HSienzant
Philosopher
Well how do you explain all this then Sherlock, from Detective Beasley, apart from trying to discredit him as usual?
(quoting): "It is interesting to note that Mazerolle claims he was in jail the night of the MacDonald murders. He claims he can prove this from Superior Court records in Cumberland County. I have been told there is a slip of paper in the court records that shows Mazerolle was in jail the night of 2/16-17/70. These records are available to the public.
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I know Mazerolle was not in jail 2/16-17/70 because I arrested him in January 1970 and {I} recall that the trial was set for Mazerolle the day of 2/17/70. If Mazerolle had been in Jail that date (2/16-17/70) he would have been available for trial on 2/17/70, and I would have appeared in court as a witness. John De Carter of the Sheriff's office was with me in the arrest of Rizzo and Mazerolle and he would have also had to appear in court 2/17/70. I specifically recall that I did not appear in court on any case at the Cumberland County Court House on 2/17/70. I was on the street all day looking for suspects on the MacDonald murders."
So all this is based on nothing more than a recollection AND the suppositions that the trial would have been held as scheduled AND that Detective Beasley would have been called the first day? I can think of a dozen different reasons the trial might have been moved, or Beasley not called at first, and at least one reason why Beasley is simply recalling the court date incorrectly: He's human.
So other than Beasley's recollection and suppositions, what evidence of that trial date do you have?
Can you produce the documentation that the trial was scheduled as Beasley recalls?
Hank