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Sir:                               All rise, this court is now in session.,  His/her honour Sir

presiding.  (Everyone remains standing until the Sir tells them to be seated).

 

Sir:                               You may be seated.  Are all parties present?

 

Nikos:                          (stands and addresses the Sir) Yes, Your Honour. The case of The creature vs. Victor Frankenstein.  I am Nikos and these are my colleagues (each member presents itself) . We are acting on behalf of the creature.

 

Sir:                               Thank you.  The charge is the following:

                                    Victor, you’re charged for negligence, malpractice, and emotional and physical distress. How do you plead?

 

Andrew:                      Not Guilty!

 

(Those standing now sit down.)

 

Sir:                               (to Prosecution) Please proceed with your case.

 

Ray:                             (Opening Statement) Your Honour, we intend to prove that Victor deliberately committed acts of negligence, malpractice, and emotional and physical distress, from the moment he abandoned his own creation, the night when he was given life, until now. (Ray sits down)

 

Jander:                         (stands up) To support our case, we will be calling the creature and Walton.  We no wish to call the Victor’s creation.

 

(All Witnesses remain standing until they have been sworn in.)

 

Sir:                               State your name and address, please.

 

Letelier:                       I don’t have a name, I’m Victor’s Creation, I live in a forest in Inglostad.

 

Sir:                               Take the Bible in your right hand.  Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

 

Letelier:                       I do.

 

 

Nikos:                          Creature, please tell “The Court” what happened on the night you were created.

 

Letelier:                       It was a cold, dark night. When I opened my eyes the first thing I saw was my creator.

 

Nikos:                           Do you see the same person in the courtroom today?

 

Letelier:                       Yes! It’s Him! (points at Andrew)

 

Nikos:                          What was the reaction that your creator had when he saw you?

 

Letelier:                       He ran away screaming: “He’s a live!”

 

Nikos:                          The cries were of happiness?

 

Letelier:                       Not at all.

 

Nikos:                          How did you feel?

 

Letelier:                       It’s really hard to express… I think that I felt sad and angry at the same time, because I was a live but the reaction of my master made me really annoyed and angry.

 

Nikos:                        Thank you.  No further questions, Your Honour.

 

Sir:                         (To Defence)  Do you wish to cross-examine this witness?

 

Jeremy:                     (stands) Yes, Your Honour.

 

Creature, you called Victor: ”Master”, so I believe that is your creator. I’m Wrong?

 

 

 

 

 

Letelier:                        No you are not.

 

Jeremy:                        So it means that you owe your life to him. Right?

 

Letelier:                       I guess so…

 

Jeremy:                        You also said that you felt angry and sad. Now tell me, why were you angry with Victor?

 

Letelier:                          Because I was alone and people chased me.

 

 

Jeremy:                        But as you said the people chased you, so Victor actually never hurt you. I am right?

 

Letelier:                       Not physically, but he did it psychologically.

 

Jeremy:                        Before doing the next question I´d like to show you this reliquary. Do you know who the owner of this is? And could you tell us please who the owner is?

 

Letelier:                       Yes, I know. The owner is William Frankenstein.

 

Jeremy:                        And you were the one who killed him yes or no?

 

Letelier:                       Yes (looks to the floor).

 

Jeremy:                        So insulting you would have been a normal reaction?

 

Letelier:                       Yes.

 

Jeremy:                        I have no further questions, Your Honour.

 

Sir:                         (to witness) You may step down.

(to Prosecution) You may call your next witness.

 

Jander:                         We call Walton, a friend of Victor and the creature.

 

Sir:                               State your name and address, please.

 

Pollo:                           I am Walton, and actually, I don’t have an static home, because I’m doing a trip to the north Pole.

 

Sir:                               Take the Bible in your right hand.  Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

 

Pollo:                           I do.

 

Sir:                               You may be seated.

 

Jander:                         Walton, are you a friend of Victor?

 

Pollo:                           I was, until he abandoned his own creation!(angry) How you could do that!

 

Jander:                         And how it’s your relationship with him in actual times?

 

Pollo:                           I used to admire him, he told me his adventures and how he created this awesome living thing!(points at Monster), I wanted to be just like him, he was so smart and so perseverant, until I found the truth…

 

Jander:                         Can you tell the court this truth?

 

Pollo:                           Of course I will, everybody must know that Victor Frankenstein is the worst person in the whole word! He abandoned his creation, it was almost like his son! He deserves banishment and pain for the rest of his life!

 

Jander:                         Thank you.  No further questions, Your Honour.

 

Sir:                               (To Defence)  Do you wish to cross-examine this witness?

 

Joaco:                          Yes, Your Honor.

 

Walton, what did you do to help this creature?

 

 

 

Pollo:                           Well, really I didn’t have enough space to live with him or enough money

                                    To buy some clothes to him…

 

Joaco:                          So are you telling us that you are accusing Victor of abandon his creation when you have done nothing about it?

 

Pollo:                           I said I didn’t have enough money, but I give him Love!

 

Joaco:                          Can you answer the question please?

 

Pollo:                           Yes, I am.

 

Joaco:                          So can you tell me the differences between your behavior and Victor’s

                                    One?

 

Pollo:                           Well… There are not such big differences…

 

Defence:                      No further questions, Your Honour.

 

Sir:                               (to witness) You may step down.

 

Ray:                             We rest our case, Your Honour. Sir:         (to Crown) Thank you.

(to Defence) Will the Defence please begin.

 

Joaco:                          (Opening Statement) We submit that this poor innocent man, Victor, has been wrongfully accused.  He abandoned his creation because he was a very dangerous living thing, that could kill him anytime.

 

Pipe:                            We will call Victor and Henry Clerval as witnesses.  I now call, the accused, Victor to the stand.

 

Sir:                               State your name and address, please.

 

Victor:                         Victor.  I live at Geneva, street Waterfall, 1090.

 

Sir:                               Take the Bible in your right hand.  Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

 

Victor:                         I do.

 

Sir:                               You may be seated.

 

Pipe:                            Victor, can you tell us the night that the Creature was created?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pipe:                            Sure, I gave live to him, and when he opened his eyes, I felt so happy

                                    I thought it was my best moment in my whole career so I ran away screaming!

 

Defence:                      Where does cries of happiness?

 

Pipe:                            Of course, but just for a moment, because once he stood up I felt his hate!

                                    His eyes were so yellow and terrifying, his hands so big! I thought he was

                                    Going to kill me so I ran away.

 

Defence:                      Did you see your creature the next day?

 

Pipe:                            Yes.  I must confess that it took a long time for me to calm down, because my creation, for what I worked so hard for at least 2 years hates me! I came back to my home after 6 hours, it was afternoon, when I opened the door the first thing I saw was that al my furniture, including my science materials were destroyed. But the creature wasn’t there.

 

Pipe:                            Did you try to search for the creature after you realized it wasn’t there?

 

Victor:                         Sure! I search at least for a whole day, but I couldn’t find a clue about him!

 

Pipe:                            Thank you Victor. No further questions My Honour.

 

Sir:                               (To Prosecution)  Do you wish to cross-examine this witness?

 

Ray:                             Yes, My Honour.

                                   

                                    Victor, is it true you didn’t give a name to your creation?

 

Victor:                         Yes, it’s true. But I didn’t had enough time! When I came back for him, he was gone!

 

Ray:                             But what kind of father doesn’t give his son a name?

 

Victor:                         Like I said before I couldn’t find him.

 

Ray:                             So you are saying you never see him again until today?

 

Victor:                         Of course I did, but he was so angry… He hate me! I couldn’t have a relax talk with him, because I was also screaming at me.

 

Ray:                             So you didn’t do anything to help your creature, your own creation?

 

Victor:                         Well, I was so scared, so confused…

               

 

Ray:                             Can you answer my question?

 

Victor:                     Fine I admit it, I didn’t do anything, he hate me! But did somebody help him! NO!

 

Ray:                         Thanks you. No further questions, My Honour.

 

Defence:                      We call Henry Clevral, your Honour.

 

Sir:                               State your name and address.

 

Aris:                            Henry Clerval, Waterfall 1092.

    Jeremy:                        Which is your relationship with VF?

Aris:                                I had been a friend of Victor since we were kids, he was more interested on science and I was interested on culture and society. Even though we had some differences, that didn´t affect our friendship that has lingered over the years.

 

Jeremy:                            What happened after Victor created the creature?

Aris:                                I meet him after that; I had to nurse him because he started having a nervous fever that lasted for several months, also he had lost his senses.

Jeremy:                            (Sits) Now my colleague want to ask a question.

Joaco:                              Could you tell the court victor's reaction after receiving the news of William and Justine deaths?

Aris:                                He was really depressed, so much that I decided to cheer him up, but I couldn´t and I tried all the time I could. One of the ideas I had was to escort him to Scotland, but it didn´t worked.  

 

 

Joaco:                              (sits)

 

Pipe:                                Can I ask one more question Your Honour?

 

Sir:                                  Yes, you may.

 

Pipe:                                What did the creature do when Victor refused of creating a partner for him?  

 

Aris:                                The creature… the creature killed me.

 

Pipe:                                And can you explain The Court how are you here?

 

Aris:                                Victor revived me by the use of electricity.

 

Pipe:                                Your Honour, here it’s the proof that Henry is telling the truth (Shows Video)

 

 Sir:                                 (To Prosecution)  Do you wish to cross-examine this witness?

 

Nikos:                          No, My Honour.

 

Defence:                      We rest our case, Your Honour.

 

Sir :                              (to Crown and Defence)  You may begin your summations.

 

Pipe:                            Thank you, Your Honour.

 

(to Jury) Gentlemen of the Jury, we have shown that Victor

only abandoned his creature because it’s a dangerous living thing, who killed two close persons to his master. He never tried to hurt physically or emotionally, it was all self-defense.  Therefore, we can certain that you will agree that Victor is innocent of charges, and will find him not guilty.

 

Sir:                               (to Defence) Thank you.

 

Jander:                         Thank you, Your Honour.

 

(to Jury) Gentlemen of the Jury, we have shown that Victor hurt his creation emotionally and physically, that he abandoned him, knowing that may not be able to fend for himself. There fore, you must find him guilty of charges!

 

Sir:                               (to Crown) Thank you.

 

Sir:                               (Jury exists, and votes on all charges based on the evidence. A majority decision is all that is needed. A foreperson is selected to speak for the jury. The Jury returns).