Chapter 1027 In Court (5) Reverse Testimony
Chapter 1027 In Court (5) Reverse Testimony
In the courtroom, it was tense again.
"Mr Simmons, through our recent reasoning and evidence, even this entire court agrees with my
viewpoint that my client can''t have had a chance to see this magazine in recent years. You suddenly
question your previous facts. Don''t you think it''s a bit unreasonable and even self-contradictory?!"
"I admit I didn''t consider everything earlier, I didn''t expect you to be so cunning and use diversionary
tactics that I couldn''t defend against."
"Mr Simmons, what we need in court are reasonable evidence and logical reasoning, not just saying
whatever we want. Please don''t forget your duty as awyer!"
"Your honour," said the intiff''swyer, who seemed unwilling to argue with the defendant''swyer
any further. "The defendant''s attorney has been maliciously guiding us towards epting his viewpoint
all along. His arguments are full of loopholes, such as only 500 copies sold or disappearing from
cirction after release, these are baseless ims! As long as magazines exist on market shelves they
can continue circting, definitely longer than 8 years!"
"Your honour," responded the defendant''s attorney, who appeared somewhat agitated now too. "My
point of view is not unfounded! The answer was arrived at through witness testimony which was
deemed eptable by the court too. Now it is intiff''s counsel who is being unreasonable by being
aggressive..."
"Your honour..." began intiff''s counsel trying to interject.
The defence cut him off directly saying, "I have proof that shows my client''s innocence."
"What proof?" asked the judge.
"I have here all of my client''s design works from when she worked in the industry along with feedback
recognized by markets including numerous international awards won over time. My client''s design
ability speaks for itself. She isn''t on the same level as the intiff at all, so how could someone
outstandingly famous like her resort to giarism? Given her big reputation, she knows being caught
giarizing would lead inevitably lead to her downfall. Why would she take such a risk? Logically
speaking, there is no way this makes sense except for one possibility, Besse simply did not know that
she may be guilty of giarism because of the Angel collection."
"I object! All points made by the defence were based purely on spection without any concrete
evidence." Retorted the prosecution, emotionally.
"So, Mr Simmons, can you provide evidence to prove that our client has indeed read the magazine that
has disappeared from the market in the past 4 years? Can you prove that my client has indeed seen
Phantom''s original design?"
"I... " Wynne Simmons was somewhat speechless.
"Mr Simmons, evidence is indeed needed in court. Not only to defend my client''s innocence but even if
my client were to be found guilty and sentenced, credible evidence is still needed to prove it.
Otherwise, it would just be your spection or even malicious nder!" The defendant''swyer had a
strong momentum.
"You''re talking nonsense!"
"Quiet!" The judge banged his gavel. "This legal defence ends here. This court will make a judgment on
the giarism case after a half-hour recess!"
Saying this, the judge and jury were ready to leave.
"Your honour!" The defence stepped forward again and shouted. "Your honour, I have evidence to
prove that my client did not giarize Phantom''s work at all. On the contrary, Phantom giarized
someone else''s work!"
As soon as his words fell off his tongue, there was an uproar throughout the courtroom.
What a reversal!
The intiff became a defendant.
But this unexpected turn of events at this moment made everyone excited.
"Quiet!"
Everyone calmed down slightly then Susan in the audience couldn''t help but be excited as well.
Finally came the climax she had been waiting for!
She couldn''t help but look towards Besse, who looked quite shocked at this point because she thought
everything would end there. All points discussed with herwyers were over with no one telling her
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about these follow-ups before now.
"I object!" The intiff''swyer shouted. "This trial only deals with Besse''s giarism case. No other
irrelevant cases."
"Your honour, this rtes to whether or not my clientmitted giarism. It also concerns who
exactly is the author of the original work and whether or not ''Phantom'' has any qualifications to use
my client of copying her work!"
"Allowed." Nodded the judge
"May I present my witness?"
"Yes, please."
A woman walked into the courtroom looking like she had some age on her already.
"Who are you?"
"I was the former editor-in-chief of the Conspiracy Design Society," the woman said. "My name is Zeny
Hutcherson."
"Ms Hutcherson, have you ever seen this work before?" the defencewyer ced the design papers
of the Angel collection in front of her.
"Yes, I have seen it," Zeny replied.
"Did you see it in this magazine?"
"No," Zeny stated inly. "I am seeing this magazine for the first time today."
"As someone in the design industry, you haven''t seen this design magazine before?"
"The Water Ripple Design Magazine was never popr back then and was rarely recognized by its
peers. I didn''t pay attention to their magazines, which is normal." Zeny had a certain status in
Northfield''s design circle and spoke with some arrogance.
"Okay." The defence was only trying to reiterate how unpopr this magazine was and continued
asking, "When and where did you see this design?"
"I''ve seen it at a designpetition 9 years ago. This work appeared there."
"Is the designer of this work in thatpetition her?" The defencewyer pointed at Minerva.
"No," Zeny confirmed firmly.
The audience began to stir again as her words fell silent.
"So who is it?" The defencewyer asked again.
"Hannah Cooper," Zeny answered calmly. "Because real names are required for participation in
Susan sitting among the audience suddenly turned red-eyed with tears streaming down her face.
It had been long since she heard that name from someone elsest time.
"Hannah Cooper?" The prosecutionwyer deliberately elongated his tone. "Are you sure it''s not
Minerva Bird, who is known by ''Phantom''?"
"I''m sure it isn''t," said Zeny confidently. "Thispetition required participants toe on-site for face-
to-face designing. As a judge myself, I saw them personally. I am certain that Hannah Cooper came
instead of her."