Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer Chapter 428

   Chapter 428 The world is so eloquent, Chef Wang goes to court

  The prosecution's first round of allegations and evidence brought great difficulties to Zhang Wei.

   At this moment, among the 12-member jury, many of them looked at Lao Tan with hostility in their eyes.

   They all believed that it was Lao Tan who kept pulling the person in charge of the cleaning company to smoke, so that the other party could not complete the supervision and cleaning work, resulting in ineffective cleaning, which caused the fire.

   Guilty!

  The old talk has a direct connection to fire.

   at the defense table.

   Old talk panicked.

   "Lawyer Zhang, I'm pulling people to smoke. It's all human. Besides, how long does it take to smoke a cigarette, and they can continue to work after smoking?"

  Old Tan hurriedly defended himself, he was wronged.

   Now they are doing business, and they give out cigarettes every time, isn't it all basic operations?

  Although Zhang Wei doesn't smoke, he knows the rules.

   So he asked: "The smoking thing is another matter, I will ask you, have you confirmed that the oil has been cleaned up?"

   "Of course I confirm. The last cleaning was a month and a half ago. I saw it myself. Those places where oil stains are accumulated all the year round are clean."

   Old Tan said with an innocent face: "Lawyer Zhang, you can see that I am actually very concerned about my own shop, how can I let go of safety hazards."

   "That being said, why did the fire break out in the store?"

   Zhang Wei muttered, but did not ask again.

   "For Mr. Qi, the prosecution ends the question!"

  In court, Hou Liangliang finished his questioning of the witness and gave Zhang Wei a provocative look.

I gave you the    man, but I figured there was nothing you could do.

  Probably...that's what he wanted to express.

   Zhang Wei got up and walked to the court under the eyes of the audience.

  Similarly, Zhao Xiaoxiao, who was sitting next to Zhang Wei, also quietly left the courtroom while no one was paying attention.

   "Mr. Qi, you are the head of the cleaning company, right?"

"Yes."

   "I heard that you and the people from the fire department also know each other, so you can get the job of cleaning the restaurant in the shopping mall in Wanjiahui?"

   "This...it's hard to say..."

  Mr. Qi smiled, but didn't say anything.

   This thing can't be admitted, please don't ask if it's okay, it's all human beings here…

   "Okay, we won't worry about this."

   Zhang Wei seemed to have read his mind, and immediately changed the subject, "Mr. Qi, I would like to ask, how many restaurants will your company clean up for Wanjiahui?"

   "Probably more than 140 stores."

   "Then do you know the owners of these stores?"

   "We've met each other, but if you're not familiar with it, let's talk about it."

   "Then let me ask, in addition to my client's old talk, do the owners of other stores also pull you to smoke a cigarette and talk to you when they are cleaning?"

"Yes."

   "Then let me ask again, how long does it take to smoke a cigarette?"

   "Just a few minutes."

   "Then even if you smoke one stick, you can't get enough of it. If you smoke two sticks and smoke three sticks, can it be over in about ten minutes?"

   "Should be about the same."

   "Then let's be safe, let's count as 15 minutes."

  Zhang Wei waved his hand, and then asked: "Let me ask, how long does it take for your cleaning company to clean up the oil stains?"

   "It depends on the size of the store. For some small stores, it only takes an hour or two to drag and wash. Larger stores will take longer."

   "Where's my client's shop?" Zhang Wei pointed to the old man who was sitting.

  Mr. Qi also glanced at him and recalled: "If you always talk about pickled fish, it should take three or four hours to start!"

   "Oh, it takes so long."

As Zhang Wei spoke, he even walked up to the jury and asked, "You smoke for a maximum of 15 minutes. Even if you have finished smoking a few cigarettes, the cleaning work has only started at the beginning. The witness or his staff can continue to supervise the cleaning. work?"

   As soon as these words came out, many people on the jury reacted subconsciously.

yes!

   They thought the cleaning would be done quickly, but they didn't expect it would be so troublesome and take so long to clean up the oil.

   And how long does it take to smoke a cigarette, and then go to supervise after smoking, there is plenty of time.

   "So, the prosecution's allegations are completely unreasonable. He miscalculated the time for my client and witnesses to leave the scene, and completely shied the responsibility of the fire to my client. I think this behavior is really ill-considered!"

"you!"

   Hou Liangliang never imagined that Zhang Wei would dare to point at his nose and scold him, and he couldn't help it immediately.

   He almost couldn't help slapping the table and stood up to retort.

   But in the end, he held back.

   After all, this is a courtroom, so many people are watching, and there are two girls beside him, he has to consider the impact.

   "Mr. Qi, I have to ask you one more thing for my client. Every time you go out to work, do you have an inspection report?"

"some."

   "Then my client's shop, when was the last cleaning time, do you still remember?"

   "Of course I remember. Because I was called as a witness in this case, I specifically checked the inspection report of the cleaning work. We cleaned the oil stains in his shop just 7 weeks ago."

   "Oh, 7 weeks ago?"

   Zhang Wei muttered, and immediately asked: "Then, based on your professional experience, is it possible that the oil pollution accumulated for 7 weeks could cause such a violent explosion?"

   "Impossible, I said it all, at least 5-6 months of oil pollution can cause fires and explosions. 7 weeks is only a month and a half, which is not enough!"

   The witness's answer finally changed the direction of the court.

   Now the wind is blowing a little to the defense side.

   Seeing that he had an advantage, Zhang Wei also felt that was enough.

   "The defense has nothing to ask about this witness!"

  The witness got up and left calmly.

  Zhang Wei returned to the defense table, just about to say something to comfort the old talk, but Zhao Xiaoxiao did not know where to get out.

   Seeing the second daughter who was seated, Zhang Wei couldn't help complaining, "Second daughter, why are you so elusive?"

   "Your mother-in-law helped us find it."

   "Oh, what do you say?"

   Now that we are talking about business, Zhang Wei's eyes narrow.

   "Just now, Judge Liu received a call from the district attorney's headquarters, from the switchboard."

"and then?"

   "Your mother-in-law and I called back, and they transferred us to the Attorney General's Office."

   "Prosecutor General!"

   Hearing the report of the second daughter, Zhang Wei instantly understood.

   It turned out that the chief prosecutor of the District Prosecutor's Office just spoke with Judge Liu on the phone.

  Xiao Liu should have no problem, after all, he is still young, and it is impossible for him to do anything that violates professional ethics.

   But in any industry, you must pay attention to one's sophistication.

  The judge and the district attorney are actually the two parties that cooperate the most. Xiao Liu received a call from the chief prosecutor and probably thought a lot about it.

   The chief prosecutor is Hou Liangliang's father, Xiao Liu should also understand.

   Then, before the case began, the chief prosecutor suddenly called and asked a few questions, would Xiao Liu have any ideas?

   Even though the chief prosecutor just offered a few words of condolences at work, but "inadvertently" revealed that my son was in your court, and it happened to be the case at hand, Judge Liu, you must give a good sentence and strive to be fair and just.

   At this time, what should Judge Liu do?

   Zhang Wei could see that Judge Liu had already made a choice.

  Xiao Liu's previous performance is also very telling.

   Let Hou Liangliang have the upper hand as far as the rules allow and without affecting the fairness and impartiality of the court. This is Judge Liu's way of dealing with the world.

   "Hey, Xiao Liu is really... It's a pity that it's too unfair to me!"

  Zhang Wei expressed his understanding, but he was a little dissatisfied.

   He thought about it carefully and chose to stay put for the time being.

   "The prosecution?"

   On the bench, Judge Liu also reminded the prosecution.

  The first witness has left, do you still want to give evidence?

   "Judge Liu, we have summoned Mr. Wang, the chef of the defendant's restaurant, to testify in court!"

   This witness, Zhang Wei is not surprised.

   He also found the other party in advance, and even wanted the other party to become the defendant's character witness.

  Unfortunately, the prosecution also had the opportunity to call the other party as a witness, and the other party apparently did so.

   Chef Wang, dressed in a formal suit, walked into the courtroom and sat on the witness stand.

   "Mr. Wang, hello."

   "Just call me Chef Wang. I have been a chef for a long time, and I still like this title."

   "Well then, Chef Wang, I would like to ask, what is your relationship with the defendant?"

   "I've known Lao Tan for more than ten years. We worked together as chefs in a hotel and learned everything about cooking. Later, he decided to go out on his own, so I became the head chef in his shop, which lasted for more than eight years."

   "You've known each other for more than ten years, and you've been a chef in his shop for eight years. It seems that your relationship should be unusually good?"

   "Yes, I and Lao Tan are good brothers."

   Chef Wang glanced at the dock and nodded towards Lao Tan.

   "Good brother?"

   Zhang Wei also looked at Chef Wang, but he always felt that compared to yesterday, the eyes of this man seemed to have changed slightly in subtle ways.

   "Let's just wait and see what the prosecution will do."

   Zhang Wei calmed down and began to observe the court.

   Hou Liangliang sorted out the language and asked, "Then may I ask Chef Wang, what do you think the defendant's attitude towards restaurants is? Is he a good and responsible boss?"

   "Yes, he's a good boss!"

Chef Wang replied with a very positive tone: "He and I are both chefs, so we pay more attention to restaurants than ordinary owners. We pay more attention to the quality of cooking, and we understand the hard work of our employees. The wages we give are all It is relatively high in the industry, and the treatment is also considered good in the industry.”

   "Well, the treatment is good and the salary is high, which means that the labor cost is also high."

   Hou Liang nodded, and immediately asked: "Once the labor cost increases, will the quality of the dishes decrease?"

   "Of course not. The most important thing for our chefs is the dishes, and every dish strives to be the best!"

"yes?"

  Hou Liangliang expressed doubts about this, "Then I want to ask whether the defendant has always pursued such high requirements, and the treatment of employees and the quality of cooking are meticulous and have never changed!"

   "He's always been like this, he hasn't slackened since before, even now, he doesn't come to the restaurant less often, and..."

   "You said that the defendant came to the restaurant less time, what is the reason?"

   "Because he has a wife and children, he has to take care of the family after all, so he has less time to come to the restaurant."

   "How often did it decrease?"

   Chef Wang recalled, "He used to be in the restaurant every day. Since he met his wife, he came to the restaurant less often. Later, when his son was born, this time was even less."

   "He used to be in the store 24/7, and he was the last one to get off work. Since he met his wife Chen Xiaoyu, his time in the store has only been half of the original time. After the birth of his son, this time has been reduced by half."

  Hou Liangliang immediately interjected: "You mean, in recent years, the defendant's time in the store has been less than a quarter of the original time?"

   "Yes." Chef Wang nodded affirmatively again.

   "I want to ask Chef Wang, have you communicated with the defendant about this matter?"

   "Yes, I talked to the old man."

   "What did the defendant say?"

   "He said that although the store was very happy and the customer base of the store was not bad, he just couldn't make much money. He wanted to invest in other businesses and businesses that made money, so he wanted to sell the store."

   "Oh, put the store out?"

  Hou Liangliang looked at the defense box and then looked at the jury box, "Then can it be considered that the defendant has not really cared about the store, and he has been neglecting management and dereliction of duty over the past few years?"

   "Objection, hearsay evidence, the prosecution is speculating on my client's behavior!"

   Zhang Wei got up immediately and refuted Hou Liangliang's point of view.

   "Against..." Judge Liu hesitated on the bench.

   "Judge Liu, I hope you can think about it carefully. What the prosecution just said is definitely hearsay evidence."

   Zhang Wei saw Judge Liu's doubts and immediately spoke up to emphasize it.

   "Also, I don't think Judge Liu will be particularly concerned about a mere phone call!"

   The next sentence made Judge Liu's complexion even more changed.

   Good guy!

  You **** even investigated me, even know about that phone call?

   Judge Liu hurriedly stroked his glasses, his forehead began to sweat.

   But Zhang Wei said, who asked me to have someone in the courthouse!

   "Cough, after considering this court, I feel that the prosecution's point of view should not be adopted, and the objection is valid!"

The judge finally made a choice, which made Zhang Wei very satisfied.

   This little Liu Xing can handle it!

   Hou Liangliang did not expect that Judge Liu, who had been biased towards him just now, would suddenly change his attitude.

   "Sorry, I take back that last sentence!" His eyes turned cold, but he still apologized in court.

   At least, the attitude is good.

   "Chef Wang, I know that the defense sought you out and wanted you to be the defendant's character witness. Is there such a thing?"

   "Yes, the defense lawyer came to me last night and told me about it."

   "Okay, then can I ask you to tell everyone in court whether the defendant has paid as much attention to the business and operation of the restaurant as before?"

"This…"

Chef Wang looked embarrassed, and after taking a look at Lao Tan, he said calmly: "Old Tan used to be a very good person, but since he met Chen Xiaoyu, he has felt a lot of pressure, and he has been thinking about making money. The restaurant I originally ran with me didn't care much anymore…”

   As Chef Wang spoke, the wind direction in the courtroom changed slightly.

   His testimony was not in favor of the old man, and even made the jury think that the old man had no interest in the restaurant.

   "Business together?"

   Zhang Wei captured the key points in Chef Wang's testimony.

   "Old talk, why does Chef Wang say that they are operating together, you and he have shares in the restaurant?"

   "Yeah, it's always been said that Pickled Cabbage Fish is the restaurant we opened together, but I took out all of my net worth and made a big head, and he made a small head in the restaurant."

   "You bought insurance, right?"

"yes."

   "Does Chef Wang also have insurance coverage?"

   "It seems...there is..."

"Oh I see."

  Zhang Wei nodded, indicating that he was clear, but a strange idea occurred in his heart.

   However, this idea is a bit unrealistic, and he feels that he has to wait and see.

   "I've been talking about the past few years. To be honest, I'm not a good boss, and I don't care about the restaurant, so I've always been in charge of the restaurant's operations, recruiting night-shift workers, and taking in ingredients and various expenses."

   Wang said, and said to the jury: "I'm here to apologize for what happened to the night shift cleaner."

   "Thanks to Chair Wang for his apology. I believe all of you here are aware of Chef Wang's thoughts and the person of the defendant."

   Hou Liangliang sighed with emotion, then looked at the defense seat.

   "We have nothing to ask about this witness."

   He almost looked at Zhang Wei and said this sentence in an emotionless tone.

  Zhang Wei tidied up his collar and went to court.

   "Chef Wang, let me just ask, since you said that you were in charge of the restaurant's operations recently, then..."

   "Defense attorney, I know what you want to say. Do you want to put the blame for this accident on me?"

   Zhang Wei has not finished speaking, but Chef Wang is already one step ahead.

   And as soon as he finished speaking, many people in the court looked at Zhang Wei with slightly unkind eyes.

   "Good guy, take the first step against my army?"

   Zhang Wei was surprised, what happened to Chef Wang, did I ask that?

  Although, he did have this idea, but he hasn't put it into action yet.

   Are you so defensive about me?

   "Cough, Chef Wang, you misunderstood, I just wanted to ask, did you turn off the gas valve before you left that day, did you set up the kitchen utensils, and did you remind the night shift cleaners to be careful."

   "Oh, is that all?"

Chef Wang also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Of course, I strictly follow the management regulations. We have been cooks for more than ten years, and we are already familiar with these regulations, and we also require all employees to follow them. Regulations are enforced so that food processing and safety can be ensured.”

   "Then I would like to ask a little more, since the kitchen is strictly in accordance with the safety regulations, how can there be an explosion? Is it because someone made a mistake, or someone deliberately set fire to it?"

   As soon as these words came out, Chef Wang's expression changed slightly.

   "Objection, the defense is asking witnesses to speculate!"

   But at the prosecution table, Hou Liangliang was ready to go, so he got up and interrupted.

   "Objection is valid!" Xiao Liu did not give Zhang Wei a chance.

   "Thanks Chef Wang for his answer, I don't have anything to ask!"

After    Zhang Wei was interrupted, he did not continue to question, but directly ended the cross-examination.

   As for letting Chef Wang continue to be a character witness, it no longer makes sense because he said a lot just now.

   Those speeches were enough to give the jury a preconceived notion of the old talk.

   (end of this chapter)

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