Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer - Chapter 349

Chapter 349 Key witnesses not present? Routine!

Wednesday, afternoon.

Municipal court, small court.

Because the impact of the case is too small, the court arranged a small court to hear the case.

In the small courtroom, there are very few people.

This is also the client’s request. The whole thing should be kept as low-key as possible, and it is best that colleagues do not come.

So Bai Meiqi also used resources to keep the case as low-key as possible and not reveal too much rumors.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the court will be deserted.

And not only was the atmosphere deserted, many people in the courtroom even felt bored.

More than half of the 12-member jury were yawning in boredom.

In the hearing box, the few onlookers were almost distracted, and few people paid attention to what was going on in the courtroom.

Even the judges on the bench were yawning boredly.

In court, only Xu Suyun was making a statement.

After all, it is a small case, and the pre-trial + trial is today.

The court also doesn’t have so many judicial resources for you to squander. Don’t worry about these small cases, it’s good to have a court session.

“This is a crime that cannot be ignored. You may think it is a petty crime, but we must not condone the defendant’s stealing.”

“Once we set a precedent, businessmen like the defendants who work in big companies will think that as long as they have money, all charges can be settled. This will be an important provocation for the rigor of the judiciary!”

“So, as the public prosecutor, I will formally prosecute the defendant on behalf of the judiciary!”

Xu Suyun said, raised his hand to the dock.

The defendant is a middle-aged woman in her forties, wearing a professional suit and glasses, with clearly visible crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes.

She remained silent, occasionally looking back at Bai Meiqi in the hearing box with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

The defendant obviously didn’t understand why he asked Bai Meiqi for help, but the lawyer sitting beside him was a newbie.

As for Zhang Wei, he was also sitting in the hearing booth, and sitting in the corner of the first row, closing his eyes in contemplation.

“The prosecution calls the first witness to testify in court!”

The first witness was a security guard in a shopping mall, a man with a medium build and an ordinary face.

“Hello, witness!”

Xu Suyun walked to the witness stand and asked, “Last weekend, you sent the defendant to the Field Branch. Could you tell us why you sent her there?”

“She took a hand-woven towel worth 200 yuan in the showroom on the first floor of our mall!”

The male security guard pointed to the dock and added, “The most important thing is that she didn’t pay!”

“Well, the hand-woven towel worth 200 yuan should be the hard work of the merchant!” Xu Suyun walked to the jury and said so.

On the jury box, very few people glanced at the dock.

They saw something abnormal on the defendant’s face.

seems to be ashamed and ashamed. In short, the defendant’s heart is obviously hiding something.

They knew it.

“Witness, are you sure the defendant didn’t pay?”

The    male security guard nodded and said affirmatively: “Yes, I have asked the shop selling towels, and they have no impression of the defendant, nor do they remember that she paid!”

“Well, thanks for your answer!”

Xu Suyun thanked him and said to the tribunal, “The prosecution has finished asking questions!”

As she walked down the courtroom, Su Xiaoqian stood up slowly on the defense stand.

I have to say that she was so nervous that she took a deep breath while walking.

“Come on, you can do it, Zhang Ace is here today, and Lawyer Bai is there to help you out, you can do it…”

she murmured as if to say something encouraging to herself.

When she walked to the witness stand, Su Xiaoqian took another deep breath and asked, “Excuse me, witness, how did you find out my client, she took the handmade towel?”

“I searched her bag and found it in her bag!”

“I know you searched her bag, but even if you are a security guard at the mall, you can’t search my client’s personal belongings without evidence, right?”

“I know, but someone saw her stealing!”

“This person, including you?”

“Uh…” The male security guard paused.

“Did you not see with your own eyes that my client took the towel?”

After hesitating for a while, the male security guard quickly replied, “I didn’t see it, but I received a report from someone else!”

“You mean, you searched my client’s bag when you were not sure about yourself?”

Su Xiaoqian said, her face became a little strange.

“But someone saw it, and saw that your client took a towel!” Of course, the male security guard tried his best.

“Is that the owner?”

“no!”

“Who is that?”

“this……”

Su Xiaoqian’s words made the male security guard hesitate.

“Witness, is this question difficult to answer?” Su Xiaoqian was puzzled.

“Witness, please answer this question. Whose testimony did you rely on to search the defendant’s bag!”

On the court seat, the judge also spoke.

This is a very important question, which will directly affect the judgment of the court and cannot but be answered.

The male security guard immediately looked at Xu Suyun, but unfortunately the latter was expressionless.

“That, Your Majesty, the person who gave the testimony is the shopkeeper of another booth. For some personal reasons, it is not convenient for him to go to court…” The male security guard said, his face a little unnatural.

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Wei, who was sitting in the hearing booth, raised his head instantly, and his eyes flashed.

Breakthrough!

He finally found a breakthrough in this case.

Similarly, Su Xiaoqian in court seemed to have caught something.

She hurried back to her place and picked up a list.

“You mean that the most crucial witness in this case is not only not on the witness list, but also did not appear in court. And all your actions to search my client are based on the testimony of this mysterious person?”

The male security guard suddenly stopped talking.

“I want to ask another question, was there a lot of people in the mall that day?”

“That day was the weekend, our mall featured cheap products, and there were promotions and discounts that day…”

Needless to say the rest, everyone already understands.

There were more than a lot of people that day, it must be a sea of ​​people.

Su Xiaoqian pointed to herself and guessed: “That is to say, if I also went to the exhibition hall on the first floor of your shopping mall that day and bought a towel, even if I paid for it, the shop owner would definitely not remember me?”

“Because that day, the owner may have seen thousands of faces and touched hundreds of customers, right?”

“You should be right…” The male security guard hesitated again, but still responded to the question.

“Your Honor, my question is over.”

Su Xiaoqian finally breathed a sigh of relief and ended the questioning.

On the jury table, many people were talking, and the jurors who were boring before were no longer sleepy.

They all noticed the strangeness of the case, or the effectiveness of testimony and witnesses seemed to be somewhat low.

Especially this male security guard, relying on the testimony of another store owner, searched the defendant’s bag, which is obviously inappropriate.

There were so many people that day, maybe the defendant paid?

The store who bought the towel doesn’t remember it. It’s normal. There were so many customers that day. Maybe it’s me who doesn’t remember it.

As for the other store, no one came, they believe in ghosts.

At the prosecution table, Xu Suyun’s expression became slightly unnatural.

No way, there is actually a difficulty in this case, which happened to be found by the defense.

That is the only witness of the prosecution, and his character is a little timid.

They don’t even dare to testify in court, so if eyewitnesses cannot be present, the validity of the testimony will indeed be greatly reduced.

The current situation, it seems to be the case.

“Cough, in view of the special circumstances of the witnesses in this case, and I have to rush to a court later, the time is a little late, so let’s adjourn the court for the time being!”

The judge struck the hammer and announced that the court began to dissolve.

Everyone walked out of the courtroom one after another.

“Zhang Ace, this case…”

“Xiao Su, you are very lucky, the most crucial witness did not come, you have a great chance!”

“Really?”

“Let’s go back and talk, there are a lot of people here!”

Zhang Wei took Su Xiaoqian and Bai Meiqi back to Jincheng Law Firm.

After a while, he printed a page of information, the first page of which was a photo.

The man in the photo is a little overweight, wearing pair of eyes, about 30 years old, and looks honest and honest.

“The shop owner’s surname is Fang. He sells toys and school supplies on the first floor of the shopping mall in this case. The main product is marker pens, which are located opposite the towels. It seems that the person mentioned by the security guard is him!”

In the    office, Zhang Wei handed the information to Su Xiaoqian and Bai Meiqi.

“This person is the key witness?”

“It should be, he is 32 years old, unmarried, and looking at his face, his personality should be like a cowardly, in line with the description of the security guard!”

Zhang Wei pointed to the photo and analyzed it like this.

Bai Meiqi looked at Zhang Wei, frowning slightly, “Then what do you mean…”

“Fix him and you can get this case done!”

Zhang Wei pointed to the photo and said with a smile, “That’s why I said that Xiao Su is lucky!”

“Zhang trump card, but isn’t this just interfering with witnesses, this is…”

“Xiao Su, to interfere with the witness, then the other party must be a witness, right?”

Zhang Wei smiled slightly, “If someone is unable to testify in court due to his own reasons, and there are legitimate reasons, then the prosecution cannot force the other party to appear in court, even in criminal cases, the prosecution can only focus on persuasion. .”

“This is also the reason why it is generally difficult for witnesses to appear in court in a criminal case. On the one hand, it is because of retaliation, and on the other hand, because they are afraid and dare not go to court, they have a burden in their hearts.”

“The same is true in this case. The testimony of this key eyewitness is very important, but as long as he does not dare to appear in court, then the case will be fine.”

Bai Meiqi nodded and couldn’t help but said, “Then our job is to ensure that this witness cannot testify in court?”

When Su Xiaoqian next to    heard this, a picture immediately appeared in her mind.

Under the night, Zhang Wei walked up to a man with a flustered expression.

“Sorry, for the sake of the case, I have to make sure you can’t come forward!”

The knife fell from his hand, and blood spattered.

“Puchi puchi”, the man fell to the ground.

Su Xiaoqian’s whole body was jolted, looking at Zhang Wei with a trace of fear.

“Xiao Su, you look at me wrong, are you thinking of something illegal?”

“No, no, I was just a little distracted just now, I didn’t think about anything!” Su Xiaoqian hurriedly denied it.

But her expression was obviously not good enough, and Zhang Wei could see her thoughts at a glance.

“Xiao Su!”

Zhang Wei beckoned and let Xiao Su come forward.

“Listen, the prosecution also knows the current situation of the case. If I were Master Xu, I would definitely put this witness on the witness stand, and even for the sake of the case, I would definitely use any means to force him to appear in court.”

“But it takes time, it’s almost time to get off work now, and this is a small case, the judge can’t open the back door for them overnight, and tomorrow the judge won’t accept these requests before going to work, so you have one night and one morning to operate. ”

Zhang Wei patted Xiao Su on the shoulder and said earnestly: “I really don’t want to teach you some things, so you decide, do you want to use a special method to deal with this witness?”

Su Xiaoqian just hesitated for a moment, then nodded solemnly.

Compared with Zhang Weiyi’s righteous warning, she didn’t want to lose the lawsuit.

“Okay, I’ll only teach the routine this time. How much you can comprehend depends on your own ability, but you have to remember that this trick will be used less in the future, and it must not be caught by anyone. Your luck this time. Well, because the impact of the case is small and the situation is special, it gives you enough time to deal with it!”

“Well, I understand!”

Seeing Su Xiaoqian listening to these words, Zhang Wei changed his relaxed expression and said with a serious expression: “Then listen carefully, generally you have to deal with this kind of witness and use your own advantages, the routine is usually… like this, That way…”

Su Xiaoqian listened carefully, nodding “um” from time to time, as if she had understood something.

“Okay, let’s go!”

Finally, Zhang Wei waved his hand and sent the baking soda away.

In the office, only he and Bai Meiqi were left.

“You can rest assured, let a newcomer…”

“Otherwise, you should go to the mall and have a ‘friendly negotiation’ with others, right?”

A look of embarrassment appeared on Bai Meiqi’s face.

The so-called friendly negotiation, is it really friendly?

“So, what we have to do is to believe in Xiao Su, this girl has a bright future!”

“Can the future be expected?”

Bai Meiqi was speechless, it seems that the leader now says the same to the newcomers, all of them are “future warriors”, right?

You are optimistic about their future, and that has to wait until they grow up.

…

the other side.

Eastern Capital, a down-to-earth night market street.

This is a famous snack street nearby, there are not only many local food shops, but also many trolley-like stalls.

Affordable price, small and exquisite, attracting many young people with low consumption.

For a meal, you can have a delicious meal for more than ten yuan. This is already a very good deal in the high-consumption Oriental Capital.

In front of one of the stalls, the owner is making fried noodles.

A man with glasses, blushing and bowing his head, staring at the ingredients that were flying up and down in the boss’s hands.

“Young man, why are you here again these days? I remember that when you used to go to work, you liked to visit my store, but after you resigned, you rarely came!”

The boss seems to be familiar with the man with glasses, and joked while handling the ingredients.

“Hey, don’t mention it.” The man with glasses waved his hand and sighed.

“Why, have you met a boss who makes you unhappy again?”

“That’s not true. Now I’m starting my own business, selling stationery and markers, so I’m working for myself!”

The man with glasses said, but then smiled self-deprecatingly.

Even in a shopping mall, do you really ask your disgusting boss?

He just changed his working environment. Although he doesn’t have to see the stingy boss or the bossy boss, he doesn’t have to look at the moody store manager’s face, just a random manager, and you all nod and bow to please.

Therefore, it is difficult to be a part-time worker, and even more difficult to start your own business.

“Start your own business, that’s not the same as me, you should be happy!”

The stall owner laughed and brought a bowl of steaming fried noodles to the man with glasses.

“Hey, I want to be happy too, but I’ve been in trouble recently…”

The man with glasses lowered his head and prepared to eat fried noodles, but unfortunately the heat covered his glasses, and soon the place was covered with water mist.

The man with glasses took off his glasses and was about to move his chopsticks when a man suddenly sat down beside him.

“Boss, have a bowl of fried noodles!”

Listen to the voice, she is a delicate girl.

When he turned his head, he saw a young girl in a decent dress, put down the satchel in her hand, and sat beside him.

The girl is very young and has a high appearance. Although she looks young, it makes the man with glasses a little moved.

“Girl, this is your first time here?” The vendor owner looked at the girl and greeted with a smile.

“Yeah, I just joined the company recently, and I’ve only been working for a few days!”

The girl said, took out the hairpin from the bag, rolled up her hair and tied it in a ponytail.

“How is it, is your work going well?”

“Hey, don’t mention it, the boss, relying on himself as the boss’s brother-in-law, makes a fortune in the company every day, and bosses everyone, I can’t bear it anymore!”

The girl sighed and complained: “If it wasn’t for this job I fought so hard for, and my family still needs me to send money back, I really want to resign!”

The girl’s words made the man with glasses stunned for a moment.

The owner of the street vendor was instantly happy when he heard it.

“Yo, isn’t this the same as the guy next to you?”

“Really, do you also have annoying supervisors, do you also have stingy bosses?”

The girl seemed to be familiar with her, turned her face and greeted the man with glasses.

At this moment, the man with glasses suddenly felt that there is not only malice in the world, but there are people in this world who can understand him.

“Yeah, I used to be like this too.”

“before?”

“The young man is now starting his own business, and there is a shop in the mall!”

“Really, I’m so envious of starting my own business. If it weren’t for the lack of money, I would really like to work for myself.”

“Farewell, it’s actually more difficult to open a store. Sometimes I miss working part-time.”

“Really, but I just think it’s hard to work part-time~”

The girl    said and winked at the man with glasses, “By the way, my surname is Su, let’s get to know you!”

“Oh, my surname is Fang!”

The owner of the stall saw a smile in his eyes.

This boy, is it spring?

(end of this chapter)