Garrow's Law (2009–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Episode #1.4 - full transcript

William!

The duel, it was over Lady Sarah.

Damn you!

Runners! You bitch!

Am I a cuckold?
No, sir, you are not.

The way you shot at me marks you as
a loathsome cad. Steady, Garrow,
I could challenge you.

This is torment.
For now, yes, but given time.
William, there is no hope.

You are ill-prepared...

Be reckless with your own life,
not your client's.

Filthy murderer! Poacher!

You have trained me
but you do not own me!



If this association is
no longer beneficial...

Very well.

Susannah Wagstaffe is indicted
for that she, on the 27th October,

in the parish of St Clement Danes,

not having the fear
of God before her eyes,

but being moved and seduced
by the instigation of the Devil,

on Francis Kotzwara -
composer, musician -

feloniously, wilfully, and with
malice, did make an assault.

And that she,

with use of a length of cord,

valued one penny,
did strangle and murder

the said Francis Kotzwara.

You bought brandy, porter,
ham and beef with two shillings
given you by Mr Kotzwara? I did.

You then returned with it
to the back room at number
five Vine Street?



And was it at this point that he
asked you to cut off his member?

Yes, sir.

And you refused? I did.

Mr Kotzwara then produced a length
of cord and expressed the wish
to be hanged for five minutes.

He said...

it would raise his passions.

By which he intended...?

My Lord, it was long observed true
at Tyburn

that while in every other region
of the hanged man's

stretched and nerveless body

the vital sparks
were entirely extinguished.

In those other areas and centrical

and critical parts
that Mr Kotzwara had in mind,

the symptoms of life and vigour
were...

..expressly evident.

The cock

was upstanding?

LAUGHTER

My Lord, yes.

Were you then instructed
by Mr Kotzwara on how to hang him?

No, he tied himself up
to the back parlour door.

He tied HIMSELF to the door handle.

My Lord, this surely must reduce
the indictment

which is already unsteady
in its foundation,
from murder to manslaughter?

My Lord, how unsteady?

Meaning what by that?
My Lord, I am mindful of the hour.

Perhaps a few moments in camera
might hasten my Lord's dinner?

Very well. Mr Silvester?

Joseph?

Joseph, do you hear me?

Mary, are the children well?
They're fine, don't worry.

They kept it from me you were
moved from the Tower!

Did my letters not get to you? No!

Come on. Out of the way.

The petition for your
release holds 1,500 names.

Support stays strong from the North!

Still no news of a date
to face the court?

Go on, that's enough!

I should not have put you
through this Mary! They say

our case must be put before
the Prime Minister himself!

The point of law
is surely assistance

to suicide, itself a criminal act,
must make this woman also culpable.

My Lord,
this was a grossly immoral act,
but suicide was not the intention

and so culpability
cannot be attached.

How may the prisoner not be
culpable? No more than were I
to sell Mr Silvester a horse

and he, seeking pleasure, jumps
a ditch and breaks his neck.
Where is my culpability?

And you have a second contention?

My Lord, I have a fear for the
moral climate should this episode

catch the public's attention
via the excitable press

and encourage
the depraved part of mankind

from seeking similar...
indecent stimulatives.

And you would have me do what?

I propose this charge be dismissed
and suppression of this material.

My Lord, I trust you to remind

Mr Garrow he does not decide
what is or is not a trial!

Thank you, Mr Silvester.

All records of the proceedings
to be struck.

None to be reproduced whatsoever,
that includes you, Mr Rawlings.

The Crown versus
Wagstaffe is dismissed.

The accused is free to go.

Am I to take this as fraud
Mr Southouse?

Or will your genius Mr Garrow stand
up to his self-proclaimed reputation?

Madam, I cannot speak
for Mr Garrow. We have, quite
recently parted our...

This bill states you as his procurer.

It does. I was.

And as I have tried to explain...
Then why will you not show
my trouble to him?

This great city is aflood with a
thousand tales of innocence, madam.

At every turn, I hear fresh accounts
of this or that desperate husband
stealing to feed his family.

You do not listen, sir.
My husband was dragged from his
home and put in the Tower. Why?

For meeting with like-minded men
to exercise his freedom to speak.

And now, without charge,
they throw him in Newgate amongst
common, unprincipled criminals.

In which case there is nothing
I might do until your husband
has charges against him.

But that is my despair.

Joseph is held in this limbo
while his children starve
and his business dies.

You have my sincere sympathies.

Truly. But until your husband stands
before a judge there is nothing even
the great Mr Garrow can do.

BABY GURGLES

Sir? I owe you my life.

I thank you. I have my fee
and you have your freedom.

But I might give you such
satisfaction with a screw.

Sir, some small coin for
a pleasure I might give,

so I can eat?

I will decline
your extravagant offer.

But perhaps
this will suffice instead.

Thank you, sir.

Sir, this was not as it may seem.

Of course not and we
are both worldly men.

Although she is more
travelled than us.

What I mean to say she is
my client, I'm not hers.
Please, I make sport of you.

Mr Silvester already told
me of your victory today
and where I might find you.

And why do you seek me out?

Only to satisfy myself that there is
no animosity between us.

Nothing grown out of our differences
in politics that might overcome
our commonalities as men.

Well, I hope not,
certainly none on my part.

Excellent.

Then you must share in my good news.

News, sir?

Yes, I heard today from my wife.

Sarah carries my child.

William!

Did you think I would despise you?

Did you think that if you told me
why my feelings for you could not be
returned

that I would in some way
think less of you,
and instead thought it better

to let me torment myself
with all manner of speculation?

You are determined to tell me
what I thought and think.

I wonder - am I necessary
to this conversation?

Or will you play both parts?

A child?

I must confess that this news,
brought to me by your husband,

gave me an idea of your
marriage other than
you led me to believe.

Forgive me if...

I led you to any false understanding.

Leave him.

SHE SCOFFS

We are of common mind about
this world and although

I cannot offer
all a man of his position can,

we will be well together, we...
we will begin anew.

This is a madness!

Is it?

Tell me you that you
cannot imagine a life

other than the one you have.

With a man who sees
you, and accepts you and...

will love you for all that you are.
For all that I am? Yes.

And will you play father
to another man's child?

Yes.

Yes, truly yes.

I cannot see this...

this life that you paint for me.

You are an unconvincing witness
Sarah Hill.

I am no witness.
And this is no trial.

You have my answer.

BACKGROUND CHATTER AND LAUGHTER

Mr Southouse?

Mr Garrow. Please!
I feel that perhaps this
meeting is a little fortunate.

I think that, if...

If there is a distance
to make up between us...

the journey is largely mine to make.

Largely?!

Entirely mine to make.

I feel an undoubted and dispiriting
absence since our dispute.

If I have tested your patience

by my enthusiasm
for the irregular execution
of my trade and of my life...

it causes me regret. Regret?

That is as far as you
will go on this journey?

How far would you have me go?

Please, let us put it behind us...
It's a great thing isn't it?
To come and go as you please?

Madam, are we familiar? Forgive me.
You're Mr Garrow?

I am. Madam, I told you clearly...

Don't let me prick
at your conscience, sir.

Please, block your eyes and ears
to the world beyond your privilege.
Enjoy your leisure.

If one of us has lost their wits,
please say it's not me.

She came looking for you.

I heard her out and told her
there was nothing to be done.
Her husband it seems.

< How can we say
that we are free men

when by Royal proclamation
our letters may be seized?

Spies sent to infiltrate
our most innocent meetings,

when the King's government supports
those who attack us in the press?

This woman's husband -

for campaigning for
what we all know is just.

Votes - not only for the wealthy,
a fair representation in Parliament,

and a right to the protection
of a secret ballot!

I told the woman that, since
we no longer work as attorney and
barrister...

I've heard of this tale.
Do they talk of Hamer? Joseph Hamer?

He did find himself arrested
and imprisoned without
charge these three months.

Members of the London
Corresponding Society,

I have words from your
secretary, my husband.

The law demands a prisoner be brought
before the court... Enough! ..pro...

Enough! As messenger for
the Secretary of State I call an
end to this seditious assembly.

- This is an outrage!
- All these so named to be charged
with breaking the peace.

You can't do this! Benjamin Winthrop.

Edward Ironside. >

Samuel Cuff. Mary Hamer.

What spy gave you these names?!

That's enough!

Take care, sir!

Would you add your
name to this list, sir?

You have go to the magistrate
and plead her case! I will not!

Al that I ask... All that you ask is
that I act as your puppet once more

and make a nuisance of myself such
as will unfriend the magistrate.

But I will do you no favour.
However,

to help Mary Hamer I will act
according to my judgment

as an attorney.

And if you are sincere
you will act against your nature,

recognise your limits
and stay away until I have done it.

Edward Ironside accused, what charge?

Meeting as a society
to break the peace.

So charged.

Robert Boddam,

what charge? Meeting as a society
to break the peace. So charged.

Mary Hamer, what charge?

Intervention, sir,
on behalf of Mary Hamer.

Mr Southouse,
what objection have you?

That the charge cannot apply.

This woman was present
at the coffee house.

But Mary Hamer, the records
will show, is not a member of
the Corresponding Society.

And you contend what?

That she was no more than
a bystander to this meeting.

As was I. Hmm.

Mary Hamer, are you
a member of the society?

No, sir, not signed.

But I will not be treated
other than all these arrested.

That will not be yours to decide.

Mary Hamer dismissed.

Next.

Charles Lynam.
Lynam is a member, sir. He may be
but his name I think is missing here.

On which grounds he is also
entitled to be dismissed.

Mr Southouse, if you wish to play the
barrister, I recommend the Bailey.

Mr Garrow. Mr Southouse.

Mr Lynam, Mrs Hamer.

It seems you have done well.

Though I fear my performance
will not fill the newspapers.

Here is proof an attorney works
best when allowed to do his job.

And now I must do mine. Madam,
we shall go to Newgate
and speak with your husband.

Joseph, Joseph!

Joseph, this is Mr Garrow.

I have little faith in the law.

All I want from you is to give me
the chance to say my piece in court.

I am resigned to what will come.

And I will be plain. If
I let you speak your mind, you will
put a noose around your own neck.

And I think your wife would
prefer you a little less resigned.

Joseph,
Mr Garrow's a fine barrister.

I have no doubt. But this is
a matter of politics, not law.

If news comes that the King exiles
his government and wants me

as Prime Minister then I will show
you some optimism.

And I will be first in line
to vote for you.

But be sure that my own optimism
is not born out of ignorance.

You see your case Joseph, is played
out in the shadow of the guillotine.

They fear you.

Tom Paine,
the American revolutionary,
published The Rights of Man.

He was tried in his
absence for sedition.

The prosecution had no need
to rebut the arguments.

The jury decided Paine guilty.

John Frost, when drunk was heard
to cry out "Equality and no King".

Tried for sedition. Found guilty.

The game, Mr Hamer,
is tilted against us.

And yet still you
would take up my cause?

I would.

I feel that when two
souls are of common mind,
they should work together.

And are we two such souls?

I believe we are both fleas
in the ear of the same horse.

Will you not accept that
when the laws that we now examine

were first coined
we did not face such modern perils

as we do now
from the likes of Joseph Hamer, that
threaten our security as a nation?

But Secretary of State, this idea
that the looming threat almost
upon us is surely old news?

I did find the Secretary of State's
argument quite persuasive, sir.

But we must show a healthy caution.

By us forcing through these laws
that allow imprisonment

without charge,
will only bring us more trouble!

Shall we have another
show of hands, gentlemen?

Against
the recommendation of Parliament?

Let the record show three against.

And for?

I believe there is no option
for abstention, Sir Arthur.

Recall, sir, that those for
and against must be recorded

and that the names will be put
before the Prime Minister.

For.

The recommendation is carried.

Back for more punishment, Mr Sibley?

I will give you the advantage
of three pieces that...

Where do they take me?

Is it the gallows?

Oh, for pity's sake, tell me!

Promise me you'll
get word to my wife.

Sirs, you must forgive
my wretched appearance.

You are here to answer
questions relating to

the London Corresponding Society,
concerning anti-Parliamentary plans.
Plans to bring down the King.

I know of no such plans,
I make shoes!

I see some of my best work
in this room.

And I see you, sir.

Are you not Member
of Parliament of the rotten borough
of Bramber, West Sussex?

You are here to answer, sir.

A borough of not three houses, yet
it sends two members to Westminster.

While the town of Manchester...
Sir, be aware

that these are the men who
will decide what charge you face.

The town of Manchester, home
to above 60,000, cannot send one!

Here is a letter addressed
to Thomas Paine...

the radical,

a convicted seditionary.
You admit that you wrote it?

I wrote to Thomas Paine,
the philosopher and man of principle.

I wish to ask about the proposed
convention of members.
A gathering of...

And I ask you a famous question.

By what lawful authority
do you bring me here?

God save! Who is this man?

Joseph Hamer, madam.
Take him out.

Sarah, it is not the moment for this.
You think I haven't read what's
happening in the newspapers?

These desperate times call
for serious deliberation.

Assure me that you have spoken
on the side of reason?

And not in support
of this witch hunt?

KNOCKING AT DOOR

Charles?

Tell me, I must know.

Please?

Joseph is to be charged and tried.

Come.

Forgive me,

it's what we wanted.

But now I fear what will come.

What charge?

That we will not know
until the indictment is read.

We expect either the publishing
of libellous materials or sedition.

Sedition? Mr. Southouse, having
spent hours in his books,
has found nothing in its support.

We are well prepared, Mary.

We will win.

May I introduce my wife, Sir John?

This is Sir John Scott,
the Attorney General.

Lady Sarah.

I see you
have the modern woman's habit.

A romance perhaps?

The Mysteries of Udolpho.

A tale of castles and night horrors.

Although I do hope its content
is not seditious, Sir John.

Sir John is to lead the prosecution.

Your opponent is Mr Garrow?

It is. I understand he has
unorthodox methods,

but a fragile grip on the law.

But we must not keep
this Billingsgate man waiting.

Lady Sarah.

You would do well not to
underestimate Mr Garrow. >

He has a devilish skill in
digging out a witness.

Sarah, I must have your assurance
that you will be civil to our guests.

And I must have yours,
that all of this is about
principle and about the law.

It is a matter of politics.

It's just politics.

I trust you know that if
you lose this, you will be reduced

to defending
cattle thieves in the provinces?

Here to witness my fall?
To wish you luck.

I hear all the best legal minds
are ranked against you.

It is appreciated.

As I said,

ALL the best legal minds.

Be upstanding in court.

The prisoner, Joseph Hamer,

being a subject of the King,

not having the fear of God
in his heart,

but being moved and seduced
by the instigation of the Devil

did contrive, in
concert with other persons,
to disturb the peace of the kingdom,

to subvert the Government,
to depose the King by force of arms

and to put him to death.

The indictment records
the charge against the prisoner
to be High Treason.

< Treason?

Surely he can
be hanged on that charge?

They will not get opportunity, Mary.

But a guilty verdict brings the noose
does it not? He would be hanged.

Hanged, drawn and quartered.

Gentlemen of the jury,
I will show here by evidence

that this man, and others with him,

did plot to undermine Parliament.

Did arm themselves to make
that intention manifest.

And that the express aim
was to extinguish the monarchy
and declare this nation a republic!

I will describe

plans uncovered

to summon a great convention of its
members. A convention that sought

by its number and its ferocity,

to overawe Parliament at
the very moment it made its demands.

The threat

behind a refusal

to meet with these demands

was armed rebellion.

War against the King.

High Treason.

And the constitution
is so interwoven with the state
that they cannot be separated.

Once again the 25th act
of Edward III states -

"To compass or imagine
the death of the King

"is held to be
rebellious conspiracy."

I also shall call upon
many witnesses who were employed
by Government

to infiltrate these so-called
friendly societies.

So now we are a nation of spies?

JUDGE CLEARS HIS THROAT

The prisoner will keep his tongue.

These men were determined

to meet to plot the undermining
of the authority of Parliament.

I have gone through this awful
business as well as I am able.

I am grateful
for the court's patience.

I trust you will now do
that which is your duty.

Pronounce a guilty verdict.

God send the prisoner
a good deliverance.

I expect that everyone in
this court was with you, Mr Scott,

until they heard your argument.
My Lord, gentlemen,

the law says that proof of treason
must stand out,
be established on manifest facts,

not conjecture,
inferences, or strains of wit.

I swear I never saw a case in which

such complicated facts were drawn
out as makes necessary
a speech of three hours.

Three hours.

Does that not tell us a great truth?

That there was no treason.

Mr Garrow?

Does the defence have no more?

I ask only that we adjourn, if only
from pity for the jury's backsides.

The court adjourns.

Court shall rise.

Are they so hungry to hang my
husband they make up high treason?
How do they call it that?

They reach back 400 years and
twist a law to their particular use.

The prosecution wishes to
call the planned convention
an armed insurrection.

There was no insurrection.
But that will be their attack.

And we will build a
case that will defeat it. No matter
what they throw at us.

This letter is signed "to my
dear friend, Joseph Hamer.

"Sincerity, Maurice Margarot."

A convicted seditionist.

As you will hear,
it describes plans

for an assembly of thousands
in Southwark -

across the bridge from Westminster.

This is not true! Mr Garrow,
you will have your client quiet.

I will, my Lord, although I share
his frustration. Or see him removed.

One document after another
to be read out in full. Letters.
Reports on meetings

in coffee houses and taverns across
London. The defence will have chance
to argue when the prosecution has...

Each tells what Tom said
to Dick on the subject of Harry.

Nowhere do I see connection
made to the innocent at the bar.

Excepting he also has
two legs and two arms.

LAUGHTER

I object to this material being
read unless it can be shown
Mr Hamer knew the content of it.

What is declared by conspirators
is evidence against those
that ARE present,

as well as those that are not.
My Lord, surely not
or where will this end?

There are those in the gallery ready
to give their view of this fine man.
Is that not evidence?

The law is clear.
I will educate the gentleman
opposite if he wishes.

This morning's Times suggests
Mr Scott was less than succinct in
his presentation. Is that evidence?

Mr Garrow will have his fun.
But it does not mask his
ignorance of the law.

A failing his client
may not live to regret.

If the law calls this
material evidence, then it is
the law that is ignorant.

I believe there is
Mr Garrow's argument.

I ask my Lord to make a ruling
on the matter.

JUDGE: This letter and others like it
shall stand as evidence.

Perhaps my Lord feels that six on
the other side isn't enough. Perhaps
he would add himself as one more?

Mr Garrow!

My Lord, I humble myself.
My passions had the better of me.

It shall not happen again.

And at this meeting in Silk Street,
Mr Thoroughgood,

a transcript of which we have heard,

item 19,

a proposal for the manufacture
and distribution of arms was
made by Mr Scotney of Snow Hill?

It was. I was also present when
King's messengers searched
the workshop of Mr Scotney.

And there were found some 15 pikes.

And these 15 long pikes were hidden?
They were.

No further questions.

Fifteen pikes.
All the agencies of Government set
to the task and what do they find?

Fifteen pikes.

They are weapons. They are.

But weapons enough to defeat
the whole of the King's army?

Where are the rest?
I believe more to be still hidden.

You believe!
You must not believe anything, sir!

You overstep your part!

I fear this is more of Mr Scott's
so-called evidence.
Again I ask, where is the crime?

We lose ground. Garrow proves
himself a dangerous creature.

But the case is still strong.

We must act to stop further damage.

I believe the verdict can yet be won.

By Sir John Scott? I think not.

We must do what is necessary
to keep our support.

Sir John! Another fine performance
in court today!

Thank you. It goes well, I think.

When father comes home again,
he'll want to know
you were both good children.

POUNDING ON DOOR

I have authority to
search this place. What?

Why are you doing this?

No! Not the children!
Do not obstruct my men
in their duties.

BABY CRIES

Why are you doing this?

Why?

Whatever it is
you think you're going to find...

It is this!

The message was just
that we meet them here.

And that they wish
to discuss a matter.

Is it too much to speculate that
Mr Scott intends a surrender?

Sirs.

There's been a development.

Prompted by new-gained intelligence,
the Secretary of State ordered

Joseph Hamer's home searched
once more.

A bill of sale
for 100 muskets was found.

A witness, William Oakes,
has come forward to testify that
he sold 100 muskets to Mr Hamer.

And that they lie stored
in a warehouse in Cheapside.

You no longer mock me, Mr Garrow,
now your case is
holed beneath the water line.

But the King has no intention
in hanging every member of
the London Corresponding Society.

Instruct your client
to change his plea to guilty.

If he does that he will hang,
and the rest of the Corresponding
Society committee facing trial

will also hang if found guilty.

But a further 800 men on whom
warrants have already been drawn up
will face only charges of sedition.

And not high treason.

If found guilty, they will not hang.

Joseph Hamer cannot save himself,
but he may save his army
of followers.

Advise your client.

One hundred muskets? And you think
I would have kept such a thing
from you, if it were true?

You say it's false?
More than false - treacherous!

A witness will swear to the sale
of 100 muskets. You think then
beyond manufacture of this witness?

Both Mary and Charles Lynam
saw the bill of sale
retrieved from the strongbox.

How can you ask me to do this?

If I change my plea to guilty,
they will have beaten us
by duplicity.

I did not come for that.
I came to know the truth
of your Society's intentions.

To know whether or not
there was a plan.

Makeshift or not, theoretic
or not, absurd or not,

to arm yourself against the King
and the King's Parliament. None!

Beyond any doubt that a jury
might be made to swallow. None.

The lives of many men
are at stake here, Joseph.

More than that, sir!
There is more at stake than that.

And I hear the fellow Washington's
been elected Mr President
a second time.

100% of the vote. All 13 states.

Something crooked there, eh?

I understand he declined the
salary came with it. Some 20,000?

Which makes him a crook and a fool.
But did accept it when pressed.

There you have it, the man's a
crook, a fool and a hypocrite!

I must say, gentlemen, I'm surprised
to find you all in such high spirits.

I understand the press
don't share your optimism
for the outcome of this trial.

Madam, the press will sell you
half of the story as if it were
the whole tale. That is their trade.

And the whole story is what?

Oh, I'm afraid even our hostess
will have to wait for that.

Until it comes out in court
tomorrow.

And not even then.

Your husband makes comment
on the difficulty
of knowing the whole truth

in the heart
of a man like Joseph Hamer.

Fine bird, Hill.
Indeed. Delicious.

Thank you.

One hundred muskets?

I tell you that because
of another thing passed to me
by Scott and Silvester.

Help me with this
and you'll have the full account
of the trial for your paper.

In your own words? In my own words.

Agreed.

There are warrants
already made out on 800 men,
named as treasonous citizens.

Eight hundred? The warrants will be
exercised if Hamer is found guilty.

I need to know who those citizens
are. I have sources
in Parliament who might help.

Drink when the errand is done.
I need those names now!

How long will this continue?

If you will not speak to me,
at least I should be allowed
to know why!

As you husband, I demand that you
talk to me! I will not
speak with you

until you decide you will deal
with me honestly!

Honestly on what matter?

There is intrigue surrounding the
trial of Joseph Hamer. And it has
been manufactured in this house.

I cannot discuss that. Please?

I know your part in this is
poisoning you. Tell me of it.

What have you to gain
from affecting this trial?

Is it to injure William Garrow?

To hell with Garrow.

All roads do not lead to his door.
Then what?

Everything that I have built,
I stand to lose if men
like Joseph Hamer get their way.

They would reform the boroughs.
I would lose my seat, my influence.

Arthur, what have you done?

Even if I tried,
I could not stop them.
Please, please tell me.

I am in danger of losing...

all I have.

You are in danger
of losing your wife.

We will not change our plea.

Our aim is to control the damage
this new evidence will cause.

And what of the witness Oakes
who claimed he sold Hamer muskets?

We will undermine his testimony.
Do all we can to support
the character of Joseph Hamer.

We will call witnesses,
Mr Lynam among them.

We'll say again and again that armed
uprising was never in his mind.

Tell the court, Mr Oakes,
when you met the prisoner
Joseph Hamer on that day,

it was to complete a transaction.

A sale of goods.

Tell us...

what goods?

A sale of muskets, sir.

MURMURING

A hundred muskets.

All of this is lies!

SHOUTING

No more questions.
BANGS GAVEL

Mr Oakes,

did Mr Hamer's wife
or any of his friends

ever meet you over the course
of your supposed business with him?

They did not. Mr Hamer made
particular point as I should not,

and that the business
should be of a secret nature.

So, we are to take your word
against Mr Hamer's
that this business happened at all.

The bill of sale lies there
for all to see, sir.

No further questions.

And did you, Mr Lynam, in all the
time spent with Joseph Hamer, ever
see him strike a man? I did not.

Threaten to strike someone?

Or propose violence of any kind?

No.

Were you present at every meeting
of the London Corresponding Society?

Not all. So you cannot say
that the arming of the Society
was not discussed, can you?

The only discussions were the
self-defence of the members. So!
The Society did discuss weapons?

By which I mean the 15 pikes already
spoken of. There's such an example.

I will leave the court to wonder
how many other muskets, pikes
and such examples were gathered.

Mr Lynam!

This self-defence you spoke of?

Was it a defence against those
violent groups who made it a habit

to disrupt the peaceable meetings
of the Society? Yes, exactly.

There was a lot of anger
amongst the members on that count.

But not anger sufficient
to change the law-abiding
nature of the Society?

No, sir.

My Lord, with your indulgence...
Yes, yes, yes!

Mr Garrow!

Mr Lynam, we have heard much
of a bill of sale
found in Joseph Hamer's home.

Yes?

How do you imagine the Secretary of
State's men knew where to find it?

Well, I don't know. They seemed
to search all of the room.

And yet within two minutes

they came upon a hidden
strong box - why was that?

The answer to this vexing question
comes in three parts, does it not?

Firstly, that Mr Oakes, the salesman
witness, is a fraud -
a paid witness.

My lord!

And secondly, the bill of sale
is also a fake, isn't it, Mr Lynam?

My Lord, I hope we are going to hear
testimony to support this nonsense!

And finally, that the man who
planted it in Joseph Hamer's home

was a spy working
in the employ of the Government.

The spy,

claiming to be Joseph Hamer's
true friend.

But betrayed him.

That man is you, Charles Lynam.

SHOUTING

No, Charles! Not you.

I call an adjournment!
Court shall rise.

Judas! Judas!

Lady Sarah.

I find I am indebted to you...again.

You need not thank me, Will.
We wish the same outcome.

But you cannot be so outspoken?

Not in all my passions, no.

But I can at least act on them.

Well, for Joseph Hamer,
it is his good fortune.

I have followed your career
with immense interest, Mr Garrow.

I'm pleased we meet finally
without the bench between us.

My Lord.

Your many sharp-witted performances,
your obvious hunger for reforms.

All have brought you
deserved acclaim. Thank you, sir.

As Secretary of State
for the Home Division,
I have want of a robust judiciary.

I have a post in mind for you,
Mr Garrow. I enjoy my current
position quite well, sir. Thank you.

Enjoy the constraints
placed upon you?

For the first time,
and only in this trial, you are
permitted to address the jury.

Does that not give
you appetite for more?

It is the rule for a
barrister such as myself.

Would you not prefer King's Counsel?

On the side of the prosecution?

I fear you think yourself
dreaming. Pinch me.

I am real, sir.

This sweetmeat I am offered.

What price am I to pay for it?

I will not desert
my client and let him swing!

Please, do me some justice,
William.

The jury will decide Mr Hamer's
fate. The subject discussed
is YOUR future.

And as King's Counsel,
you would have the ear of the
most powerful in Government.

None better placed
to oversee reforms.

I appreciate you will
have need to consider.

So I wait respectfully
on your answer.

Yes, I will endeavour to arrange
a meeting with the Prime Minister
as early as possible.

Thank you, sir.

Lady Hill, Sir Arthur.

I was beginning to fear
you might miss the final act.

We are intent on
enjoying it together.

In spite of Mr Lynam's difficulties
in court yesterday, I think we shall
see Mr Garrow today possess his own.

You mean, sir? I have offered
Mr Garrow King's Counsel.

So, now we will see what a man might
do for principle and what for glory.

And the witness, Mr Lynam,
let us not forget,

was investigating high treason.

And Mr Lynam, like all
the witnesses called, is a man
of courage, of principle.

A man... Who spies on his friends!
A man who put the security of his
country before his own safety!

Gentlemen...

now comes your judgement.

The object of every verdict
is that the country sees public
justice take its fair course.

I trust this task in your hands.

My Lords. Gentlemen of the jury.

Many say of this trial that
Government oversteps its role
in the lives of its citizens.

Mr Garrow?

Are you ill?

No. The answer is no.

I fear something
sticks in my throat.

Mr Garrow?

Mr Garrow?

Are you revived?

I am, my Lord.

Gentlemen of the jury.
When we speak of liberty,
we speak of the liberty

of thought and speech and action
that every Englishman was born with.

It is not a thing granted him
by the King and his counsellors.

And not to be taken from him
by those counsellors.

It must not be taken from him.

Beware the role that this trial will
play in the history of our nation.

Be aware that if
prosecution have their way,

each one of you will be seen
as criminal first, citizen second.

Be aware that powers ceded
to Government in times of fear
are rarely removed from statute.

The power of the Government
to arrest and imprison
a man without charge.

This removal of his right
to know what he is accused of,

if it achieves its aim today,
be sure it will stay.

Be aware that if this imperfect
trial finds this man guilty,

800 more will be given
the same unjust treatment.

Eight hundred,
whose names are on this list.

My Lord, I must object to this

and demand Mr Garrow reveal where
he obtained this secret document!
It is of no matter, my Lord.

Although it is good fortune,
for the Government
and its secret committees,

that it fell into my safe hands.

Eight hundred warrants
for the arrest of innocent men

assumed to be guilty.

Some of those named
are in this court today.

I see names here of those
in the public gallery.

Names of others
on the lawyers' bench.

I even see my own name among them.

There is even the name of
one sat before me in the jury.

Be aware

that if you send this man
to the gallows today, you should be
prepared to follow him tomorrow.

I trust in God
you will give your verdict
of acquittal for the prisoner.

Jurymen, consider your verdict.

You have reached a verdict? We have.

How do you find the prisoner,
guilty or not guilty?

Not guilty.
SHOUTING

My fellow Englishmen!

The prisoner must be discharged.

CHEERING

You wish to change the law?

Well, you have made a mortal enemy
of the Attorney General,
so there is some progress.

I no longer make an enemy
of you, at least.

Of course not.

I fear you shall find
trouble enough.

WE shall find it, Mr Southouse.

We.

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