書蟲1級(jí)《瑪麗·瓊斯謀殺案》SCENE 1

How did Mary die?

The jury, the lawyers, and the clerk of the court come in and sit down. Then Simon Clark and Dan Smith come in with the two policemen. The judge comes in and everyone stands up. The judge walks to his chair, looks at everybody slowly, and then sits down. The people and the lawyers sit down. Simon and Dan, the two policemen, and the clerk are standing up.

CLERK

Simon Clark, you are here because of the murder of Mary Jones. Did you kill her, or not?

SIMON

No, sir. I didn't.

CLERK

And you, Dan Smith? Did you kill Mary Jones?

DAN

No, sir. I didn't. I'm not guilty!

SIMON

We didn't kill her!

CLERK

All right. Sit down. (They sit.)

MS WILLS

(Standing up) My lord, I am Helen Wills, the lawyer for the police. David Carter is the lawyer for Simon Clark and Dan Smith.

JUDGE

Very good. Please begin, Ms Wills.

MS WILLS

Thank you, my lord. Members of the jury, look at the photo, please. There is a girl in the photo with a young man. She is Mary Jones, and he is Jim Wilson, Mary's boyfriend. (The jury look at the photo.)

The courtroom.

JUDGE

Ms Wills, I haven't got that photo.

CLERK

Oh, I'm sorry, my lord. Here you are.

He gives the judge a photo.

JUDGE

Thank you. Please go on, Ms Wills.

MS WILLS

On 12 August, Mary was in a disco in Trenton with Jim. At midnight, she started to walk home along the road by the sea, and someone killed her. Now, please look at the second photo.

JUDGE

Excuse me, Ms Wills. (He holds up a photo.) This photo? The photo of a dead girl?

MS WILLS

Yes, my lord, that's right. I'm sorry, it isn't a very nice photo. But that is Mary Jones, too. There is blood on her head and face.

JUDGE

Yes, I see. Did someone find her there, that night?

MS WILLS

Yes, my lord. Jim Wilson found her body on the beach near the road at about half past twelve. He tried to help her, but he couldn't. Mary Jones was dead.

JUDGE

How did she die, Ms Wills?

MS WILLS

She died because someone hit her four times on the head with a spanner, my lord. Clerk, can I have the spanner, please?

CLERK

Yes, here you are. (He gives her a spanner.)

MS WILLS

Thank you. It was this spanner, members of the jury. Look at it carefully. This spanner has Mary's blood and hair on it. Can you see that?

She shows the spanner to the jury.

JUDGE

Can I see that, please, Ms Wills?

MS WILLS

Yes, of course, my lord. (She gives it to him.)

JUDGE

Thank you. But who hit her with the spanner, Ms Wills? That's the important question, you know. Who killed her?

MS WILLS

Who killed her? It was Simon Clark and Dan Smith, I think.

JUDGE

Why do you think that? Tell the jury, please.

MS WILLS

Yes, my lord. They were in the disco that evening. They went there in a car, a white Ford Fiesta. It wasn't their car - they stole it. They often steal cars.

JUDGE

I see. And how long were they there?

MS WILLS

They were in the disco for two hours. At about ten o'clock, Dan danced with Mary Jones. After that, Simon Clark danced with her.

JUDGE

Excuse me, Ms Wills. Did Jim see this?

This spanner has Mary's blood and hair on it.'

MS WILLS

Yes, my lord, he did. He was very angry, and he hit Simon. Then he talked to Mary for half an hour, and after that Mary started to walk home alone.

JUDGE

And Jim stayed in the disco?

MS WILLS

Yes, my lord, he did. But Dan and Simon didn't. They went out, ten minutes after Mary. They drove away in the Fiesta.

JUDGE

Yes. But did anyone see them kill her? That's important.

MS WILLS

No, no one saw them kill her. But the police found the tyre marks of a Ford Fiesta near Mary's body. And later, they found Dan and Simon in a white Ford Fiesta in Bilsford.

JUDGE

Where is Bilsford, Ms Wills?

MS WILLS

Ten kilometres from Trenton, my lord. And in the car there was a spanner. This spanner, members of the jury! With Mary's blood and hair on it! (She shows the spanner to the jury.)

JUDGE

I see. That's very important. (He writes.)

MS WILLS

Yes, my lord. These two boys followed Mary from the disco in the white Fiesta. They stopped the car, hit her on the head with this spanner, and drove away.

DAN

(Standing up) It's not true! We didn't follow her! We didn't go down that road! It's not true!

JUDGE

Be quiet, young man! Sit down! You can talk later!

MS WILLS

I call my first witness, PC Norton.

PC Norton goes to the witness box.

CLERK

(Giving him a book) Take this book in your right hand and read what it says.

NORTON

I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

MS WILLS

PC Norton, what happened on 12 August?

NORTON

Well, at 12.47 a.m. someone telephoned the police and I went to the road by the beach in Trenton. I found a young woman's body there, and a young man. His name was Jim Wilson.

MS WILLS

I see. Did Jim call the police?

NORTON

Yes, he did. He was Mary's boyfriend, I think. He tried to help her, but she was dead.

MS WILLS

Where was the body?

NORTON

It was on the beach near the road. There were some tyre marks in the sand near the body. A car stopped there, and then went back towards Trenton, I think.

MS WILLS

Thank you. Wait there, please, and answer Mr Carter's questions. (She sits.)

GARTER

(Standing up) PC Norton, tell me some more about this boyfriend, Jim Wilson. He tried to help the dead girl, you say. Did he have blood on his shirt and trousers?

NORTON

Yes, sir, he did. There was blood on his face and hands and on his shirt and trousers too.

GARTER

Did you ask him about this?

NORTON

Yes, sir. The blood was there because he tried to help her, he said. He sat in my car and started to cry. He loved her, he said.

He sat in my car and started to cry.'

GARTER

I see. But why was Jim on the beach?

NORTON

He went for a walk after the disco, he said.

GARTER

I see. Thank you very much.

(He sits down.)

JUDGE

PC Norton, one more question. Were there any cuts on Jim's face or hands?

NORTON

I don't know, sir. There was blood on his face and hands, but it was Mary Jones's blood, I think.

JUDGE

Thank you. That's all. The next witness is Dr Seldon, I think. (Dr Seldon comes in, and the clerk gives him the book.)

SELDON

I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

MS WILLS

Dr Seldon, you looked at Mary Jones's body. What did you find?

SELDON

Mary Jones was a young woman of about 18. She died because somebody hit her four times on the head.

MS WILLS

Thank you. You looked at this spanner very carefully, too. Can you tell us about that, please?

SELDON

Yes. I looked at the spanner and I found blood and hair on it. The blood and hair were Mary Jones's.

MS WILLS

Are you sure about that?

SELDON

Yes. They were the same.

MS WILLS

So did somebody kill her with this spanner?

SELDON

Oh yes. I am sure about that.

MS WILLS

Thank you. Wait there, please.

Ms Wills sits down, and Carter gets up.

GARTER

Dr Seldon, I want to ask you about Mary Jones's hands. Was there any blood on them?

SELDON

Yes, sir, a lot of blood. I looked at it very carefully and it was her blood. Perhaps she put her hands on her head when the spanner hit her.

GARTER

But was there blood under her fingernails, too?

A little blood under her fingernails.

SELDON

Yes, a little.

GARTER

Did you look carefully at that blood, too?

SELDON

No, I didn't. There was a lot of blood on her hands and it was all her blood. I am sure about that.

GARTER

Yes, but think carefully, doctor. What did Mary do when the man hit her? Did she try to hit him, too? Perhaps she cut his face with her fingernails. Do girls sometimes do that?

SELDON

Well, yes, sometimes.

GARTER

So perhaps the man's blood was under her fingernails. Did you look for that?

SELDON

There wasn't much blood under her fingernails.

GARTER

But did you look at it, doctor? Did you look carefully at the blood under her fingernails?

SELDON

No. I'm sorry, I didn't.

GARTER

I see. But there was some blood under her fingernails. You're sure about that?

SELDON

Yes, there was a little blood there. Not much.

Carter sits down. Seldon goes out. PC Moran comes in, and takes the book from the clerk.

MORAN

I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

MS WILLS

PC Moran, you looked at the white Ford Fiesta, I think. What did you find?

MORAN

Well, first I put some paper under each tyre, and drove the car over it. The tyres made marks on the paper. Then I took the paper to the beach, and looked at the tyre marks in the sand.

I put some paper under each tyre, and drove the car over it.'

MS WILLS

Were they different?

MORAN

No, they weren't. The marks on the beach were from Pirelli ZX37 tyres, and the marks on the paper were from Pirelli ZX37 tyres, too.

MS WILLS

Did you find any more things in the car?

MORAN

Yes. There was a lot of sand from the beach.

MS WILLS

I see. That's very interesting. Thank you very much. Wait there, please. (She sits down.)

GARTER

(Standing up) PC Moran, do all Ford Fiestas have Pirelli ZX37 tyres?

MORAN

No. Ford Fiestas can have lots of different tyres.

GARTER

And what about Volkswagen Polos? Do they sometimes have Pirelli ZX37 tyres, too?

MORAN

Sometimes, yes, sir.

GARTER

I see. So there are lots of cars with these tyres. Some are Ford Fiestas, but some are Volkswagen Polos. Is that true?

MORAN

That's true, yes.

GARTER

So perhaps a Polo made these marks in the sand?

MORAN

Perhaps, yes.

GARTER

Thank you. Now, there was a lot of sand in the car. Was there any blood in the car too, or hair?

MORAN

No, there wasn't.

GARTER

What? No hair or blood? Did you look?

MORAN

Yes, sir, we did. But we didn't find anything.

GARTER

But Ms Wills said, 'These young men killed Mary Jones.' There was blood on Mary's head and face, blood on her dress, blood on her hands. But there was no blood in the car, you say?

MORAN

No, sir, no blood or hair in the car.

GARTER

I see. Thank you, PC Moran. That's very interesting.

(He sits down.)

Moran goes out, and WPC Gray comes in.

GRAY

(Taking the book) I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

MS WILLS

WPC Gray, you found Simon Clark and Dan Smith in the white Ford Fiesta. What happened?

GRAY

Well, at ten o'clock that night, a woman called Mrs Symes telephoned the police. 'I can't find my car,' she said. It was a white Ford Fiesta, number M346 WXT.

MS WILLS

Did you look for the car?

GRAY

Yes. At two o'clock in the morning, we found it in Bilsford. Simon Clark and Dan Smith were in the car, so we asked them a lot of questions.

We asked them a lot of questions.'

MS WILLS

What did they say?

GRAY

They stole the car at eight o'clock, they said. Then they went to a disco in Trenton, and stayed there until about midnight.

MS WILLS

And what did you find in the car?

GRAY

A spanner, and a lot of sand. There was sand in the young men's shoes, too.

MS WILLS

What did they say about the spanner?

GRAY

Nothing. They said, 'Spanner? What spanner?'

MS WILLS

Why was there sand in their shoes? Did you ask them?

GRAY

Yes. They went for a walk on the beach, they said.

MS WILLS

Did you see any blood on these young men?

GRAY

Yes, I did. There was blood on Simon Clark's face. He had two small cuts under his left eye.

MS WILLS

Did you ask him about this?

GRAY

Yes. He said, 'A man in a disco hit me. His hand cut me.'

MS WILLS

I see. Thank you very much. Wait there, please.

(She sits down, and Carter stands up.)

GARTER

I have only two questions, WPC Gray. Did you find any blood on the young men's shoes?

GRAY

No, sir. There was a lot of sand, but no blood.

GARTER

Was there any blood on their shirts or trousers? Blood from these cuts on Simon's face, perhaps?

GRAY

No sir, there wasn't. They were very small cuts.

GARTER

Thank you. (He sits down.)