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Airhead101 Ruby February 1, 2008

__And Then There Were None__
Your Honor. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury. I, Justice Lawrence Wargrave as a cooperating judge and familiar with the law procedures, I am here to prove my self innocent of the 7 murderers that I had committed on the trip to Indian Island. The murders that did happened upon Indian Island were indeed my doing, though these mere guests had committed their own murders before arriving on Indian Island. I will also say that the murder of Captain Philip Lombard was not my offense, also it was not my offense that Miss Vera Claythorne had hung herself in her room after the murder of Philip Lombard. These people had beyond reasonable doubt committed murders before their invites to Indian Island. I will show that there was an explicit reason that these mere mortals, actually murderers themselves, deserved to perish for their shameful acts. On the island, a childish poem, first recovered by Miss Vera Claythorne tells a tale of ten indian boys that one by one are killed until there are none remaining. Again, as stated before, these deaths were committed for a reason for these guests to perish and they did deserve it for their intolerable acts. I will mention some of the murders that the nine other guests committed and prove to the jury that I am innocent and the guests deserved to die.

Dr. Edward George Armstrong, the doctor sent to help the wife of Mr. Owen was charged upon the day of March 14, 1925 for the cause of the death of Louisa Mary Clees. Clees was the women on the operating table when Dr. Armstrong was operating. In the past, //Zueva, Pg.2// Edward Armstrong had been a drunk, but did end his drinking habits before his arrival on Indian Island. He **was** drunk while he had been operating on Louisa, and who is not to know that Dr. Armstrong, the drunken man as he maybe, might have executed the wrong task on his patient and have killed her, while under intoxication. This man was a screw loose intoxicated man and for his murder, he was punished for his unbearable act.

Miss Emily Caroline Brent, a conservative & religious women supposedly invited to the island by and old friend was charged upon the day of November 5, 1931, which she was responsible of the death of Beatrice Taylor. Beatrice Taylor was a women staying with her. Upon that day, Beatrice was told that she had been pregnant. After Emily Brent was informed of this unfortunate incident, she threw her out of her home. She did not want "loose" people in her home, so she threw her out of her home. After, Beatrice Taylor unfortunately had thrown herself in a lake and drowned. Miss Brent comes on as a nice & caring woman but, in her actions she is not. The least that Miss Brent could have accomplished is helped Beatrice through this time and not making Beatrice feel so inadequate that she would throw herself in a lake with her evolving child. What kind of person with much religious beliefs and morals would do such things to a woman in such critical condition?

Mr. William Henry Blore, an ex-detective who originally disguised himself at first as Mr. Davis was sent to the island to watch the other guests on the island for U.N Owen and was charged upon the October 10, 1928 that he was brought upon the death of James //Zueva, Pg.3// Stephen Landor. Upon this day, Detective Blore sent James Landor to jail. Though, Mr. Landor, upon the law, knowing as a judge myself, is innocent until proven guilty. Mr. Blore should, by the authority have taken Mr. Landor to court or some kind of judicial branch and resolved the reason that the defendant was guilty. Why did this ex-detective sent this poor man straight to jail and left him helpless to "rot in jail"? Why would such an esteemed officer do this to a mere citizen with a constitutional right to be innocent until proven guilty?

Miss Vera Elizabeth Claythorne, a young woman that was invited to the island by U.N Owen as her personal secretary was upon the day of August 11, 1935 was charged for killing Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton. At this time, Miss Vera was just like every woman had fallen in love. She had fallen in love with Hugo Hamilton, who was Cyril's uncle. Miss Claythorne was Cyril's "babysitter" or "nanny" at this point, and do to her negligence and poor judgment Cyril swam out into the lake where they were resting and as he swam out to the rock in the lake where he would show his uncle he began to drown and did eventually. She tried to save the small boy, but was too late. Though, do you think that she use all of her effort to rescue Cyril Hamilton? Miss Vera might have not swam so much that she would have known by the way she was swimming, she wouldn't get to Cyril on time?

Your Honor. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury. Other people on the island such as Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Ethel Rogers, Captain Philip Lombard, and the others that are left are //Zueva, Pg. 4// crime-committing murderers and due to the fact that they all of the guests invited to Indian Island were punished for there unbearable acts. Relieving them of their lives makes the world safer knowing that these murderers will not be causing trouble any longer and never again. No one would like for people, those on Indian Island would like past killers to harm anyone else than they have already. If the mere mortals were here, they would not meet there burden of proof that I killed them off for a reason and the world would be a much better place. I will conclude by saying that I think that everyone benefited from this and I ask that you find me innocent to the court and relieve me of the murders that I committed under the cause of the others murdering innocent and helpless people as well.


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Christie, Agatha. __And Then There Were None__. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1939,

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