Chapter 28: Joshua Dale Case (3)

Later, the prosecution applied to summon two witnesses, including Yan Suizhi, the trashed woman and another old man they saw in the video, both of whom were neighbors of Joshua Dale and Kitty Bell.
What these people said provided a basis for certain facts prosecuted by the prosecution, such as Kitty Bell has been living alone, and she had an older brother who lived on the other side of the planet. After her brother died, the only grandson Chester Bell came to her.
Originally, Kitty Bell was not poor, but only used to saving, and stayed in the old house for a long time, unwilling to move, plus Chester came with a grandfather's assets. Although only a small amount, it is enough to make some people jealous.
About these, not many people know, only a few neighborhoods that have frequent contacts with Kitty Bell.
For example, Joshua Dallah behaved abnormally for a while.
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The prosecutor's lawyer hastily raised many of the planned issues, enough to ensure that the jury will get to know Joshua Dale in the direction he wants. For these two witnesses, Gu Yan did not give up directly, but there was not much difference.
He asked two questions that seemed irrelevant.
The witness's answer was a bit off topic. The woman who dumped the garbage even shifted the focus to "complaining about the drunkard who was lingering in the alley all day".
Then the judge Mori Liu knocked the mallet.
Gu Yan was calm and sat down after asking. Gu Gu flipped through two pages of evidence.
The prosecution lawyer had some doubts at first, and later, in the face of winning, apparently regarded him as a typical "perfume" lawyer.
The only person to collapse is Joshua Dale, now give him a rope, he can hang himself in front of the defense bench!
He remembered that he had coaxed Roche for a long time last night and convinced her to stay in the hotel today and not to come to the court. When the lawsuit is over, he will take her home. Of course, this rhetoric is purely to prevent the younger sister from worrying.
Now he is very regretful. After three rounds of inquiry, he feels that he has stepped into the prison gate with one foot.
If you knew it, let Roche come, and I could look at it again ...
Just as he was about to bald his hair, the prosecution lawyer's questioning of the fourth witness began.
"Jim Cumming." Prosecutor lawyer Lu said.
The witness was a medium-sized man with yellow eyes and bloodshot eyes, but the skin on his face was purplish red and slightly puffy. It can be seen that he deliberately cleaned up in order to stand in the witness stand, and even combed his hair with wax.
But it still seems to be lacking in spirit.
Jim Cumming straightened his chest: "It's me."
Lu: "Where are you from 7 to 8 pm on the 23rd?"
"In the alley." Jim Cumming said, "Accurately, I bought a side dish. I was walking down the alley. My house was behind Ms. Kitty Bell's house, so I was passing Joshua Dall and Kitty. · Go around the Bell's house. "
Lu nodded: "What do you see?"
Jim Cumming: "I saw Joshua Dale at Ms. Kitty Bell's house, back to my house, there was a gap in the wall, when I passed by, I just saw Kitty Bell Joshua Dale is right there in the window! "
"What time is it?"
"More than 7:50."
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Lu asked Jim Cuming a lot of questions before and after, but mostly around that sensitive time point, borrowing the witness ’s mouth over and over again and emphasizing one point to the jury-when the case happened, Joshua Da Le is in Kitty Bell's room.
"I finished, Master Judge." Lu nodded, then sat down and cast a glance in the direction of Gu Yan.
Murray Liu: "Gu, you can start your inquiry."
Joshua Dale on the dock had become ashamed and his face was longer than a donkey. He was hopeless. He could even predict how Gu Yan would raise his hand to the judge, indicating that he still had no problems.
Many people in the auditorium didn't even look up, and they were obviously not much different from Joshua Dale.
However, this time, Gu Yan nodded at the judge.
He turned to Jim Cumming, glanced at the information, and calmly said: "Jim Cumming."
"Yes, it's me." Jim didn't show any impatience, and every time he was named, he subconsciously stood up.
Gu Yan pressed the playback control button, and a holographic screen projected a bird's-eye view. He walked around one of the rooms and said lightly, "Is this your residence?"
Jim Cumming nodded: "Yes, as you can see, it's very close to Kitty Bell's house, only by the wall of her house and the wall of my house."
"Five minutes ago, Ms. Logan stood on the witness stand you are standing at, and mentioned one thing-she would argue with a drunk neighbor almost every day when she throws garbage." Gu Yandao, "You know Who is that neighbor? "
Jim Cumming was embarrassed for a moment, his yellow eyes rolled around, glanced at the attorney of the controlling party, and recovered.
Gu Yan was not in a hurry, waiting for him to speak calmly.
Jim Cumming said daringly, "I."
The people in the audience spoke buzzingly, and many boring people began to sit up straight and looked back at the defense seat.
"You almost get drunk next to this garbage disposal box every day, and go home until early in the morning or even early morning?" Gu Yan accurately circled the location of the garbage disposal box on the overlooking map.
This is not what Logan said, this is what he and Yan Suizhi saw in the video, clearly.
Jim Cumming opened his mouth.
Someone in the auditorium whispered that after all, an old drunkard is hard to give a good impression, and it is difficult to establish a clear and rational image. In fact, Jim Cumming ’s eyes and puffy face prove that This point will have a slight impact on the identity of witnesses.
Gu Yan did not wait for his answer this time, "Did you drink on the 23rd?"
Jim Cumming shook his head frantically, "No! I didn't drink that day on the 23rd! You also said, it's almost every day, not really every day. In fact, I haven't been drunk in the alley these days. I changed it. .and……"
After thinking hard, he suddenly grabbed a driftwood: "I bought something at the straw convenience store that night on the 23rd. The staff at that store, including the store's video, can prove this point."
He was complacent again, "I am sober, I didn't drink at all that day."
Gu Yan lowered his eyes, turned a page of records, and then raised his eyes and asked: "You pass by Kitty Bell's house and see Joshua Dalle through the window after 7:50 pm? Before 8 pm?"
Jim Cumming nodded.
Gu Yan: "Why are you so sure about the time period?"
Jim Cumming: "I just saw the time on the wall when I checked out at the straw convenience store. I remember it clearly. It was 7:45. It takes about 7 minutes to walk from the straw convenience store to my house. So I am entering my house In front of the small courtyard, when I saw Kitty Bell ’s window, it should be after 7:50. And after I entered the house, I glanced at the time again, and I remember it very clearly. It was 8 minutes between two minutes. "
He said this very clearly, and even indirectly proved that he was indeed awake that day, and did not drink fragments.
"You saw the window of Ms. Kitty Bell's house through a gap when you opened the door of your residence?" Gu Yan asked again.
"Yes."
"How far is the door of your residence from Bell's window?"
"About 7 meters."
"Facing?"
"It's a little oblique, just a little." Jim Cumming emphasized.
Gu Yan looked at his yellow eyes, "How is your vision?"
"Very good! Very good, without any problems." Jim Cumming pointed to his own eyes. "Yellowing and congestion is only because of drinking too much alcohol before."
Gu Yan glanced at random, estimated the distance from the witness seat to the auditorium behind him, and wanted to pick a reference. As a result, Yu Guang glanced at the sheet of paper spread in front of Yan Suizhi, writing a dashing "a" like an examination paper.
"..."
In silence for a moment, he pointed an audible student and asked Jim Cumming: "Can you see the figure on the left chest of this gentleman's coat?"
Jim Cumming immediately said: "68!"
Everyone followed the hook and looked at it. It was indeed 68. If such a large number can be seen at this distance, it is not a problem to see the face clearly at a distance of 7 meters.
After asking this question, the people watching were a little puzzled. They were a little confused about the purpose of Gu Yan, the defense lawyer, and only felt that the answers to the questions he asked were not good for Joshua Daller It is even adding credibility to the other party.
Gu Yan was still calm: "So you can be sure that the person between Kitty Berri was Joshua Dalle? Did you see his face?"
Jim Cumming: "Yes, I saw it! Very clear! Thanks to what I saw, I am glad I glanced over there at that time and provided such important evidence, didn't I?"
"Just looking around?"
"Correct."
"Have you come to the window?"
"No, how could it be possible to go to the window, then go into someone else's yard." Jim Cumming said.
"You see the facial features clearly? Could it be someone else like Joshua?"
"No!" Jim Cumming said. "I can see even the moles under his eyes. I can't be wrong."
"You looked at it and went home?"
Jim Cumming looked a bit sorry, "Yes, when I saw Joshua Dale just came over, I thought he was just a guest, and I did n’t expect that kind of thing would happen later. I just glanced at it. I went back to the house. After all, it was too cold outside. It was minus ten degrees. "
Gu Yan nodded, looked down at the paper on the desktop, extracted a sheet from it, and clicked the playback controller.
The content of the paper sheet he extracted was suddenly displayed on the holographic screen of the courtroom, enough for everyone to see. That is the description provided by the prosecution on the scene of the crime and the state before and after it.
Gu Yandao: "On-site restoration data, page 12, line 10, around 7:30 pm on the 23rd, Kitty Bell sat by the window and turned on the heater to do the weaving. Line 14 when Kitty Bell was hit at the time of the incident The back of the head tilted to the left side of the seat, and the hair rubbed against the moisture on the bottom of the window glass. "
"The heater is by the window, and it is minus ten degrees outside. With the heating temperature set by Kitty Bell at the time, it only takes up to five minutes, and the window glass will be covered with a thick layer of water mist-"
He said, lifted his eyelids and looked at Jim Cumming, said in a deep voice: "How can you penetrate the layer of mist at a distance of 7 meters without seeing the window and clearly see the house Rio? The facial features of Shuya and the moles in the corner of his eyes? "
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The audience was silent.