Skip watching entire videos - get the full transcript, search for keywords, and copy with one click.
Share:
Video Transcript
Video Summary
Summary
Core Theme
This content is a dramatic plea and cautionary tale advocating for compulsory education on the dangers of narcotics, particularly marihuana, highlighting its pervasive threat to youth and the devastating consequences of its use.
Mind Map
Click to expand
Click to explore the full interactive mind map • Zoom, pan, and navigate
...must be stopped.
You, and all the school-parent groups about the country,
and you must stand united on this,
can stamp out this frightful assassin of our youth.
You can do it by initiating compulsory education
on the subject of narcotics in general.
But dread marihuana in particular!
That is why we are meeting, ladies and gentlemen,
to lay the foundation for a nationwide campaign by you
to demand by law such compulsory education.
For it is only through enlightenment that this scourge can be wiped out.
Out of the traffic in these drugs,
a lawlessness we can hardly estimate has grown and is now flourishing.
lt exists in almost every city and hamlet in the country.
You will find it interesting and important to know
some of the methods used to bring drugs into the country
and the work of the forces of law and order,
which are daily combatting the traffic,
always risking their agents' lives.
The Dept. of Narcotics, Washington, wages this ceaseless fight.
l have a letter of vital importance from someone in the Narcotics Bureau.
l'm going to read this letter to you.
''My dear Dr. Carroll:
''The suppression of the use of marihuana and the forces behind it
''is the most important job this department is engaged in.
''At the outset, there is one vital fact l would submit.
''There is a powerful agency. l speak of the school-parent groups
''which can be invaluable in stamping out this scourge.
''Their help and vigilance could be the deciding factor in our fight.
''Marihuana is grown in every state in the Union.
''Recently, in Brooklyn, New York,
<i>''a fie</i>/<i>d of marihuana was found</i> <i>behind a tenement court</i>.
<i>''The weed was here being cu</i>/<i>tivated,</i>
<i>''regu</i>/<i>ar</i>/<i>y stripped and dried</i> <i>and so</i>/<i>d in schoo</i>/<i>s</i>
<i>''and at government army posts</i> <i>in and around New York</i>.
<i>''The dried</i> /<i>eaves and berries</i> <i>are ground up</i>
<i>''and made into cigarettes</i> <i>by a simp</i>/<i>e hand machine</i>.
<i>''The dead</i>/<i>y narcotic is thus quick</i>/<i>y</i> <i>and easi</i>/<i>y prepared for its market</i>.
<i>''The sa</i>/<i>e of marihuana is</i> <i>more difficu</i>/<i>t to detect and ha</i>/<i>t</i>
<i>''than the traffic in drugs such as</i> <i>opium, morphine and heroin</i>.
<i>''They are hidden in</i> <i>fake jewe</i>/<i>ry cases,</i>
<i>''in the hee</i>/<i>s of shoes,</i>
<i>''women's shoes especia</i>//<i>y, as the</i> <i>drugs can be secreted in fa</i>/<i>se hee</i>/<i>s</i>.
<i>''Ho</i>//<i>owed shaving brushes</i> <i>are another way</i>.
<i>''Books with fa</i>/<i>se centers are used</i>.
<i>''Watch cases are convenient</i> <i>hiding p</i>/<i>aces</i>.
<i>''The va</i>/<i>ue of drugs</i> <i>thus seized is enormous</i>.
<i>''Recent</i>/<i>y, a huge supp</i>/<i>y</i> <i>of heroin was taken</i>.
<i>''</i>/<i>t was concea</i>/<i>ed in an apparent</i>/<i>y</i> <i>harm</i>/<i>ess shipment of o</i>/<i>ive oi</i>/.
<i>''The dead</i>/<i>y drug was burned at</i> <i>the Bureau of Engraving and Printing</i>.
<i>''And more vicious, more dead</i>/<i>y,</i>
<i>''even than these sou</i>/<i>-destroying</i> <i>drugs is the menace of marihuana. ''</i>
No doubt, many of you do not believe that these things do happen,
that they cannot happen to you.
You may also believe the facts have been exaggerated.
Let me tell you something that happened here in our own city.
You probably read about it.
However, l'll give you the real facts behind the case.
An apartment was near one of our high schools.
lt was run by a woman known as Mae Coleman.
Hey.
-Come on, Mae, get up. -What time is it?
Time to clean this place. lt's like the Marines landed.
That bunch last night was high enough to defeat the Marines.
Get on the job. Some of the kids may be up later.
Jack, we don't need to drag those young kids up here.
Just button up your lip.
Always squawking about something. You got more static than a radio.
Ah, greetings.
-Hello, fella, how are you? -Fine, how are you? Come in!
Glad to be here.
-ls Mae in? -She'll be right in. Just sit down.
-What kind of a joint is this, Eddie? -lt's OK, Gwen.
-See, they probably had a party. -Ahh.
-A couple of your customers, Mae. -Yeah?
They know what they're doing, not like the young kids you bring here.
All right, all right. Listen, l'm gonna blow.
Where you going?
Got to make some deliveries. l'll bring back a couple of kids.
-Oh, l wish you'd lay off those kids. -Why don't you get over your complex?
By the way, Ralph, l'm giving a party Saturday at my grandmother's.
The place with the pool. Coming?
-Maybe. -l'd like to have you.
-OK, l'll probably drop over. -So long, Ralph.
-Hey, Ralph! How are you, kid? -Fine, Jack. You?
-Oh, great. Where you headed? -Oh...
Hey, how do you like that?
That's the one l was telling you about.
Very nice.
l don't know why you make such a fuss over Ralph.
He's a swell swimmer. Made the freshman team at college.
My dad knows his family. None of them are any good.
-Parents just got a divorce in Paris. -Yeah?
Ralph runs around pretty much on his own. He's been in trouble.
Well, l don't go around with him.
You better not. He's too old for us. That's what my dad said.
-Hello, Mary. Hi, Bill. -Hi, Ralph.
Hi, Ralph. You know my brother Jimmy, don't you?
How are you?
l'd like you to meet a friend of mine, Jack Perry. Mary, Bill.
Glad to know you.
-We're going to Joe's, come along. -We're playing doubles.
You can play anytime. Let's have fun.
We can't today. Some other time.
-Can l come? -Sure.
Hey, l'll see you at dinner, Sis.
-Don't be late, Jimmy. -l won't.
-Hello, Joe. -Jimmy!
Hi, Agnes!
-He ain't no paper man! -That's ''Hot Fingers'' Pirelli.
He swings out with a mess of jive!
-You want to dance? -Do l!
Mae's expecting us at the apartment later.
-Any new prospects? -Maybe.
Oh, Jimmy, you're wonderful!
You just finding that out?
-Why can't we go now? -Sure.
We're having a party at my girlfriend's. Want to come?
-l'd love to. You want to, don't you? -Oh, sure.
-Any place with you. -Come along, we can all go in my car.
-See you later, Joe. -So long.
-You're sweet to help me, Bill. -Anything but Domestic Science.
Don't you want to learn about running your own home?
The answer is no. You know, after that session we had yesterday,
l told Mother the trouble with her pot roast gravy was
she hadn't added three heaping teaspoonfuls of olive oil.
-What did she say? -She threw me out of the kitchen.
-No wonder. -Hello, children.
-Hello, Mother. -Hello, Mrs. Lane.
-That was sweet of you, Mother. -Hot chocolate! Thanks, Mrs. Lane!
You can't study on empty stomachs. Enjoy yourselves.
-He will. -She will too, Mrs. Lane.
-May l? -Thank you, sir. You're so very kind.
Mary, before we do that math, let's read this. lt's swell.
<i>Romeo and Ju</i>/<i>iet?</i>
-Don't you like it? -Uh-huh.
When l study this, l think of you.
l feel as though you're there beside me.
Oh, listen.
''lt is my soul that calls upon thy name.
''How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night.
''Like softest music to attending ears!''
-''Romeo!'' -''My dear?''
''At what o'clock tomorrow shall l send to thee?''
-''By the hour of nine.'' -''l will not fail.''
'''Tis twenty years till then.''
Well...l'll see you tonight, Mary. Goodbye, Mrs. Lane.
-Goodbye, Bill. -So long.
Gosh, l...
Oh, Bill!
l guess l'm all right. Bye! Bye!
-Hey, Daddy! -Oh, Junior!
There you are!
-Hey, Dad, you got anything for me? -Don't bother your father.
-Have you? -There you are.
What made you so late, Bill? l was worried.
Oh, l had to study, Ma.
He was not. l saw him out walking with his girl.
Bill's got a girlfriend...
-Make him stop! -Junior!
-Well, Bill has got a girl. -Quiet! And put that candy away.
-You shouldn't have given it to him. -His girl's name is Mary.
Hey, l'll shut you up.
Bill! Junior! Quit that carrying on!
They're all right, they're young.
Mary's little lamb.
l didn't mean it, Bill!
What l'm burned up about is that you didn't say Bill had a swell girl!
Gee. lt must be love.
-She must be swell if you like her. -You must want something.
-Come on, what is it? -lt's my model plane. lt won't work.
Gosh, Bill, you could fix it. You can fix anything!
OK, l'll fix it.
-Dad, read me the funny papers. -Here we are.
-Hey, Bill! -Oh hello, Jimmy.
Mary went home. Her mother wanted her to go to the dressmaker.
Oh thanks, Jimmy.
l see Mary let you have the car.
-Can l take you anyplace? -l wasn't going anyplace special.
How about driving over to Joe's place with me? l'll buy you a soda!
-l never drink that stuff! -l'll buy you something else.
-You're on the hook for a root beer. -Swell!
-Hi. What'll you have? -Hey, Jimmy!
Hi Jimmy. Hi, Bill. Come on, slide in.
-Hello, Blanche. Hello, Ralph. -How've you been, Ralph?
Two sodas... l mean one soda and one root beer.
-How's Mae? -Fine. We're going to her apartment.
-Could Bill come? -Sure.
-l don't know... -Come on, Bill!
-Thanks, but... -Come on, Bill.
-Mary won't be jealous. -A lot of the kids will be there.
l don't know... l really shouldn't... Well, OK.
-Hiya, kids! -Hello, Jack, whaddya say?
Yeah, come on in.
-Jack! -Hi, Agnes!
Come on, Bill, don't stand there!
Billy-hillbilly!
-Hi, kids! -Mae, this is Bill Harper. He's OK.
Hello.
Well, if you say so, he's all right with me. l'll be back in a minute.
-Hiya, kids, how ya doing? -OK. Hiya, Mae.
-There's a new one in today. -Yeah, Bill Harper.
He's all right. Blanche's got herself quite a yen for him.
Not bad. l didn't think she had that much taste.
She got Ralph not to bother her. Now she's got her hooks out for Bill.
We haven't many more smokes. You'd better go and get some.
Couldn't you find that out this morning? Now my car is in the shop.
So what? That kid out there, Jimmy. He's got a car. He'll take you.
Come on, get going. Hurry up.
-Hey, Jimmy. -Yup?
l've got to go to Cedar Avenue.
-You got a car? -My sister's.
-Mind giving me a lift? -Why sure, come on.
No, thank you.
-Well, here we are. -Oh, thanks.
Oh, Mae, don't forget me.
l never forget you.
Oh dear. lf you want a good smoke, try one of these.
l thought you were a sport.
Of course, if you're afraid...
That's better! That's more like it. l know you'll like it.
Just take a puff of this.
-Just be a minute, kid. -Give me a cigarette, will you?
-Hello, Jack. -Hiya, Boss.
-How's business? -Great. Those kids sure go for it.
-Swell. -Had to get a few more cartons.
-Ran short today. -All right.
Danny? Pack ten gross for Jack Perry.
Who? Pete Daley? All right, send him in.
lt's all right, stay where you are.
l want to talk to you.
Go ahead, Jack's OK. What's the beef?
l never beefed when l sold that rotten gin.
-You want dough, right? -l don't need it that bad.
-Taking two-bit pieces from kids. -Millions, begging to be taken.
-Don't be a dope. -Just dope enough to draw the line.
OK, Pete. You know what my policy's always been.
lf the boys are not satisfied, l'm always glad to have them retire.
Retire permanently.
So long.
-l wish you had a couple of kids... -Get out!
-Jack, pick up your stuff from Danny. -OK, boss.
-Let's go, Jack, l'm red-hot! -Be careful or you'll be ice cold.
Take it easy, kid!
Slow down! You'll kill somebody!
Mary, you're not eating your breakfast again.
Bill Harper hasn't been around lately. Anything wrong?
Why should there be anything wrong?
There shouldn't be. Whatever it is isn't serious, l know.
-l'm sorry for snapping at you. -Don't worry about it, dear.
Why don't you speak to Bill? He'll be honest, whatever it is.
-l'm sure Bill Harper never lied. -Yes, his mother says he never lies.
-There, you see? -lt'd be all right if...
-...if l speak to him about it? -Why, of course.
-Oh, Jimmy. -Hello, Ma.
Sit down. l'll have your breakfast for you in a moment.
-ls something worrying you? -What have l got to worry about?
-Why don't you tell me? -Don't cross-examine me!
Jimmy! Don't let Mother see you like that.
There is certainly an organized gang distributing narcotics to students.
Not only in my school, but all over the city.
You government men have got to find some way to stop it.
Of course, l agree with you, Dr. Carroll.
But do you realize marihuana is not like other forms of dope?
lt grows wild in almost every state in the Union.
Thus, there is no interstate commerce in the drug.
So, the government's hands are tied.
Frankly, the only sure cure is a widespread campaign in education.
lt's fine to talk about education, Mr. Wyatt.
But we educators can't do anything until the public is aroused.
Let me show you something.
ln 1 930, the records on marihuana in the Narcotics Division
scarcely filled a small folder like this.
Today, they fill cabinets.
All these...devoted to marihuana records.
Here is an example.
A 16-year-old lad, apprehended in the act of staging a holdup.
16 years old, and a marihuana addict.
-Here is a most tragic case. -Yes, l remember. Just a young boy.
Under the drug's influence, he killed his entire family.
Then there is the most vicious type of case.
Here.
ln Michigan. A young girl, 1 7 years old. A reefer smoker.
Taken in a raid in the company of five young men.
Here is a most flagrant case.
l remember. The papers made quite a play of it.
-ln West Virginia, wasn't it? -Yes. And there are hundreds of them.
l'd like to take these records. l feel they would be invaluable to me
-in combating the evil in my school. -You're very welcome, Dr. Carroll.
Sit down, Bill.
There seems to be something wrong. What is it?
You were always a fine student. You always had excellent grades.
l guess the work is getting harder, Dr. Carroll.
No. No, it isn't that.
Bill, l'd like to help you. But l can't, unless you let me.
You're undermining your health.
There's nothing, Dr. Carroll, really. l'll study harder, honest.
Honest? lf you were being honest with me and honest with yourself,
l'm afraid you'd tell me an entirely different story.
l'm going to ask you a straightforward question.
-l'd like a straightforward answer. -Yes, sir.
lsn't it true that you have, perhaps unwillingly,
acquired a harmful habit through association with undesirable people?
-Well? -Oh no, sir. l haven't, Dr. Carroll.
Well, that is, you see, l'm...
...worried about something at home.
All right, my boy. We'll just have to let it go at that.
But remember, if you ever want to confide in me,
-no one will ever be the wiser. -Thank you, Dr. Carroll.
-Hi, Mary, want to play? -Thanks, l'm waiting for someone.
lf you're waiting for Bill, he hasn't been here for weeks.
-Come on, Jimmy, play something hot! -OK!
Come on, Billy! Dance with me!
-Didn't take Bill long to catch on. -Don't take any of them long.
-Hey, don't you ever get fed? -You're feeding me, can't you see?
-Give me a knife and fork, will you? -Get it yourself.
Come on! Come on, Bill!
Come on, Bill.
-Good morning, we're the police. -Good morning.
We're tracing a hit-and-run. Someone caught part of the license.
-We're checking all numbers like it. -l'll try to help.
-Do you recall the 29th, last month? -The day before Mother's birthday.
Yes, l left school and went to the dressmaker with mother.
-l was there all afternoon. -Did you loan your car to two men?
-No, l had the car all afternoon. -Thanks, Miss. Sorry to trouble you.
Tell me... Did they...? Was the person killed?
Fortunately not. But that's still no excuse for hit-and-run driving.
Has Jimmy Lane been here today?
He was in. He went over to Mae's place. You know where that is.
He was going to wait for me here, so he didn't give me Mae's address.
Are you sure Jimmy didn't leave any message for me? Mary?
No, he didn't.
But l guess you're OK. l'll write it down for you.
-Mary! Come right in! -ls Jimmy here?
Oh, why, he's around somewhere.
l think he went to take Agnes home. He'll be right back.
Sit down, Mary. Let me take your coat.
Who's the new kid just came in?
lt's that gal Ralph's gone overboard for.
We've never been able to get her up here before.
Hey, hey. Scram, will ya?
-Smoke, Mary? -Thanks.
-Are you sure Jimmy'll be back soon? -Sure. Any minute.
Say, what's the matter? Am l an orphan?
-Where do you put it? A hollow leg? -Thanks, dear.
Here, Mary.
-Oh, Mary, give me a kiss, Mary! -No! Don't! Don't!
-Please, no! -Oh, Mary!
You leave me alone!
-Go away! -Mary! Everybody's...
Leave me alone! Oh, leave me alone!
-Everything's over. -Leave me be!
Ralph! Ralph!
Look!
Jack, is she all right?
She's dead.
Mae, get me some water.
Now listen, you two.
Get out of here. Forget you were ever in here today.
l'll handle this. Now get going.
Give it to me.
Here.
Mary? Mary!
-What happened? -You killed her.
Mary, Mary!
Oh, Mary...
Look. After l scram, you call the cops.
And this is your story. Remember it.
These kids came here for some beer. From the kitchen, you heard shots.
You came in, and that's what you found.
Just stick to that story.
Mary! Speak to me! Mary!
-Hello, Jack. -l was just talking to a friend.
A cop.
Sergeant on the homicide squad.
-Guy you hit that day died. -Died? You... l mean you didn't...?
No. l didn't crack, and l'm not going to.
-Nobody'll know you drove that car. -Thanks, Jack.
Just don't say you were ever up in Mae's apartment.
Why sure, Jack!
OK.
Your honor, l'd like to recall Dr. Alfred Carroll to the stand.
Dr. Carroll, as principal of the Lakeside High School,
did you, in the last three months,
notice changes in the demeanor of your student, William Harper?
Yes, in a number of things.
For example, at times, disassociation of ideas.
Also, l happened to attend the recent interscholastic tennis matches.
While Bill Harper had been considered an exceedingly good player,
l saw him miss the ball by as much as three or four feet.
This, l understand, could be attributed to the use of marihuana.
lt causes errors in time and space.
Objection, your honor!
The witness isn't qualified as an expert on narcotics.
Sustained. Dr. Carroll has been called merely as a character witness.
Although you didn't personally know the defendant was using marihuana,
did you notice any changes that would lead you to believe, as an educator,
that he was under some severe stress
which might possibly have been induced by some drug?
Yes. l recall distinctly, a few weeks ago.
lt was during a class of English literature.
There was a serious discussion of Shakespeare's <i>Romeo and Ju</i>/<i>iet</i>,
when he burst into an uncontrollable fit of hysterical laughter.
Oh, by the way, Dr. Carroll,
six months ago, what was your opinion regarding the character of my client?
He was a fine, upstanding American boy.
A good scholar, a good athlete,
and representative of the caliber of young men we are proud to graduate.
Oh, snap out of it, will you? lt's not our fault.
Why'd l ever bring him up there, anyway? He's just a kid.
-They can't hang him. -Shut up, shut up!
Why don't you let yourself go? Talk.
Go off your nuts and have me that way too.
-lt's his own fault, wasn't it? -Shut up!
They've got us hidden out, haven't they? The cops can't find us!
Jack. Jack, l want to get out of this place.
You'll stay here as long as we have to keep those two under cover.
Till the trial's over...or the boss gets a better idea.
-But they're getting on my nerves. -lt can't last much longer.
l'm not worried about her. We got to keep him gagged.
Oh, he's about ready to crack.
Just keep him from having too many reefers.
Any day now, that punk'll get hot.
He'll probably spill and tell all if he gets a chance.
l don't think he'll get it.
-l'll see you later. -Where are you going?
l'm going to see the boss.
-Hello, Jack. -Hello, Boss.
-What'll we do about that Wiley guy? -Still jittery, huh?
-l don't know what he'll do. -Feed him hot sticks.
Mae's doing that. No good.
l got a hunch that he's due to crack when that Harper verdict comes in.
He's liable to take a powder on us and blow his topper to the D.A.
You mean you think we'd all be better off if he never heard the verdict?
Well,
what are you waiting for?
You, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have a duty to perform.
A duty to yourselves and to our community.
Mary Lane is dead.
The evidence you've heard at this trial
could not have failed to convince you of the guilt of the defendant.
By his own admission, he pressed the trigger of the weapon
that sent lovely and innocent Mary Lane to a tragic and untimely death.
We are not so much concerned about the motives as about the deed itself.
While the defendant has told you that he saw someone attacking Mary Lane,
and that his mind went blank from that moment on,
the defense has not produced one witness to verify that statement.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, you've heard able men testify at this trial,
men who have tried to bring out the fact
that the defendant might have become momentarily insane
when he fired the shot that killed Mary Lane.
But the defense has been unable to prove that he was insane.
He was sane when he visited the apartment where the tragedy occurred.
He habitually visited the place.
He was sane when he went to a bedroom with another woman.
You heard what went on in that room, from the defendant's own lips.
lnvolved as he was in a tawdry love affair,
Mary Lane was in the way. She had found him out.
ln a moment of anger, he deliberately and willfully killed her.
lf such deeds are permitted to go unpunished,
this community would cease to be a decent and safe place
for us or our children to live.
l do not believe l have to plead, or even demand,
that you bring in a verdict to punish the defendant
for the crime that he has committed against society.
You are upright citizens. That is why you were chosen to judge another.
As honest, upright citizens, there is only one verdict you can find.
And that is a verdict of ''Guilty.''
And this court will be adjourned until the jury's verdict is reached.
l suppose you all feel the same about this case.
-But he might have been insane. -No, he knew what he was doing.
-But supposing he was insane? -You'll never make anyone believe it.
We'll take a first vote.
Eleven for conviction. One for acquittal.
There's a reasonable doubt about his sanity. We can't...
No doubt that he murdered her. He admitted it himself.
That wasn't the first time he was there.
We got to make an example before such boys contaminate all of our children.
We can't let every murderer hide behind a gag of insanity.
Sure, they see red before they kill somebody. But whose fault is it?
Have you reached a verdict?
We have.
The defendant will rise.
What is your verdict?
We find the defendant guilty as charged.
No!
Stop that racket! Stop it!
What's the matter with you? You give me the creeps.
Mae. Mae!
-What do you want? -Bring me some reefers.
-Blanche. They're going to hang him. -Oh, come on. Get a hold of yourself.
Here you are.
And quit that crazy laughing!
-Where's Jack? l want to leave. -You'll hang if you don't pipe down.
l want to see Jack. Jack.
Jack.
-You'd better quiet him. -l can't do anything with him.
l've got to see Jack.
We can't let that kid hang.
He'll be here. Don't worry. He'll be here in a little while.
l've got to see him. l've got to...
Come on, darling. Everything'll be over soon.
-Want me to play something for you? -Yeah. That's it. Play something.
Stop it! Stop it! Let go of me! Take your hands off of me!
Stop it! Take your hands off me! Stop it!
<i>Who hired you and Jack Perry?</i> <i>Are you ready to te</i>// <i>what you know?</i>
<i>Yes!</i>
/<i>'</i>// <i>ta</i>/<i>k</i>.
lf we can gain leniency for my client, she will plead guilty,
and turn state's evidence in the case of William Harper.
l regret this court is not prepared to bargain with justice.
l'll tell anyway. l was there. l saw it.
l know who killed Mary. And l'll tell you who killed Mary Lane.
lt wasn't Bill. lt was Jack.
Jack Perry. He shot Mary and then he put the gun in Bill's hand.
We were all at the apartment one day. Mary came in looking for her brother.
Bill and l, we'd been in another room.
Bill came in and caught Ralph with Mary. They started to fight.
Jack had the gun. He was going to hit Bill over the head to make him stop.
And then...then the gun went off. l saw it.
l can see it now. lt was horrible!
Before we knew it, Mary... Mary was dead.
But you see, Judge, Bill didn't know he hadn't killed Mary.
He was so doped up, they made him think he had.
Ralph wanted to tell you, too. Oh, if they'd only let him.
But this is the truth, Judge. l'm telling you the truth.
After Jack saw that Mary was dead, he put the gun in Bill's hand.
lt was Jack's fault.
And it was my fault, too.
l got all of them to come up to the apartment.
l'm just as much to blame.
l am. l am.
Do you wish to plead guilty to a charge of fostering moral delinquency
-in the case of William Harper? -Yes, yes. l'm guilty. l am!
Prepare a statement for signature, and an order
setting aside the verdict in the case of the People v. William Harper.
ln the interests of justice, l shall direct a verdict of not guilty.
Sign here, please.
You shall be brought into court on Thursday, the 1 7th, for sentencing.
Meanwhile, you will be held as a material witness
in the case of the People v. Ralph Wiley.
We have come in the hearings before this court today
to what l hope will be the final actions in a sad, unfortunate case,
one whose horrible tragedy will forever remain with me.
l am happy to have been enabled, before it was too late,
to set aside the verdict in the case of the People v. William Harper.
But, young man,
although this court believes that to convict you would be grossly unjust,
we cannot condone your acts.
We only express the hope that your experiences may not alone keep you,
but thousands of others, from the vicious pitfalls of marihuana.
Thus, l am ordering you to remain in this court during the next case
so that you will have to witness what you yourself so narrowly escaped.
Call the case of the People v. Ralph Wiley.
Bill.
Your honor, the State waives trial of the defendant, Ralph Wiley...
...and recommends that he be placed in an institution
for the criminally insane for the rest of his natural life.
The defendant's counsel joins the State in this request.
Since counsel for the defense and counsel for the state agree on this,
l see no reason why the request should not be granted.
That happened right here, to your neighbors.
lt is not too much to say that in your hands lies the possibility
of averting other tragedies like it.
We must work untiringly to oblige our children to learn the truth,
because it is only through knowledge that we can safely protect them.
Failing this, the next tragedy may be that of your daughter,
or your son, or yours,
or yours...or yours.
Subtitles by BloodLogic
Click on any text or timestamp to jump to that moment in the video
Share:
Most transcripts ready in under 5 seconds
One-Click Copy125+ LanguagesSearch ContentJump to Timestamps
Paste YouTube URL
Enter any YouTube video link to get the full transcript
Transcript Extraction Form
Most transcripts ready in under 5 seconds
Get Our Chrome Extension
Get transcripts instantly without leaving YouTube. Install our Chrome extension for one-click access to any video's transcript directly on the watch page.
