Chapter 266 Turning Point (1)
Chapter 266 Turning Point (1)
“So, Mr Dore, when did you sign the contract with the defendant?” asked Oscar.
“As it has been recorded in the contract, it was March 14th.”
“What about the exact time?” Oscar continued to question.
“It has been a year. How can I recall the exact time?” Dore appeared a bit irritated.
“You don’t even remember it? It has been just a year.”
“Perhaps it was between 3 and 4:00 PM.” Dore simply made up an answer randomly.
“From 3 to 4 or even from 2 to five in the afternoon, the defendant had been fully scheduled. with all
kinds of conferences. There was no way that he had time to meet anybody else.” Oscar took out a list
of conference schedule and handed it over to the jury, “This is the conference schedule of the Cooper
Group on March 14thst year, with the defendant’s minutes of all conferences included.”
Then the jury started to scrutinize the paper.
“Perhaps I signed it in the morning.” Dore hurried to added, “I have a bad memory. I can’t exactly tell if
it was in the morning or the afternoon. But I am sure it was on March 14th.”
“However, ording to the record of visitor register provided by the Cooper Group’s secretary office,
there was no visitor on that day. But the group stipted that every visitor having appointment with the
chairman should be recorded in advance.”
“I didn’t say I signed it inside the building.” Dore hurried to exined, “It was a private contract. How
could I sign it inside the office?”
“So you mean the defendant met you somewhere else outside his office and signed the contract with
you?”
“Yes.” Dore answered firmly.
“Where?”
“The restaurant nearby the building of Cooper Group.”
A subtle change appeared within Oscar’s eyes.
Obviously, the one behind this conspiracy was well-prepared.
Oscar suddenly fell into silence.
Everyone else started to believe Oscar had no idea how to continue.
It seemed that he failed to figure out what else to question.
As they had expected, awyer with no experience like him wouldn’t be likely to make it.
Some derisiveughter sounded in the air, which was led by Charles.
Harrison turned to look at him.
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Hisughter was too obvious to be ignored.
As soon as Charles noticed her gaze, he looked into her eyescently.
Harrison turned to look at Oscar, anxious.
“If you have no more questions, please return to your seat.” The judge suddenly uttered.
“I still got one more question.” Oscar replied straightly.
The judge said seriously, “Please continue with your questions as soon as possible.”
“Yes, Your Honor,” said Oscar respectfully. Then he looked at Dore again, “Mr Dore, were you aware
that a contract without handprint shall be deemed null and void even though it was signed with
names?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t?” Oscar smiled, “Among all these contracts, every single one of them, including the written
warranty between you and Zhang, had official seal on them coupled with your handprint. Are you still
gonna insist that you were not aware of that?”
“Alright, I admit that I was aware of that.” Dore suddenly corrected himself, “Because I knew even if
Martha pulled back the contract, it was he who suffered the loss. So why should I remind him of the
handprint?”
“Since you were fully aware of the importance of handprint, do you think Martha Cooper, the chairman
of Cooper Group, was totally unaware of that?” Oscar asked rhetorically.
Dore was stunned.
“If the defendant was aware of the risk, why should he choose to sign this private contract with you
while it wasn’t legally guaranteed. Once there was something wrong happening, the defendant would
have to suffer the financial loss all alone. For what reason would he insist to sign this contract?” Oscar
kept on questioning.
Meanwhile, it was a rhetorical question for everyone inside the court.
“He must be nning to threaten me in that way because he believed that I wasn’t aware of the
importance of the handprint, I suppose.” Dore figured out an excuse.
Oscar didn’t intend to continue questioning. Instead, he turned to the judge, “Your Honor, ording to
the conversation just now, it transpires that his testimony is rather suspicious. Here are my reasons.
Firstly, Dore was equivocating about the time he signed the contract. Generally speaking, we won’t be
likely to forget what had happened within a year. Even if he had forgotten about the exact time, he
should have recalled an approximate period of time. Secondly, at the very beginning, Dore self-
proimed that he wasn’t aware of the importance of the handprint. But then, he took back his words. I
really doubt about the testimony from a changeable guy like that. Thus, I have every reason to suspect
that he was lying or even fabricating his testimony.”
“I didn’t!” Dore shouted out anxiously.
“Silent!” the judge hammered his gavel and added, “Mr Dore, please be aware that you are
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legally responsible for your testimony.”
“Yes, Your Honor.” Dore soon returned to be silent.
However, the judge didn’t show any approval about Oscar’s points. He only simply warned
Dore to keep quiet.
Thus, the judge was probably biased.
But still, Oscar remainedposed.
He asked again, “Your Honor, may I ask a few more questions?”
“The questions shall focus on the case itself. Mr Wells, please be aware of the time.” The judge
showed obvious bias against Oscar.
Self-collected as always, Oscar nodded and faced Dore, “Mr Dore, you said you were tired of being
haunted by nightmare. Thus, you chose to report the defendant to the authority. Is that
true?”
“Yes.”
“Mr Dore, about the 830,000,000 you have embezzled, how much is left over?”
“Objection!” Jesse suddenly stood up, “Your Honor, this question doesn’t pertain to the case. It has
vited the informer’s privacy. He has the right to remain silent.”
“Sustained!”
Oscar refuted frankly, “No, it does pertain to the case. His expenditure could clearly prove that he
hadn’t embezzled all the money. Instead, he only took away 230,000,000, while the rest had been
transferred to another person. That’s to say, this embezzlement had been. conspired with another
aplice.”
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“Objection!” Jesse stood up again, “the defensewyer is falsifying a charge against the
informer.”
“But I have proof!” Oscar stressed out his words firmly.
Jesse continued, “If you do, please stop mystifying us and present the proof.”
“Okay.” Oscar answered.
Stunned, Jesse didn’t expect that he could actually present the proof.
“I have three pieces of contract here.” Oscar presented those files, “Here is a contract of construction
materials between Maxwell and Ocean Building Materials Corporation, the total value of which was
105,000,000 while five million of which was required to pay the tax. Ast for the rest of the 100,000,000,
it was exactly the money from the private contract used to purchase thend!”