obvious, so what should we do with this Chinese worker now?
He could even be said to have avenged Slade.
"Twist...... "......Someone still wanted to shout slogans, but such people were immediately looked at by others.
At this time, if you shout to hang that Chinese worker again, it will be too embarrassing, right?
"Citizens of California!" At this moment, Johnson, who is very good at pretending to be X, spoke loudly, almost like a speech, "I'm just like you, I hate Chinese workers very much, they are a bunch of maggots who rob us of our work!" I can't be more disgusted! But here, above this court, we must defend the justice and solemnity of the law! Now all the facts are telling us that the Chinese worker in front of us may have killed someone by mistake, but the person he died to protect others is probably a criminal! We should acquit this Chinese worker! ”
"Shhhh
"Not guilty! In the clear! ”
Some people booed, some people shouted innocence, but soon, the boos disappeared, and the people at this time had already decided that this Chinese worker should be innocent.
The momentum is getting louder and louder, and this effect is ...... Johnson pressed his hands and signaled quiet, don't say it, the people in the municipal square are really quiet.
At this point, Neely Johnson seems to have taken control of the feelings of the entire Californian people!
"Citizens! Today's trial, the final result, no matter what, I want to tell you one thing. That is, according to the existing law, we cannot stop more Chinese workers from stealing our jobs! I'm sure everyone feels this, so what do we do? Citizens! The California general election is just around the corner, and I, John Neely Johnson, will be in this election! I'm here to swear to God! If I am elected governor, I will use my life's strength to push through stronger and stronger bills to stop Chinese workers from stealing our jobs! ”
“OHOOH! WOO! ”
"Great!"
"Johnson! Johnson! Johnson! ”
As soon as Johnson's speech ended, the crowd in the entire Municipal Square was boiling, and they chanted Johnson's name with an astonishing momentum!
John Neeley Johnson later wrote in his autobiography: "...... August 3, 1855 is a day that should go down in history forever, and what I regret most is that when I was governor, I forgot to push for legislation and turned this day into John Neeley Johnson Day! On this day, I am the king of California! ”
Johnson got what he wanted, and Lee Mengyang didn't seem to have to go to the gallows.