Rumpole goes to the country, to him it has the scent of death all around. She who must be obeyed rather fancies a move to the country set.
Rumpole fought so hard to get Fiona Allways installed as a Barrister at the chambers. Now despite his attempts to resist, he accepts a brief to defend her sister Jennifer who has been accused of shooting her husband dead. She said it was an accidental shooting, a prosecution witness thinks otherwise.
Rumpole gets little assistance from his instructing solicitor. Murder is not a forte for the firm. The judge causes concern to Rumpole. Justice Twyburne once sentenced a man to death, a few years later it turned out someone else did it. He has a reputation of not being defendant friendly.
Rumpole suspects as he met Jennifer and her husband in a horse race that she was maybe a little too friendly with their neighbour. Maybe she was trying to protect him by taking the blame. It all depends on the forensic evidence. Rumpole gets assistance from a pathologist about bullet wounds.
The episode to me highlights the importance of the Judge. The way he treats the respective lawyers from the defence and the prosecution in how they conduct their case, interrogate the witnesses. More importantly trials can be won and lost in the way the Judge sums up a case.
As Rumpole notices, Justice Twyburne feels burdened by the innocent man he once sentenced to hang.
Rumpole used his wily tricks in the case but the truth from the accused was important. As for Mrs Rumpole, he needed all his cunning to avoid a move to the countryside.
Rumpole fought so hard to get Fiona Allways installed as a Barrister at the chambers. Now despite his attempts to resist, he accepts a brief to defend her sister Jennifer who has been accused of shooting her husband dead. She said it was an accidental shooting, a prosecution witness thinks otherwise.
Rumpole gets little assistance from his instructing solicitor. Murder is not a forte for the firm. The judge causes concern to Rumpole. Justice Twyburne once sentenced a man to death, a few years later it turned out someone else did it. He has a reputation of not being defendant friendly.
Rumpole suspects as he met Jennifer and her husband in a horse race that she was maybe a little too friendly with their neighbour. Maybe she was trying to protect him by taking the blame. It all depends on the forensic evidence. Rumpole gets assistance from a pathologist about bullet wounds.
The episode to me highlights the importance of the Judge. The way he treats the respective lawyers from the defence and the prosecution in how they conduct their case, interrogate the witnesses. More importantly trials can be won and lost in the way the Judge sums up a case.
As Rumpole notices, Justice Twyburne feels burdened by the innocent man he once sentenced to hang.
Rumpole used his wily tricks in the case but the truth from the accused was important. As for Mrs Rumpole, he needed all his cunning to avoid a move to the countryside.
