[Lady Justice 14] - Lady Justice and the Lottery by Robert Thornhill

Author:Robert Thornhill [Thornhill, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Humour
ISBN: 9781492118275
Amazon: B00EDQK9OE
Barnesnoble: B00EDQK9OE
Goodreads: 18303567
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

When we arrived at Judge Stanton’s courtroom, the place was packed.

I was surprised to see Earl, Morty, Sol and Stacy whom I had previously met in the captain’s office.

After placing Mary in Suzanne Romero’s capable hands, I made my way to where they were seated.

“Good morning. I’m surprised to see you all here, especially you, Stacy. I thought you were heading back to California.”

“I was,” she replied, “but when I heard about Mary’s arrest I figured that I should probably hang around. If we get this TV thing off the ground, Mary Murphy’s character will be a prominent part of the story line. It would be a real downer if she turned out to be a drug dealer instead of a hero.”

“I see your point,” I replied, “but as you’ll soon see, you don’t have anything to worry about.”

“Have you given more thought to our proposal?” Earl asked eagerly. “We’d really like for you to be on board with this.”

I knew that I was committed whether I wanted to be or not, but I wanted them to sweat just a bit longer.”

“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about it. I’ll let you know.”

At that moment, the bailiff announced Judge Stanton. Mary was about to have her day in court --- for the second time.

The prosecution had only one witness, Frank Dutton. He related how Mary had been observed buying the hydroponic lights and how they had followed her to the Three Trails. I slunk down in my seat as he ticked off the numerous violations of the law that had transpired at my flophouse. He was about to bring up Mary’s previous arrest, but Romero objected and the prosecutor didn’t press the issue.

Finally, he asked. “Officer Dutton, based on your years of service in the Drug Enforcement Unit, did you believe that you had probable cause to execute a search warrant on the premises.”

“Yes, sir, I did,” he replied.

“No further questions, Judge.”

It was quite obvious that Suzanne was going to rip their case apart and what had just occurred was a blatant attempt to cover their asses to avoid a counter lawsuit for unlawful arrest.

“Your witness, Ms. Romero,” the judge intoned.

“Officer Dutton,” she said, approaching the witness stand, “Were you present when the premises were searched?”

“Yes,”

“Did you find the hydroponic lights that Ms. Murphy had purchased?”

“Yes.”

“Please tell us what you found growing under those lights.”

Dutton slumped in his chair and mumbled, “Tomatoes.”

“I’m sorry, Officer. Could you speak a little louder so the court can hear? What did you find growing in the basement of the Three Trails Hotel?”

“Tomatoes! I found tomatoes!”

“And did you find evidence of drugs or drug paraphernalia anywhere on the premises?”

“No, we didn’t.”

“So what would you conclude as a result of your search?”

Dutton was becoming indignant. “Look counselor, I know what you’re trying to do here. Okay, so we made a mistake in this one instance, but that sweep two days ago took dozens of dope heads off the streets of Kansas City. A sweep like this is like a tuna boat fishing with a big net.

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