Afternoon, two o'clock, Courtroom No. 9.

The trial continued.

Due to a small episode at lunchtime, Peter was ordered to be barred from entering the courtroom.

But the courtroom was still crowded, and it didn't look deserted because there was one less person.

When Bob clears his throat and shouts in a deep voice, "Please all stand up, e.. Court Y.9 is now in session, presided by the Honourable Judge Brooklyn Lee. The courtroom quickly fell silent.

Brooklyn waved at everyone, sat down in the judge's seat, and began to 'roll call'.

The parties of the original defendant and the defendant were present, the lawyers of the plaintiff and the defendant were present, and the legal assistant of the defendant's remarks was present, but the paralegal of the plaintiff's remarks was absent.

Brooklyn glanced at the plaintiff's bench that had been vacated, and moved the mouse to make the computer screen bright—

His computer was set up by Bob in advance and started to boot up, which saved him a lot of effort in waiting for it to turn on.

Brooklyn didn't wait for Jason Bull, and after the roll call, he logged into the intranet, looked up and said in the direction of the defendant's dock, "Okay, you can get your witness No. 78 on the court." ”

The defendant's lawyer got up, and Ray and another bailiff led a woman into the courtroom.

After the oath was taken, the defendant's lawyer came to the witness stand.

"What is your job?"

Witness No. 78 replied, "I work for the Succubus Feast Company, and I am a bartender who is in charge of drinks for parties or banquets. ”

"It's like a bar." After a pause, he added.

"On the evening of April 25th, he commissioned the party held by the Succubus Banquet Company, did you attend?"

The defendant's lawyer said, turning back and pointing to Edward Norton in the dock.

No. 78 glanced at Edward Norton, and the party was in an apartment. April 25...... That day was our group. ”

"Your group? What do you mean? ”

"We are a team of different jobs such as set design, lighting, props, chefs, pastry chefs, bartenders, etc., and the work is distributed according to the team, and customers can also choose the team they are satisfied with or like."

"That means you have different teams, the big team is responsible for the big banquet, the small team is responsible for the small banquet, and the party he held on April 25th was your group's turn, right?" The defendant's lawyer asked.

"Yes." Number 78 paused and nodded slightly.

Just then, the opposite door opened, and Jason Bull rushed in breathlessly.

He moved forward against the wall as he made an apologetic gesture to Brooklyn.

Brooklyn didn't bother to talk to him, so he simply chose to ignore it.

"Our group was in charge of the party that day." Witness No. 78 withdrew his gaze and repeated the affirmation.

The defendant's lawyer nodded and continued to ask, "What are you mainly responsible for at the party?" ”

"Drink ......"

“obje！”

Jason Bull started 'expressing himself' as soon as he came back.

He stood up, pulled his tie, pointed at the defendant's lawyer, and said, "What's there to ask about this?" Are you stalling for time or pestering witnesses? ”

The defendant's lawyer only felt that Jason Bull was behaving inexplicably, and he even ignored Jason Bull directly, looked directly at the witness, and continued to ask questions.

"Did you see me at the party that night?"

"I've seen ......"

“obje！”

Jason Bull stood up again, his tie seemed uncomfortably tied, and he tugged at it as he spoke, "Your Excellency, he's wasting time and asking boring questions. ”

"I don't see what's boring," Brooklyn rolled her eyelids and motioned for the witness to answer the question.

"Yes, he threw the party, of course I did. He also came to me several times to ask for wine, and I was very impressed. ”

"What did he drink?" The defendant's lawyer asked.

"O......" Jason Bull had just gotten up when he was interrupted by Brooklyn "What do you want to oppose?" ”

Jason Bull unhurriedly pulled off his tie, simply untied it, and stuffed it into his bag, before saying, "The problem has nothing to do with Ben." ”

"He can prove that my client was drunk and doesn't remember what happened!" "This explains that my client, as the party initiator, did not notice what was happening at the party," the defendant's lawyer said. ”

"Even if he was drunk, would it prove that he didn't violate Orvis?" Jason Bull pointed to Edward Norton and asked, "Can't a drunk person violate someone?" ”

"You're doing useless work, and you're trying to use this meaningless information to impact valid information, so that everyone is confused by you."

After a pause, Jason Bull looked at Brooklyn with some grievances, "So Your Excellency, the defense has once again called for an invalid witness. They just turned the character witness into a bartender, and maybe a pastry chef, a chef, a dancer...... Wait. ”

"Oh, I think it was on their list of evidence."

"Pastry chef No. 79, dancer No. 80, scene setting No. 81. Tsk~"

"Is that what you plan to do?" Brooklyn asked with a serious expression.

In fact, this is not a serious problem, in the trial, when the two parties submit the list of evidence, it is not necessarily when the truth has been revealed - if the truth has really been revealed, it will not come to the court - in order to avoid omissions, there is no need to supplement the formalities later, both parties will often submit the people or things related to the documents.

This is also the reason why the list of evidence is often thick, with hundreds or even tens of thousands of serial numbers, but there are not so many rounds of cross-examination in the actual trial.

It's not a problem for the defense to fill in more people, the problem is Jason Bull's attitude.

He seemed very reluctant to testify against Witness 78 and a series of subsequent Succubus employees.

He wants to get people out of power as soon as possible!

But the defense did not have any non-compliance, and Brooklyn had no reason to kick people out.

"Not really, Your Excellency." The defendant's lawyer quickly explained, "He can prove that my client really didn't know what happened at the party, let alone why the victim ran out naked." He's drunk too much. ”

Although he is right, it is easier to violate others if he drinks too much, and he will not remember it yet. But there were so many people there at the time, it was impossible for all of them to drink too much. ”

"And there were succubus employees, they were there, why don't you ask them."

The reasons given by the defendant's lawyer were reasonable and sufficient.

Jason Bull sat down unwillingly.

Brooklyn nodded and motioned to continue.

"Uh...... He dried seventeen B-52 bombers in a row. ”

78 explained, "The B-52 bomber is a cocktail that is drunk by lighting the alcohol and smothering the flames and liquor in one gulp. The B-52 bomber has a very high alcohol content, and with the fact that you can instantly feel what it is to be cold and hot after taking a sip, most people can't drink seventeen glasses. He drank seventeen glasses and then fell drunk. ”

He gestured to the dock and said, "I remember he was lost in the lake when he drank his last few drinks, and on a few occasions he almost burned himself." ”

"What happened next?" The defendant's lawyer asked.

"Later he was carried away, I don't know, I'm a bartender, I need to serve guests." Witness 78 said.

"Did you see Orvis, then?" The defendant's lawyer asked again, "After he got drunk?" ”

"See." Witness No. 78 said, "Orvis was dancing at the time, and it was hot. ”

"Everyone in our group knows that Orvis looks innocent, but she's actually very good at playing, I've seen her in bars more than once, and other people have seen her in strip clubs......"

“obje！”

Jason Bull stood up and spoke out against "This is a humiliation of the victim!" ”

This is not actually humiliating, it is just the testimony of witnesses.

"Please watch your words." Brooklyn nodded in agreement with Jason's words and warned.

“ok。” Shrugging his shoulders and seeming helpless, the defendant's lawyer turned to the jury and said, "Obviously, my client is drunk, drunk to the point where he needs to be carried away." And when my client was carried away, the victim was still dancing, and she was fine. ”

"How could this be my client's doing?"

"Alright, I'm done."

He Langko staggered with the defendant's lawyer.

He came to the witness stand and looked at the witness carefully, until he saw that witness No. 78 was furious in his heart, and then he said, "Are you a bartender?" ”

"Yes." Number 78 nodded.

"Are you sure?" Trunco asked.

“obje！” The defendant's lawyer retaliated with a tooth for a tooth, not missing every small opportunity to interrupt the cross-examination, and immediately stood up against "pestering witnesses!" ”

"The opposition is valid." Brooklyn made a ruling: "Tranko, watch the measure. ”

Trenco nodded, and continued to ask, "Are you a bartender, have you worked anywhere else besides succubus?" ”

Witness 78 shook his head.

"Is it your self-appointed bartender, or are your succubus bartenders of your calibre?" Trangco asked suddenly.

“obje！” The defendant's lawyer stood up and shouted.

"Pestering witnesses......" Jason Bull also did not show weakness, stood up and dragged out his voice to help the defendant's lawyer complete, "Got it." But this is only a way to confirm that the witness will not be wrong or will regret it for a while, he is just cautious. ”

Brooklyn didn't speak, just raised his chin to signal the cross-examination to continue.

"Yes, I'm a bartender, what's the problem?" Witness No. 78's face was a little ugly.

It's understandable, and it's the reaction of anyone who is questioned about their profession.

"You said he drank the N-52 bomber you raised at the party — and drank 17 shots in a row." Unhurriedly, Tronco leaned half-back on the table in the witness stand, pointing sideways at Edward Norton in the dock.

"Is that so?"

Witness 78 nodded.

"Did he ask for a napkin?" Trangco asked suddenly.

Witness No. 78 was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and his face became a little unnatural.

“obje！ It has nothing to do with this eucalyptus! Pestering witnesses! ”

"Your Excellency!" Trenko stood up and said loudly, "Allow me to continue asking, and soon you will see why." ”

"I'm interested, please continue." Brooklyn nodded, rejecting the defense's objections.

"Did he ask for a napkin?" Trunco repeated the question.

Witness No. 78 looked at the dock.

Trenco stopped leaning on the table at this time, he stood up directly, completely blocking the view of the witness.

"Did he ask for a napkin?"

Trunco continued to ask.

"Witness, please answer the question." Brooklyn also said, "That doesn't seem like a difficult question to answer. ”

"To ...... Yes. Witness 78 stammered.

Brooklyn looked at Trunco.

He, like many of the people present, didn't understand what it had to do with whether Edward Norton wanted napkins or not.

Trenko nodded, "So he's a newbie, right?" ”

He again turned sideways to point to Edward Norton in the dock.

"Drinking a napkin from a B-52 bomber is a novice act, because of the peculiarities of the bomber, people who drink it for the first time are prone to leakage of alcohol. Leaking alcohol, especially in front of so many friends, at a party, is a very embarrassing thing. Especially for boys at this age. ”

"Our bartender witness proved that Edward Norton was a novice and needed to use a napkin to prevent leakage when drinking bombers."

Trunco was explaining unhurriedly, when he suddenly turned to Edward Norton and asked sharply, "But a novice drinks 17 bombers in a row, why is his hair, eyebrows, and mustache intact?" ”

As he spoke, he looked back at Witness 78.

"The bomber needs to be ignited, and it is topped by extremely alcoholic liquor, which ignites easily and does not go out until the alcohol burns out. The correct way to drink it is to light it, insert it into a straw, and take a sip. ”

"Napkins are a prop for novices to prevent alcohol leakage."

"And because of the special way of drinking bombers, out of the fear of flames in humans, novices are easily burned to the eyebrows and hair by the flames."

"It's also one of the joys of encouraging newcomers to drink bombers at parties."

After explaining, he turned to the auditorium again and asked, "How many people drink for the first time and the bomber is burned to the eyebrows and hair?" ”

There was silence in the auditorium for a while, and people began to raise their hands one after another.

There were also people on the jury bench who raised their hands.

Ray and the other two bailiffs also raised their hands......

Trenco nodded in satisfaction and came to the dock to take a closer look at Edward Norton. Then he took two steps back and pointed at him

"But this Mr. Edward Norton."

"The star of the party."

"A novice who can drink 17 bombers in a row."

"Guy who still needs a napkin to keep from leaking."

"Didn't you get burned by the bombers on your eyebrows and hair?"

"You're a genius!"

"Your Excellency Bartender Witness, can you explain to you why?"

Trunco came to the witness stand and asked, "Don't tell me it's because of luck. Seventeen times in a row of luck. ”

"You're insulting the person who just raised his hand."

"I ......," Witness No. 78 was speechless.

"Your Excellency, the testimony given by the witness does not correspond to the actual situation at all, and we reasonably suspect that the witness is helping the defendant to perjury."

"After your stern warning, defy the wind."

Brooklyn looked at Witness 78, "Do you know what the consequences of perjury are?" ”

Seeing that witness No. 78 was so frightened that he couldn't even speak clearly, Brooklyn turned to the dock again, "Mr. Lawyer, how did I warn you yesterday?" ”

"Your Excellency, Judge. We don't know he's committing perjury. The defendant's lawyer hurriedly said, "We don't know. We are also victims! We only know that he can testify in my client's favor, not that he is committing perjury! ”