Judge

Thank you, Your Honor.

To continue, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, in judging Harry Benson, as you will and must, I ask only that you keep in mind this fact, and you will be forced to free Harry Benson from this hideous charge.

Police have established that Mrs. Benson died in the city, died from a bullet in her heart.

You will remember it.

The weapon was still in her hand when she was found in her apartment around noon on a Tuesday.

That Tuesday, as on the Sunday and Monday before and the day following, according to the testimony of four reputable witnesses, Harry Benson was at Mountain Lodge.

three hundred and thirty miles from the scene of his wife's death.

If there is another such disturbance, I shall order this courtroom to be cleared.

Proceed, Mr. Holloway.

Thank you, Your Honor.

To continue, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Mrs. Benson had reason to take her own life.

You have seen evidence in the form of letters

written by the dead woman two days before her death that proved she was despondent over her mother's recent plans.

On this evidence, I say that Mrs. Harry Benson killed herself and was not killed by her husband.

Harry Benson had no reason to kill her, no desire to kill her.

But most important of all, Harry Benson could not possibly have killed his wife because at the time of her death in the city...

He was 330 miles away.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you cannot convict an innocent man.

I beg of you to weigh the facts and bring in a verdict of not guilty.

For Harry Benson has committed no crime.