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Sandra Wagner-Wright
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
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Closing Arguments
It's been so long since the trial began, few attendees remember it was a case of libel. Miss Pigot charged Rev Hastie endorsed letters alleging she was not a good superintendent of the Female Orphanage, and that her behavior was lax. But the evidence presented by Rev Hastie's barrister changed the scope of the trial to one of Miss Pigot's immorality with not one but two different men, and with poor behavior in public. Day after day the defense team pounded their case. Now Miss Pigot's barrister makes his closing arguments while Rev Hastie listens. Her case is weak. Her own testimony is weak. Mr Tevelyan tried to say that as a woman, the trial intimidated her, but it's a poor defense and even he must doubt it will sway the judge.
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
“Based on the evidence I’ve presented and the original tenets of this case, I ask Your Lordship to say the charge of malicious libel is justified, and that those alleged acts weren’t committed by Miss Pigot, Mr. Wilson, and Kali Churn Banerjee. I ask Your Lordship to rule a verdict on Miss Pigot’s behalf.”
Gasper listens to Miss Pigot’s man with absolute stillness. At this point the worst charges have nothing to do with my alleged libel, but I don’t think the judge is clever enough to pick through the details. He strikes me as a man who goes with his impressions, and Gasper played that to the hilt.
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