Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts

NO!

H'YAH! MOVE IT!

H'YAH!

GET!

GOODNIGHT, THAT YOU?

SHERIFF.

WELL, SORRY, JUDGE.

I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU.

I GOT A NEW HAT.

WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR ME?

I CAN SEE YOU'VE BEEN BUSY.

WE CAN START ANYTIME YOU WANT.

I'D LIKE TO WASH UP FIRST.

THERE'S A BOWL OF WATER IN MY OFFICE.

COURT'S SET UP IN THE GENERAL STORE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COURTHOUSE?

BURNED DOWN, ALONG WITH THE HOTEL.

SALOON DIDN'T BURN DOWN, DID IT?

NOT YET.

GOOD.

YOU SEE TO IT THAT IT DOESN'T

NOT UNTIL I'M GONE ANYWAY.

WILL THIS COURT NOW COME TO ORDER?

JUDGE JOHN WILLIAM GOODNIGHT PRESIDING.

THE LAST CASE OF THE DAY...

DOOGAN VERSUS CASSIDY.

YOU'RE CASSIDY?

I AM,

AND IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU, SIR.

YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU.

WELL, WHAT REPUTATION IS THAT?

WORD IS, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN WRONG ON A VERDICT.

IF THAT'S TRUE,

WHICH I DOUBT,

LET'S HOPE YOURS ISN'T THE FIRST.

OH, I'M SURE IT WON'T BE,

AS LONG AS YOU FIND ME INNOCENT.

ARE YOU RELATED TO MIKE CASSIDY?

NOT BY BLOOD, BUT HE TOOK ME IN.

HE WAS A GENEROUS MAN.

HE WAS A HORSE THIEF.

IT'S NOT HIS FINEST QUALITY, I WILL ADMIT--

NOR IS IT YOURS, YOUNG MAN.

THE GREAT TERRITORY OF WYOMING

HAS A PENALTY FOR STEALING HORSES.

IT INVOLVES A ROPE.

WELL, I DO PREFER A NECKTIE TO A ROPE, SIR.

I ASSUME YOU'RE ACQUAINTED WITH CHARLES DOOGAN.

I AM.

I WORK AS A BUTCHER IN ROCK SPRINGS.

HE WAS A CUSTOMER.

HE'S ACCUSED YOU OF STEALING HIS HORSE.

I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF MANY THINGS, YOUR HONOR.

PROBABLY LESS THAN HALF OF THEM ARE TRUE.

I'M INTERESTED IN THE OTHER HALF.

NOW, MR. DOOGAN COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY.

HE'S THE VICTIM OF AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.

YES, I WAS VERY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

I'M SURE YOU WERE.

HIS AFFIDAVIT STATES

THAT ON THE DAY IN QUESTION

HE WAS RIDING HIS HORSE,

AND YOU GRABBED HIS BRIDLE.

TO BE PRECISE,

I ACTUALLY GRABBED THE HORSE'S BRIDLE,

AS MR. DOOGAN WAS NOT BRIDLED THAT DAY.

YOU'D MAKE A GOOD LAWYER.

THANK YOU.

THAT IS NOT A COMPLIMENT.

MR. DOOGAN'S HORSE WAS ABOUT TO THROW HIM,

SO I INTERVENED AS ANY GOOD SAMARITAN WOULD.

AND WHERE IS THIS HORSE?

IT RAN OFF.

DISAPPEARED, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN?

AND HOW DID YOU GET HERE

FROM ROCK SPRINGS?

I RODE IN.

ON A COW?

YOUR HONOR,

I'M NOT A HORSE THIEF.

DO I THINK YOU'RE CAPABLE OF STEALING A HORSE?

THAT AND MORE.

YOU'VE ALSO EXHIBITED QUALITIES HERE TODAY

THAT LEAD ME TO BELIEVE YOU COULD DO GREAT THINGS,

IF YOU CHOOSE.

THE ROAD YOU TAKE IS YET TO BE SEEN.

FORTUNATELY FOR YOU, I'VE HAD A VERY LONG DAY.

THIS IS MY LAST CASE.

I SORELY NEED A DRINK.

THAT COUPLED WITH A LACK OF EVIDENCE...

INSPIRES ME TO TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU.

YOU'RE FREE TO GO, MR. CASSIDY.

DO NOT DISAPPOINT ME.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR,

AND SHOULD WE MEET AGAIN,

YOU CAN CALL ME WHAT THE FOLKS AT THE SHOP CALL ME--

"BUTCH."

WELCOME BACK, JUDGE.

CAN I POUR YOU A WHISKEY?

I WOULD NOT STOP YOU.

OH, A LETTER CAME FOR YOU

A FEW MONTHS BACK,

AND IT LOOKS...

LIKE A WOMAN'S HANDWRITING.

YOU OPEN THIS?

IS THAT ILLEGAL?

TAMPERING WITH THE MAIL, THAT'S A FEDERAL OFFENSE.

I DIDN'T OPEN IT.

THAT'S, UH, ON THE HOUSE.

WHAT IS THAT?

IS THAT COFFIN VARNISH?

ALL THE GOOD STUFF WAS BOUGHT UP

BY SOME CASSIDY FELLOW.

NOW, I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU

IF YOU TURNED ME OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES RIGHT NOW.

LORD KNOWS, MY HUSBAND WOULD ROLL OVER IN HIS GRAVE

IF HE KNEW I WAS TRYING TO SELL HIS INVENTION.

WELL...

PARDON MY BEING SO BOLD,

BUT IF THIS DOES WHAT YOU SAY IT DOES,

WHY SELL IT?

WELL, SIR, I'M A GOD-FEARIN' WOMAN.

THE SIN OF DOING WHAT I'M DOING ALREADY

IS SURE ENOUGH TO SEND ME STRAIGHT TO HELL.

BUT I AM A WIDOW NOW

WITH NO MEANS OF SUPPORT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK EAST TO BE WITH MY SISTER

AND TRY AND PICK UP THE SHATTERED PIECES OF MY LIFE.

A SMALL NEST EGG WOULD MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

I UNDERSTAND.

SHOW ME.

OH, WELL,

IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE TO OPERATE.

YOU SEE, ONCE IT'S SET...

ONE COMES OUT...

AND THEN THE OTHER.

THIS IS ASTOUNDING.

I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE.

AS I MENTIONED,

THE PRESS CAN ONLY PRINT TWO BILLS EVERY SIX HOURS.

YOU SEE, THE PLATES

HAVE TO DRY COMPLETELY,

AND THE INK WELLS MUST REBALANCE,

OTHERWISE THE BILLS COME OUT BLURRED AND DISCOLORED.

MY HUSBAND WAS WORKING ON

AN EXPRESS DYE-TRANSFER SYSTEM

USING ALCOHOL-BASED INKS.

HE DIED BEFORE HE...

I'M SORRY.

NOW, NOW, MY DEAR.

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

HOW MANY OF THESE MACHINES DO YOU HAVE?

OH, JUST THE ONE.

SIR, YOUR WIFE IS ON HER WAY IN.

MY WIFE?

I-I'M HAPPY TO WAIT HERE WITH YOU

THE SIX HOURS THAT IT TAKES FOR THE PRESS TO RECYCLE

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE QUALITY IS--

NO, NO, NOW,

THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.

THE, UM...

SOONER WE CONCLUDE OUR BUSINESS,

THE SOONER YOU CAN BOARD THAT TRAIN

AND BE WITH YOUR FAMILY.

UM...

THAT WAS 1,000?

I BELIEVE WE AGREED ON 2,000, SIR.

MY-MY MISTAKE.

2,000 IT IS.

WELL, THANK YOU KINDLY.

IF I MAY,

A WOMAN ALONE, SUCH AS YOURSELF,

ESPECIALLY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,

COULD BE AN EASY MARK FOR SOMEONE,