Chapter III: Magistrates' Courts
On Monday, 3 April 2000, at 2 p.m. in the District Court of Boston, the routine trial was underway.
As the district court of the capital of Massachusetts, the Boston District Court has a very heavy trial task, and many large and small criminal and civil cases must be heard in a short period of time.
One of the busiest is the Magistrate's Court, where 80 per cent of cases are heard and decided directly by the magistrate of the Magistrate's Court.
In the course of three hours a morning, Magistrate Marshall, who sat at the top of the courtroom but was dressed in civilian clothes, handled 50 cases, an average of four minutes to complete a case.
The court was adjourned for two hours at noon and reconvened at two o'clock.
Every afternoon, some relatively serious criminal cases will be heard, instead of the very minor public order cases such as drunk driving and noisy in the middle of the night.
For this reason, Marshall, who had been a little sleepy after a busy morning, had to cheer up.
"Magistrate's Court No. 2 of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts is now in session, and all those present here are invited to participate in the trial of the law with all their hearts, and to make a fair judgment, God bless. Trial. Marshall officially announced the opening of the trial, and as the criminal case began, prosecutors began to appear at the scene of the afternoon trial.
The first case in the afternoon was a minor law and order case, on the night of April 1, at a nightclub near Boston's North Shore Garden Arena, a drunk man went crazy and injured several people, causing damage to the nightclub's property.
Drunks are not uncommon and happen every day on the streets of Boston, especially in Boston's chaotic South End.
However, there are two more notable points in this case, one is that the drunk man is an amateur boxer, and he is unstoppable in the nightclub that night, and five people, including the nightclub security guard and a professional basketball player, are not his opponents.
The second is that the drunk man sobered up soon after the police arrived, and obediently lay on the ground and restrained his hands without making the slightest resistance, and the tear gas carried by the Boston police when he heard the news did not play a role.
"Fox Leon, what explanation do you have for your actions in the early hours of April 1 when you injured five people at the 'World's Best' nightclub, damaged the nightclub's tables, chairs, and coffee tables, and caused $3,900 worth of property damage?" Judge Marshall asked, looking at the suspect who had been brought into court.
Standing in the dock is Fox Leon, that is, Fan Chen, this is the third day he has come to this time and space, this body.
On the first day, the night of April 1, after knocking out Mark Willis and others and fleeing the bar, he quickly took the subway to Boston's North Side, ordered three cocktails at a nightclub, and then got into a physical altercation with the bartender and bar security for not wanting to pay.
After having a strong body, Fan Chen used his superior consciousness to easily solve them, and also accidentally injured a big black man who wanted to fight - it is said to be a player from the NBA Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves played a regular season game in Boston that night, and it looked like he was going to the bar near the arena after the game, but he was blown away.
After being arrested by the police, Fox Leon spent two days in the police station, refused the defense lawyer assigned to him by the police, and was put in the dock on April 3, three days faster than Fan Chen himself expected.
At this time, Fox Leon's right eye was still a little red and swollen, but he could already open it, and he still took care of himself very clean during the two days he was in the police station. His black curly hair drooped naturally, his beard was shaved thoroughly, and his eyes were covered with a towel soaked in cold water, so he stood in the dock like a mixed-race beautiful man.
Hearing the judge's questioning, Leon seemed very comfortable, without a nervous look, obviously the atmosphere of the magistrate's court was not oppressive, especially the magistrate's casual dress, which made the atmosphere in the trial much more relaxed.
He looked at Judge Marshall, who was sitting on it, and thought to himself: "Around 65 years old, Anglo-Saxon, blond hair, somewhat sparse yellow, but very strong body, broad shoulders, a little tired face, should be very tired, but the body still sits very straight, should have been a policeman or served in the military in the past." His eyes were not very bright, and his concentration was not very concentrated, as if he was looking through the file of the next case...... Well, I don't think I'm going to get to the bottom of it or notice anything. ”
In just two or three seconds, Leon saw the magistrate's demeanor and actions clearly, and concluded that this trial would end hastily, so he brought up the argument that had been prepared a long time ago.
"I drank some wine that night, but I didn't realize that I didn't have any money, I drank a lot of alcohol, I was a little dizzy after three drinks, and the bartender didn't have a good attitude when he asked me for money, so I hit him, and then I beat everyone who rushed up and broke something. I am sorry and I am willing to bear the legal responsibility for this. Leon looked at the judge calmly and pleaded guilty.
After crossing over to this body, Fan Chen also quickly received Fox Leon's language skills, and spoke English with an egg-wrenching Boston accent.
Leon's above words have been prepared for more than a day in the police station, including his confession in the face of police interrogation, and his purpose in doing this is very simple, that is, to be able to escape from the Irish gang in the South Side in prison.
Although this is not a good idea, it is already a better strategy that can be thought of temporarily for Fan Chen, who has just traveled to this body and time and space, according to Leon's memory, Frank and the Irish gang are cruel, and Fox Leon himself Although he grew up in Boston, he has no one to rely on except his adoptive parents.
Since embarking on the road of fake boxing and gambling, Leon has also severed his relationship with his adoptive parents, and has completely become a bastard who wanders the streets and eats on his body. Relying on his strong body and good-looking face, Leon has a lot of dewy lovers, but there is none of them in Leon's memory bank that can help in this situation.
So Fan Chen had no choice but to make this decision, create a public order case, and let himself go to prison for a few months, at least in Boston, the Irish Gang did not dare to kill people in prison - although there were many children of the Irish Gang in prison.
With Fox Leon pleading guilty, the trial went smoothly, the judge didn't get to the bottom of it, didn't ask some contradictory details of the case, and Leon's assault on the trio at another bar was not revealed at all.
The trial lasted only a few minutes, and there was no back-and-forth, tense statements from the prosecution and defense, witness testimony, or jury deliberations, and the prosecutor did not say much, just sat on the sidelines and sorted out the documents.
Although Leon injured many people on the night of the 1st, the security guard of the "world's best" nightclub who was injured by him only had minor abrasions and bruises on his body, but it was the professional player who was accidentally injured and had his jaw dislocated, and he will also miss the following games.
Soon, the case entered the sentencing stage.
"Fox Leon, punching someone in the 'World's Best' bar for being drunk, abusing the force you have to hurt someone is not only a violation of the law in law, but also a sign of morality that is rude, irresponsible, and Fox Leon himself confessed to this crime. After the trial of this Tribunal, finding that the facts of Fox Leon's crime were clear and there was no objection, the following verdict was made in accordance with the case of drunken brawl in Massachusetts Case Review, Book III, Chapter 6, Article 35, and Federal Sheriff Rule 789: Fox Leon, sentenced to three months in prison for wounding while intoxicated, with an additional 100 hours of community service ............."
In this way, Fan Chen, who inexplicably traveled to an American in 2000, got into two fights in a bar, one in a nightclub, and after a day in the police station, he would spend another two months in prison.
And until now, Fan Chen is still confused about his chaotic life and chaotic future, after all, he can't remember the events of the previous life.
But he was still very, very calm, nodded with satisfaction after listening to the verdict, and followed the bailiff out of the courtroom, ready to go to the place of execution.
The first plan after coming to this plane was successfully realized.