A member of the jury: possible arguments. Prosecution. Defense. Lets consider the whole case fact by fact and see if one can logically derive the degree of Chaplins guilt.
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The Killing of Percy Casserley A member of the jury: possible arguments Prosecution Obviously, there is no way to tell definitely if Ted Chaplin has committed a murder or just a manslaughter. Let’s consider the whole case “fact by fact” and see if one can logically derive the degree of Chaplin’s guilt. First, let’s estimate the prosecutor’s (McClure) arguments. Almost undoubtful fact is that Ted Chaplin was in the house of Casserley and saw his death, and he is a very good object for prosecutor’s attack, especially in the light of his own description of the story. There is a slight chance of mistake in this statement but it is almost neglectible. We can suppose that Percy Casserley was murdered, if he was murdered at all, not by Ted Chaplin but Georgina Casserley, his own wife. Ted Chaplin claimed then that he was the witness of Casserley’s death to pull any possible accusations away from Georgina Casserley. If so, he succeeded and Georgina was not really blamed; eleven days of her imprisonment (provided mainly by the social critics of the moral aspect of the love story of her and Ted Chaplin) can not be compared with twelve years for Ted Chaplin.