I am Da Song

Chapter 587
How do the feudal dynasties in the common people's impression decide cases?
Basically, when a case is settled, the "big lord" slaps the gavel and asks the victim to state the case, present tools, stolen goods and other evidence, and then ask the defendant "what do you say?" If there are witnesses, the witnesses must also Testify in court.

And if the defendant refuses to plead guilty, or keeps silent, the presiding judge will definitely shout "big torture" until the defendant pleads guilty—or tortured.

However, this trick obviously didn't work in Da Song, and he got stuck in the second step.A presiding judge who does not need to avoid suspicion will review the case of the defendant, asking whether the defendant's confession is true, whether there is torture or torture.

If so, return to the first step for a retrial, and more importantly, directly change the presiding judge.

Therefore, relying on torture and torture, there is no way to advance the trial of the case in the Song Dynasty.In this regard, the Ming and Qing dynasties were really far behind.

Because the case can be withdrawn at any time, the suspect's confession is not so important, and is no longer the core element.

The presiding officials rely more on the evidence to decide the case.Documentary evidence, for example, refers to the written materials used to prove a case with the content of written records, such as letters, household registration materials, and inspection and identification conclusions, which are the inspection conclusions of traces at the scene, corpses, physical evidence, and documentary evidence.

So Song Tixing, who was in the audience, immediately presented a documentary evidence, and said to the reviewing officials on the stage: "The author inspected the scene and said it was a suicide, but there was blood dripping all the way."

"According to Wu's inspection, there was blood on the handle of the deceased's knife, which should be caused by the murderer's cut."

After finishing speaking, Song Tixing sent another documentary evidence: "The one who killed the deceased Li Shu was a Wutan knife. Tan is an important accessory in front of the handle to protect the palm. , to protect the palm from being cut."

"Only a master who can hold the handle firmly without slipping will not hold the sword. The person who stabbed Li Shu to death is obviously not a master of swordsmanship. After stabbing Li Shu's body, the palm of his hand was stressed and he couldn't hold it tightly." , but was cut by the blade."

The presiding officer asked, "So the murderer had knife wounds on his palm?"

"Yes. I asked Hejian's swordsman clan, and he analyzed that in this case, the knife wound must be in front of the palm and tiger's mouth."

Wu Liang hurriedly raised his hands and shouted: "Then I am wronged, everyone, just wait and see, my palm is so delicate, how can I hold the knife? If I stabbed Li Shu with a knife, my hand must be wounded again, right? I don't have any scars on my palms at all."

"Song Tixing, you really wronged me!"

Seeing Wu Liang's villainous look, Song Tixing didn't care at all, and said, "It's only natural that Mr. Wu was not injured. After all, Mr. Wu wouldn't do it himself. But what about the other people in your house?"

Wu Liang's face froze, but he still denied it and said: "The rest of my family are servants and maidservants who do chopping firewood and cooking, and injuries to their hands are inevitable. Could it be that Song's punishment was only because of their injuries? So, blame me for Li Shu's death? Isn't this a crime of intentional crime?"

"People, the prejudice in your heart is a big mountain, and no matter how hard you try, you will never want to move it. Song Tixing has a prejudice against me. Even if my family kills a chicken, Song Tixing can think of the murder from the blood of the chicken. "

The presiding officer on the stage said: "What Wu Liang said is reasonable. If Song Tixing is determined to be the murderer just because of the wound on his hand, he is suspected of committing a crime. The evidence is not complete."

Song Tixing argued vigorously and said, "But what if the one who was injured was not the servant or maid, but the steward of the Wu residence?"

Wu Liang's face changed drastically in an instant, and the calm demeanor on his face disappeared, and he stared at Song Tixing intently.

Song Tixing adjusted his glasses, looked at Wu Liang indifferently, and asked, "Mr. Wu, I have brought the steward of your mansion from the countryside to Hejian Mansion. Are you still pleading guilty?"

A layer of cold sweat appeared on Wu Liang's forehead, and everyone could see his guilty conscience.

After all, he's just a yamen, and he can't show his emotions and anger.Just now he had a smug face, but now his face is stiff, no matter how you look at it, he has a ghost in his heart.

He didn't expect that the real murderer had already been found by the government, and he didn't even know if the steward had betrayed himself and told the Criminal Division about the case.

He could only force himself to say: "What does he have to do with me as a manager?"

"What's the matter?" Song Tixing smiled and said, "I'll give officials Wu some ideas. The day after Li Shu was killed, his bride entered your mansion. And the day after I re-examined the case, The steward of your mansion returned to his old house in the country. When I found the steward of your mansion, there happened to be a knife wound in front of the tiger's mouth on his right hand, which is completely in line with the criminal's deduction."

"With so many coincidences connected together, one has to wonder if someone arranged it on purpose."

At this time, Wu Liang had no way out, so he could only insist: "How did I know there would be so many coincidences. I heard a Guanpu conclusion that a coin still has a 50.00% chance of heads! But it doesn't It means that [-] times there will be [-] heads and [-] times down. If there are always coincidences, there will be a probability of [-] heads.”

"Although the probability of this is only one in hundreds of millions, as long as the population of Song Dynasty is large enough, someone will definitely encounter this situation."

"Guan Pu could have hundreds of coincidences together, let alone three coincidences for me?"

The officials on the stage also knew that Wu Liang was sophistrying, but from the perspective of judicial fairness, it is indeed impossible to convict Wu Liang with this kind of evidence.

He Qinhu also calmed down from his anger, looked at the case from a judicial point of view, and asked Zhao Huan: "If Wu Liang does not plead guilty, how can he be convicted? Obviously Song Tixing did not come up with the testimony of the supervisor. It’s just that the steward didn’t admit it.”

Conviction without a confession is a situation that tests the ability of the procurator.

Zhao Huan analyzed: "There must be a perfect closed loop of evidence chain, so that the murderer can be locked in the Wu Mansion. It is impossible for the coincidence Wu Liang said to happen, and other people do not have the conditions to commit a crime."

And Song Tixing was obviously fully prepared for this, and he submitted another documentary evidence.

The presiding officials on the stage looked at each other after watching it, and all of them looked at Wu Liang fiercely.

The official of the Hejian Mansion raised a serious face and shouted: "Wu Liang, I will give you one last chance to plead guilty voluntarily. Otherwise, if you refuse to repent, your crime will be aggravated!"

Wu Liang's expression changed, and he really couldn't figure out what went wrong.But the more ignorant people are, the more stubborn they are. He said stubbornly, "Tiring, I really didn't kill anyone."

(End of this chapter)