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| Posted on 10-06-2008 20:50 |
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((OOC: This is the thread for the trial of Dr. Egbert Heinman vs. Buddy. To be occurring between games starting on the day after Buddy's release from jail from incidents not related to this current court case.
The case is being handled by Judge William Wilaby. Dr. Egbert Heinman is in attendance along with his attorney. Buddy and whoever chooses to defend him will likely be in attendance as well. Anyone else is welcome to watch, although if anyone causes too much of a disruption to the court, they will be fined.))
Judge: *bangs his gavel* "Today we begin the trial of Dr. Egbert Heinman vs. Buddy...There appear to be accusations and charges against both parties. Will both parties and their respective attorneys please introduce themselves to the court and present their charges?"
Heinman's Attorney: "I am Rufus Winthrop and I am representing Dr. Egbert Heinman for this case," gestures to Heinman who is sitting besides him. "Dr. Heinman wishes to press charges against Buddy for repeated assaults against his person and his colleagues. In addition to whatever punishment your Honor deems appropriate we would also ask that should you find Buddy guilty of his charges that he be restricted from carrying weapons in public." Dr. Heinman quickly leans over to Rufus and whispers into his ear, there a short whispered discussion between the two of them and then Rufus continues "And we would like to add that he must stay at least 10 paces from Dr. Heinman at all times."
Judge: *nods and turns to face buddy and his attorney*
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Isaac Milton
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| Posted on 10-08-2008 13:29 |
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"I will be representing Buddy. First off, I'm assuming the charges pertain to August 30th, 1879, as Buddy has served his week in jail for the assault on September 13th, 1879, and he is protected against double jeopardy in the Constitution.
Regarding the night of August 30th, Dr. Heinman had been told by myself, in capacity as sheriff, to examine and analyze the substance known as Wonderflonium, and under no circumstances to bounce it. He returned later that night and bounced the Wonderflonium despite my requests not to, since many of us were concerned that the substance may be dangerous.
Buddy cut Dr. Heinman's hand in an attempt to prevent Dr. Heinman from bouncing the object in question again. His intention was to protect himself and the others in the area from Dr. Heinman's potentially dangerous actions. There was no mens rea; there was good intent. And his strike did no permanent damage to Dr. Heinman but rather prevented him from dropping the Wonderflonium. Though a semi-violent response is not ideal, Dr. Heinman had already shown himself to completely disregard the sheriff's verbal requests.
Dr. Heinman has shown reckless tendencies: after testing some of his devices "several times" he has given them to townsfolk who, upon using them, have exploded. This occured twice, in a short period of time. While I am not attesting that Dr. Heinman wishes to endanger the town, I feel that he has on occasion, and we would like to charge him with reckless endangerment. All that I ask is that Dr. Heinman be put on 6 months parole, and if broken, serve 1 week in jail. It is our opinion that if Dr. Heinman forgot about his so-called "science" and remembered some good old fashioned common sense, that he would not be involved in so many incidents, and that parole and/or a week in jail could help him reflect upon his past mistakes.
As to Mr. Winthrop's request to have Buddy stay 10 feet from Dr. Heinman, this may prove wise, but to deny a man his constitutional right to carry weapons in this town would be an outrage. Buddy has defended this town from bandits and dangerous animals on multiple occasions, and he should not be denied the right to defend himself and others.
(ooc knowledge law check to legal-filter that a bit more?)
Objection!
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| Posted on 10-08-2008 15:22 |
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Dr. Heinman looks aghast and shrieks out "Cut my hand! He impaled my hand with his sword! The blade when straight through and out the others side! It wasn't just a cut. He seemed to even take pride in how accurate he was with his attack!"
A few townsfolk in the courtroom appear unsettled by the grisly description. The judge bangs his gavel a few times. "Dr. Heinman. I realize this was a tramatic event for you, but you are out of order. Unless you are called on to speak or you wish to start representing yourself, you are to remain quiet."
Dr. Heinman appears agitated, but quiets down and whispers some more to his lawyer.
Heinman's Attorney: "I will confirm with Isaac Milton's statement that these charges do not include the assault on September 13th, but they do include the assault on August 30th, but also another assault some months prior where Buddy also cut Dr. Heinman grievously in the lower torso. And while Buddy may have served his time for the assault on September 13th, we believe it is still admissible as evidence for Buddy's history of violent tendencies towards my client."
"I would also like to make it known to the court that my client, Dr. Heinman, is a specialist in a number fields of science and is quite possibly one of the most educated men in town and received his PhD at Brown University in Rhode Island. Now one would assume that when such a man is specifically asked to analyze a substance, that they would trust his judgement in his final analysis of the substance."
"Now then. We would like to present the before the court the following evidence. " Heinman's Attorney pulls forth a small box, "This is a box containing a sample of Wonderflownium. It should be known that this is not the original sample that was in my client's hand at the time of the incident, but one more recently purchased from a novelty vender working with the circus that recently came to Gommora. I will note that it does state on the material contained within that this product is 'Dangerously bouncy and addictively fun'." Heinman's Attorney gives a wry smile as he hands the box over to the judge to inspect.
"I would ask that the weapon in question be presented before the court, but I believe it is still in Buddy's custody and the original sample of wonderflownium in Mr. Milton's custody. So unless Mr. Milton has further evidence to add. I would also like to call forth some witnesses." Heinman's Attorney turns to face Isaac Milton.
(OOC: knowledge law check to for further legal-improvements)
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<OOC: You don't need to clean it up. Both sides state their case and if it isn't painfully obvious (or the judge is bought) then the lawyers make a knowledge law check, high result has cited better legal sources and thus wins. Modifiers can be put in for judge's bias or particularly good arguments, but basically the assumption is that you can put together a legal argument to convince anyone of anything if you know what you are doing. If your statement didn't cite proper sources your roll will. This won't prevent you from looking like a "big city lawyer that is using his book learnin' to keep the little guy down" if people don't agree with the side you are on, but that's the way the law works.>
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| Posted on 10-09-2008 00:10 |
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Buddy will remain quiety, and well dressed, in his seat through out the various arguments, apparently patient and calm. Sometimes tapping or strumming his fingers in slow, faintly audible patterns as though he doesn't realize he's not holding his guitar.
(Casting 'boost trait' on isaac's 'knowledge law' skill, will benny to re-pull if failed.)
currently in transition..
recently 'grandpa' {shuffled off his mortal coil}
not currently Playing "Leaf Harlin",
(the artist previously known as 'Buddy' )
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Isaac Milton
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| Posted on 10-09-2008 10:06 |
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(after whispered talking with Buddy)
"If the previously instance you speak of is when Buddy struck Dr. Heinman after he electro-shocked my adopted son into a coma before he could shock him again, then yes, I know of the incident of which you speak.
Dr. Heinman and Buddy obviously have a history in town. Obviously, both men feel the other to be dangerous. But I would like the court to note that in each instance, Buddy responded with nonlethal force in an attempt to stop Dr. Heinman from harming citizens of this fair town. While the wonderflonium may have turned out to be harmless, Dr. Heinman shocking a young citizen into a coma, or having given out two devices that exploded upon multiple citizens of the town both proved to show significant harm to townsfolk.
With that specific incident, various townsfolk had moved to the old orphanage to defend against a group of incoming raptors- a rare but natural and dangerous pack predator. I found myself, Lin Fuqua, Matthew Douglas, Kitty Dawkins, Sheriff Wulfie, Deputy Melvin, and many others defending ourselves and the children at the doors of the orphanage. We nearly failed after many of us were severely hurt by the exploding device caused by Dr. Heinman. We nearly all perished, but the bravery and skill of citizens like Lin Fuqua, Sheriff Wulfie, and Kitty Dawkins saved the day.
So while Dr. Heinman's attorney will attempt to show a pattern to Buddy's behavior, Dr. Heinman's actions have proven to warrant Buddy's mistrust of him and have colored his responses to the Doctor's actions.
You may call your first witness.
Objection!
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| Posted on 10-09-2008 11:00 |
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Tom wrote:
(Casting 'boost trait' on isaac's 'knowledge law' skill, will benny to re-pull if failed.)
<OOC: I'm going to save you the benny here for repulling your casting with no ranks. Boost trait has a duration of 3 rounds (15 seconds), with all of your power invested in it you can make it last a maximum of 1 minute. The court case will take significantly longer than 1 minute, thus negating any usefulness of short term buffs. It is not possible to buff Isaac's knowledge law in the last 15 seconds of his closing argument and have it apply in any meaningful way to the roll representing the overall case presentation of the last 4 hours.>
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| Posted on 10-09-2008 11:32 |
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Dr. Heinman and his attorney whisper back and forth some more.
Heinman's Attorney: "Before I go on to call my first witness, I'd like to address the most recent accusations by Isaac Milton. Firstly, regarding the incident with Mr. Milton's adopted son, George. George was looked at by doctor Barnaby Foster after the incident and found to taken no actual physical damage, the coma itself lasted only a couple of hours. And it should also be clarified that at the time of the shock, a large number of townsfolk, Buddy included, were trying to restrain George who at the time was injuring others and resisting capture. My client simply subdued George using a scientific device rather than physical force."
"Secondly I would like to question Mr. Milton's statement that Buddy was using nonlethal force against my client in both instances. While I am not a doctor myself, I am fairly certain that my client, had he not received prompt medical condition, could have bleed out and died from the deep cut placed in his lower torso or his hand. Just because my client survived those injuries does not make them any less lethal. I will remind the court that those attacks were made not by a fist, or a blunt object, but by a sword. A weapon specifically designed for killing."
"Thirdly, I would ask that the court dismiss the statements Mr. Milton made regarding the raptor attack, as neither my client, Dr. Heinman, nor Buddy were at the scene of that incident at any time. While my client did create the device that exploded during the incident, he can not be held accountable for another person improperly using a device he created. If that were the case we would have the local gunsmith in the courthouse every time someone was injured by a gun he made."
"Now, unless Mr. Milton has some more accusation to make against my client. I would like to call forth Miss Molly Packard, if she is present, to give a description of the incident on the night of August 30th, 1879"
((OOC: edit was made on the duration of George's coma))
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| Posted on 10-09-2008 22:37 |
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*Molly, looks slightly surprised, rises and walks to the stand.*
Molly Packard - School Marm - 8/30/08, Deputized- 11/8/08, Sheriff- 12/6/08 - 5/2/09
Total time as Sheriff: 7.33 sessions
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| Posted on 10-09-2008 23:20 |
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After Molly has been sworn in ((OOC please let us know if for some reason you wouldn't))
Heinman's Attorney: "Miss Packard. Can you please explain to the court what you witnessed on the night of August 30th. Remember you are in a court of law and please be describe to the best of your ability the events that took place that night in addition to your emotions and feelings regarding those incidents."
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| Posted on 10-10-2008 01:50 |
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OOC: There is no reason that Molly would not be sworn in.
"Yes, sir. August 30th was my first day in Gomorrah." *She smiles at the memory.* "I arrived by stage coach in the late afternoon, and after unpacking my things at the Manifest Destiny, I decided to stroll the town common and introduce myself to people.
At some point a man in a white lab coat, who I later found out was Dr. Heinman, ran down the street towards some of the other townsfolk and me. He seemed excited about something, and when he got to us he announced that he had made a discovery, and he then proceeded to fling a small orange ball at the ground. Several people screamed and backed away, but I had no idea what was wrong, so I didn't. Then Buddy, whom I had met earlier in the day, rushed forward and stabbed Dr. Heinman through the hand." *Molly shudders as she says this.*
He was then pushed away by a few men, one of them was Mr. Isaac Milton. Mr. Milton said something to Buddy, but I was too far away to hear what, and then Buddy walked away. At the time I was upset because I thought Buddy should have been arrested for needlessly attacking Dr. Heinman. When I turned to see if I could help the doctor, his assistant, Kandee, was already tending his hand. He said that he would press charges because it wasn't the first time that Buddy had attacked him.
*As she finishes this, she stares levelly at Dr. Heinman while saying: *
That is my recollection of the event. I have since learned about some of the circumstances of the other stabbing and about why everyone was afraid of the small orange ball, which I now know to be wonderflonium, that leads me to be not entirely unsympathetic with Buddy." *She looks over at Buddy and gives him a sympathetic look with a touch of regret.*
"That is all Mr. Winthrop."
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| Posted on 10-10-2008 13:45 |
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Heinman's Attorney: "Thank you Miss Packard. I appreciate your honest recollection of the events that occurred that night prior to your exposure to others opinions on the matter. Unless Mr. Milton has any further questions for you, you may step down and I will call forth my next witness."
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Isaac Milton
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| Posted on 10-13-2008 22:31 |
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"Yes I do. Molly you've been in town for a few weeks now. Would you agree that on occasion, Gommora can be a dangerous place? Or more specifically, that I, as the sheriff, deal regularly with dangerous situations, objects, and/or people?
(waits for response)
"Would you agree that in a town where such things go on, it is of paramount importance that people listen to the sheriff, and whenever reasonable and possible, should heed my requests?"
(waits for response)
"Lastly, did you arrive before or after I asked Dr. Heinman not to bounce the wonderflonium?"
(after response)
"Thank you very much, Molly. I have no further questions for this witness."
Objection!
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| Posted on 10-14-2008 01:26 |
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[OOC: for simplicity's sake I will number Molly's responses to the questions, but Molly is not actually saying "one, two, etc."]
[1] Oh my yes, this can be quite a rough town. In the time I've been here, there has been a bank robbery, some sort of wild beast attack involving grave digging hounds, a ghost attack, an attempted murder, an actual murder, may Father Luc rest in peace, and some sort of supernatural being terrorizing poor Cody. Since you, Mr. Milton, as far as I know, have been involved in the investigation of nearly every one of these incidents, I think it's fair to say that you regularly deal with dangerous situations.
[2] Of course.
[3] I must have arrived in town after that because the night of August 30th was the first time I've ever seen, or even heard of wonderflonium. Or if you mean did I arrive on the scene that night before or after you had asked him not to bounce it, well, *chuckles* I think everyone who knew what the substance was yelled at him to not bounce it.
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Heinman's Attorney: "Thank you. I will now call forth my second witness. Clark Stanely. Now, Mr. Stanely can you please describe to the court what relation you have to item known as Wonderflonium."
(waits for response)
Heinman's Attorney: "Now, your boxes of Wonderflonium are marked as being "Dangerously bouncy, Addictively fun". As a distributor and manufacturer of this product, is there actually any danger posed by this product, or was this simply a marketing ploy?"
(waits for response)
Heinman's Attorney: "Uh huh. Now. If you were uncertain about how safe your product was, would you trust the analysis of someone with an extensive background in the sciences, such as my client, to ascertain the safety level of your product?"
(waits for response before continuing the questioning)
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| Posted on 10-14-2008 14:53 |
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1)Well Richard Stoughton (a close friend of mine) was looking at the rubber ball market and discovered one problem with current balls: they just weren't fun.
(He takes out a dark blue rubber ball and drops in on the floor. It hits with a thudding sound, bounces a few inches and then rolls pathetically along the floor.)
Being the genius that he is, richard came up with a way to put the wonder back in bouncing a ball, and chose to share his discovery with the world: Wonderflonium
(He takes out a bright orange ball and drops it on the floor. it bounces significantly higher, he beings hitting the ball at the top of the bounce until eventually it is bouncing as high as the stand. He continues bouncing the ball with a wide grin on his face for the rest of his questioning)
See how much fun it is!!!
You want to know the difference between wonderflonium and that other brand of ball? Just bounce it.
Ever since then I've been traveling with circuses and acting troupes showing people how to bounce different. (at a reasonable price)
2)Well there have been reports of them being mishandled by very small children. We have a child's line of boxes as well:
(he pulls out a box labeled "Wonderflonium, bounce in your hand, not in your mouth"
but the real point is just how great a product wonderflonium is. It really is the king of bouncing balls. We've sold Wonderflonium all across both sides of the mason-dixon line, there are even some generals that have picked them up (though we can't give out their names). We like to think of ourselves as the "bouncy ball of champions". Is it possible that soldiers lives were lost because the general was distracted at a crucial moment by the hypnotically orange wonderflonium? I couldn't rightly say. I prefer not to dwell on the possible danger inherent in a bouncy ball as dangerously bouncy, addictively fun as wonderflonium. I instead prefer to think of the small children swinging on swing sets and bouncing their wonderflonium in the parks and realize that with wonderflonium we "bring good bouncing to life"
3)I wouldn't trust anyone else's opinions on wonderflonium! That's why you need to try it for yourself. See why everyone else is saying "we bounce harder". Don't trust some kid down the street to tell you what bouncing ball is best for you, come on down and bounce some wonderflonium yourself "Bounce great, less sucking". Worried that fido will destroy this ball just like your last ball? Wonderflonium is forever.
Only you can decide for yourself if you are ready for a ball as great as Wonderflonium. If you're ready just come down to the circus, shout "Where's the wonderflonium" and I'll be right over to help set you up with the bouncing ball of your dreams.
Always wonderflonium
(Clark Stanley will catch the ball and sit back in the stand, holding the orange ball towards the audience as he does so. Those of you that fail a smarts check at -5 will get the impression that wonderflonium is a great bouncy ball and that if you were to purchase a bouncy ball you would like it to be wonderflonium. This is not a supernatural compulsion, just a shift in your bouncy ball preferences.)
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Heinman's Attorney takes a few minutes to think then continues: "Uh huh. So what you're saying is that this product is something even children could use?"
(waits for response)
Heinman's Attorney: "And would you say that Wonderflonium is a toy or other source of entertainment, and not say, a harmful weapon such as a gun or knife?"
(waits for response)
Heinman's Attorney: "And lastly, what would your opinion be of someone who doesn't find Wonderflonium fun? Would they have to be crazy to be afraid of it?"
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| Posted on 10-14-2008 17:15 |
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1) Oh we recommend Wonderflonium for all ages 1 to 101. Even before the little tykes can bounce it themselves they can still roll it around on the floor. Some people have said that the following something as bright and orange as wonderflonium at an early age can sharpen eyesight and improve brain development in addition to the obvious advantages in developing motor skills. Wonderflonium is truly a ball that grows with you.
2) (Clark Stanley pauses for a few moments at this question before continuing, speaking quickly and dryly, without any of the flair that he has answered the previous questions with) Wonderflonium enterprises neither condones nor encourages use of it's products in any guns, knives, weapons of mass destruction, freeze rays, or other offensive instruments. Wonderflonium brand bouncing balls are for entertainment purposes only, Any attempt to use Wonderflonium for other than it's intended use voids any warrenty (express or implied) and releases Wonderflonium enterprises and it's subsidiaries from any liability regarding it's usage. Erections lasting longer than 4 hours are abnormal, you should seek medical attention if this occurs. (Clark then resumes his cheery upbeat personality).
3) The only people who don't like wonderflonium are people who don't know about it! You'd have to be CRAZY not to want one of these wonderful balls for yourself!
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| Posted on 10-14-2008 17:24 |
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Heinman's Attorney smiles and then says: "Thank you Mr. Stanley. No further questions." He then turns to Isaac Milton to allow him to cross-examine.
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| Posted on 10-14-2008 22:18 |
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"I have no questions for this witness, your honor."
Objection!
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