Machinal Scene 8 Flashcards
judge: defense ready to proceed?
me: we’re ready your honor
judge: proceed
me: helen jones
me: helen jones (rachel rises)
me: mrs. jones, will you take the stand?
rachel: in prison
me: mrs jones, you are the widow of the late george h jones, are you not?
rachel: yes (#1)
me: how long were you married to the late goerge h jones before his demise?
rachel: six years
me: six years! and it was a happy marriage, was it not? did you quarrel?
rachel: no sir
me: then it was a happy marriage, was it not?
rachel: yes sir (#1)
me: six years without one quarrel! six years! gentleman of the jury, i ask you to consider this fact!
judge: proceed with your witness
me: you have one child have you not mrs jones?
rachel: yes, sir (#2)
me: a little girl, is it not?
rachel: yes sir (#4)
me: before your marriage to the late mr jones, you worked and supported your mother, did you not?
rachel: yes sir (#3)
me: a little girl. since the demise of the late mr jones you are the only parent she has living, are you not?
rachel: yes sir (#5)
me: what did you do?
rachel: i was a stenographer
me: and since your marriage you have continued as her sole support, have you not?
rachel: yes sir (#6)
me: a devoted daughter, gentlemen of the jury! as well as a devoted wife and a devoted mother!
alex: your honor!
me: and now, mrs jones, i will ask you-the law expects me to ask you-did you-or did you not- on the night of june 2nd or the morning of june 3rd-kill your husband, the late george h jones- did you or did you not?
rachel: i did not (#1)
me: now mrs jones, you have heard the witnesses for the state-there were not many and they did not have much to say
judge: sustained
me: you have heard some police and you have heard some doctors. none of whom was present! the prosecution could not furnish and witness to the crime- not one witness!
alex: your honor!
me: nor one motive
judge: sustained
me: but such as these witnesses are, you have heard them try to accuse you of deliberately murdering your own husband, this husband with whom, by your own statement, you have never had a quarrel in six years of married life, murdering him, i say, or rather- they say, while he slept, by brutally hitting him over the head with a bottle filled with small stones. did you, or did you not?
rachel: i did not. (#2)
me: you did not! of course you did not! now mrs jones, will you tell the jury in your own words exactly what happened on the night of june 2nd or the morning of junes 3rd, at the time your husband was killed
rachel: i heard a noise and i awoke and saw two men standing beside my husbands side of the bed
me: two men?
rachel: yes (#2)
me: can you describe them?
rachel: not very well- i couldn’t see them very well
me: could you say whether they were big or small-light or dark-thin or-
