Victim to be: It’s no use appealing to my better nature. I don’t have one.
An elderly doctor had operated a clinic (Seaside Hospital) for decades where he matched up women who wanted to adopt but were not eligible and unmarried expectant women who chose not to raise their children gave birth. The pregnant woman was registered under the name of the woman who wanted to adopt. Then the birth certificate was issued as though the adoptive parents were the child’s biological ones.
PM: I just don’t believe it. The whole idea’s insane.
Man who answered phone: Who’s calling?
PM: Perry Mason.
Phone guy: Not the Perry Mason.
PM: Who’s this?
Phone guy: Lieutenant Tragg.
Perry and Della are working out a way to return the doctor’s stolen record book to him. It had been delivered to the murder victim via the U.S. Mail and Della intercepted it. Paul gets uneasy about their machinations.
PD: I am getting out of here. I never thought Alcatraz was any place to spend a vacation.
Burger had a devil of a time trying to get Della to testify about her role in the record book disappearance. Every question he put to her was met with an objection from Perry and the judge sustained every objection. Burger complained that the objections were based on technicalities.
Judge: Technicalities exist to protect the legal rights of the defendant.
In the after-trial wrap-up:
Tragg: He (Burger) is seriously considering filing charges against you for unethical conduct.
PM: Me?
PM: I wanted to help him, Tragg. I tried to point out many times that it was incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial.
Tragg then dumps the contents of an envelope on Perry’s desk. It’s a broken cylinder from a dictaphone.
Tragg: He never should get mad. Why, he missed me by at least two feet.
An elderly doctor had operated a clinic (Seaside Hospital) for decades where he matched up women who wanted to adopt but were not eligible and unmarried expectant women who chose not to raise their children gave birth. The pregnant woman was registered under the name of the woman who wanted to adopt. Then the birth certificate was issued as though the adoptive parents were the child’s biological ones.
PM: I just don’t believe it. The whole idea’s insane.
Man who answered phone: Who’s calling?
PM: Perry Mason.
Phone guy: Not the Perry Mason.
PM: Who’s this?
Phone guy: Lieutenant Tragg.
Perry and Della are working out a way to return the doctor’s stolen record book to him. It had been delivered to the murder victim via the U.S. Mail and Della intercepted it. Paul gets uneasy about their machinations.
PD: I am getting out of here. I never thought Alcatraz was any place to spend a vacation.
Burger had a devil of a time trying to get Della to testify about her role in the record book disappearance. Every question he put to her was met with an objection from Perry and the judge sustained every objection. Burger complained that the objections were based on technicalities.
Judge: Technicalities exist to protect the legal rights of the defendant.
In the after-trial wrap-up:
Tragg: He (Burger) is seriously considering filing charges against you for unethical conduct.
PM: Me?
PM: I wanted to help him, Tragg. I tried to point out many times that it was incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial.
Tragg then dumps the contents of an envelope on Perry’s desk. It’s a broken cylinder from a dictaphone.
Tragg: He never should get mad. Why, he missed me by at least two feet.