1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Chesterfield brings you Dragnet. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Put a smile in your smoking. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,000 By Chesterfield. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Smoother. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Cooler. 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 Best for you. 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a narcotics detail. 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 You get a report that a supply of heroin has reached your city. 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 You don't know who's got it or where it is. 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Your job, find out. 13 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Stop. 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Start smoking with a smile. 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 With Chesterfield. 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Smoother, cooler, milder. 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Chesterfield. 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Put a smile in your smoking. 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 Just give them a try. 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Chesterfield's best for you. 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 They satisfy. 22 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:20,000 If you want tomorrow's better cigarette today, next time you buy cigarettes, stop. 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Remember, only Chesterfield is made the modern way with Accu-Ray. 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,000 You'll notice how fresh and good Chesterfield's made with Accu-Ray taste. 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 How smooth they are. 26 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 And how they satisfy. 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 So buy Chesterfield today. 28 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Best for you. 29 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Dragnet. The documentary drama of an actual crime. 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 31 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:58,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:04,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 33 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 It was Monday, May 23rd. It was cool in Los Angeles. 34 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 We were working the night watch out on narcotics detail. 35 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Waller. 36 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 My name's Friday. 37 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 We're on our way back from questioning and informant. 38 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 It was 10.46 p.m. when we got to the first street station. 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Narcotics squad room. 40 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 You think Bronco's holding out on us? 41 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 I don't know. 42 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Well, if we don't turn something pretty soon, the stuff will be all over town. 43 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Yeah. 44 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 How about a cup of coffee, Joe? 45 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Huh? 46 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Coffee. You want a cup? 47 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Sure, if you got some. 48 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Yeah, I brought a thermos from home. 49 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Made it myself the way I like it. You know, strong. 50 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 I got some cups. 51 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Wait a minute. You don't need them, Joe. 52 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 What? 53 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 You don't need them. 54 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 I got cups right here on the top of the thermos. Four of them. 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Some gadget, huh? Look at that. 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Kids gave it to me for Christmas. 57 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Of course, they probably picked it out. 58 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Mm-hmm. 59 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Oh, and look at her steam. Really keeps the heat in. 60 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Yeah. 61 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Well, go ahead. Drink up. 62 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Thanks. 63 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 What's the matter? Something the matter? 64 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 No, no. You were right. That's all. 65 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 What do you mean? 66 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 About it being strong. 67 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 68 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Well, when I want coffee, I want boiled water, buddy. 69 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Mm-hmm. 70 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 This stuff's got some taste to it. 71 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 It sure has. 72 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Well, aren't you gonna finish yours? 73 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Well, I'm not thirsty right now. 74 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Oh. 75 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Hey, you know, Joe, I just realized something. 76 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Hmm? 77 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 All these years I've been working with you and never had dawned on me before. 78 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 What's that? 79 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 You don't like coffee. 80 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Oh, yes, I do. 81 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 No, you don't, Joe. 82 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Not the real genuine articles, stuff they serve in restaurants, drugstores. 83 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Heck, that's not coffee. 84 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 It's not, huh? 85 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 No, this is coffee. 86 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Yeah. 87 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 A little bite to it, a little zing. 88 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Yeah. 89 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,000 You don't like it. 90 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Well... 91 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 All these years I've been working with a partner who doesn't appreciate good coffee. 92 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 I guess you learn something all the time. 93 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Mm-hmm. 94 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 I get it. 95 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Don't finish it if you don't want to. 96 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Narcotics Friday. 97 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Who? 98 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Oh, yeah. Yeah, Candy. 99 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Mm-hmm. 100 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,000 That's right. 101 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Are you still at the same place? 102 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Sure, I know where it is. 103 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 What's that room number? 104 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Okay. 105 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Goodbye. 106 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 It's Candy Dellman. 107 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Yeah? 108 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 You heard we were talking to Bronco tonight. 109 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Did Bronco tell him what it was about? 110 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 He must have. 111 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 At least Candy knows we didn't get anywhere. 112 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Says it's our own fault for not going to the right guy. 113 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Who's that? 114 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Him. 115 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Candy Dellman was an informant who had served three sentences for violation of the State 116 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Narcotics Act. 117 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Since his release from prison, he had given police officers several leads to burglary 118 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 and robbery suspects. 119 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Most of his leads had panned out. 120 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,000 As far as we knew, Dellman was no longer a narcotics user or a pusher himself, but in 121 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 the past, he had always refused to give any information on the dope racket. 122 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Over the phone, he said he was living at the Hatrick Hotel on South Spring Street, room 123 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,000 217. 124 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Frank and I left the office and drove out to talk to him. 125 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,000 It was 1122 p.m. when we got to the hotel, a dark, two-story building badly in need of 126 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 repair. 127 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 We went inside and started up the stairs to the second floor. 128 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Get back down here, both of you. 129 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Come on, start moving. 130 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 What's the trouble, lady? 131 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Something the matter with your eyesight? 132 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 No, I don't think so. 133 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Why don't you use it? 134 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Sign right here on the desk. 135 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Ring for the manager. 136 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Didn't hear no ring, did it? 137 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 We didn't see any reason to bother you. 138 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 It's my worry, ain't it? 139 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Sure. 140 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Bells ought to be rung. 141 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 And hearing it ain't what bothers me. 142 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Guys like you sneaking in trying to get a free pad for the night. 143 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Take it easy, lady. 144 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 We don't want to stay here any longer than we have to. 145 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Then what do you want? 146 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 We just dropped by to see Candy. 147 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Who? 148 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Candy Delman. 149 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 He lives here, doesn't he? 150 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 He might. 151 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Well? 152 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Your friend of yours? 153 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 He's expecting us. 154 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 How do I know? 155 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Well, why don't you ask him? 156 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Oh, sure. 157 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 That's all I got to do. 158 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Tramp up and down them stairs from morning till night. 159 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Call him to the phone, give him messages, don him for back rent. 160 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Well, I ain't making no extra trip on account of you. 161 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Why don't you suit yourself? 162 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Just you, wait a minute. 163 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 I ain't said you could go upstairs. 164 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 You claim to know Candy. 165 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 What's his room number? 166 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 217. 167 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 That's right, isn't it? 168 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Yeah, I guess so. 169 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Well, you be sure you let me know when you leave. 170 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 And you better be out of here by midnight or I'm collecting a buck from each of you. 171 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Friends are no friends. 172 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 You're not bunking with Candy unless they get paid. 173 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 In advance! 174 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Oh, she's a bother, you know. 175 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 You know something, John? 176 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Hmm? 177 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Bay was after me just the other day about getting a new suit. 178 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Oh? 179 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 I guess she was right. 180 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Yeah. 181 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 It must be down this way. 182 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Yeah. 183 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Maybe you ought to go with me. 184 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Buy some clothes. 185 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I'll be right back. 186 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 I'll be right back. 187 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 I'll be right back. 188 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 I'll be right back. 189 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,000 I'll be right back. 190 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 I'll be right back. 191 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I'll be right back. 192 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I'll be right back. 193 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:38,000 I'll be right back. 194 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Joe? 195 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Just a minute. 196 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Come on in. 197 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Thank you. 198 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 You know Frank Smith, don't you Candy? 199 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Sure. 200 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Hi Candy. 201 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Want a drink? 202 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 No thanks. 203 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Smith? 204 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 No thanks. 205 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Don't mind if I take a blast. 206 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 That's up to you. 207 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,000 As long as I'm drinking alone there's no point in dirtying the glass. 208 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:09,000 I guess maybe I'm turning into a lush, huh? 209 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Alright. 210 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Been hitting the bottle pretty hard lately since it went off the stuff. 211 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Is that so? 212 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Yeah. 213 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 You guys knew I was off it didn't you? 214 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,000 I ain't even chipping no more. 215 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Well you don't have to sell us Candy. 216 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Well I ain't selling nobody. 217 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 I'm just telling you. 218 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 What do you want to see us about? 219 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Anybody know you're here? 220 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,000 The lady downstairs. 221 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,000 You mean the manager of this flea bag? 222 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Yeah I guess that's what she is. 223 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Lady. 224 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 You asked me to fly in saucers must be real. 225 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Well. 226 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 How else would a dame like that get here? 227 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Hey, she knew you were cops? 228 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 We didn't tell her. 229 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 You telling anybody else that you were coming to see me? 230 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 No. 231 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Come on Candy, what's it all about? 232 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Well take it easy. 233 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Don't push me. 234 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Why don't you sit down? 235 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 We're alright. 236 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,000 You was talking to Bronco tonight. 237 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Well. 238 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 I bumped into him right after you shoved off. 239 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000 That's so. 240 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Yeah, asking a mule like him about H. Boy he's lucky if he can turn a couple sticks of tea. 241 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 We're asking everybody. 242 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 You didn't ask me. 243 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 I figured it would be a waste of time. 244 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 I've helped you guys before. 245 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,000 No, not when it came to the stuff you didn't. 246 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Maybe this is different. 247 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Yeah. 248 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 I always figured a guy gets hooked. 249 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,000 That's his own business. 250 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 He's done it himself. 251 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 That's his getting hurt too, here's truly. 252 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 I've been hooked three times, I don't know. 253 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Yeah, you should. 254 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Guy wants to kick it, it's up to him too. 255 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 You can stick him in a joint, send him to the hospital, maybe he'll get rid of the habit for a while. 256 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:45,000 But if he wants to kick it for good, he's got to do it. 257 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Nobody else, it ain't easy either. 258 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Guy's own business is what happens. 259 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Whether he goes for a ride or gets off. 260 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 All right, come on Candy, what are you getting at here? 261 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Of course you're looking for it, ain't just going to Guy's, boy. 262 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 You mean Kid's? 263 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Yeah. 264 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 How do you know that? 265 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Father asked me if I wanted to make a buy, thought I was still shooting caps. 266 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 What fellow? 267 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Mm-mm. 268 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Come on, we'll stand in front of you, Candy. 269 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Well, you take it my way or you don't get it. 270 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 That means no names. 271 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,000 All right, give us the rest of it. 272 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Well, like I said, he asked me if I was interested in a buy and I told him I wasn't. 273 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 He said that was okay with him. 274 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 He had plenty of other customers. 275 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 He cut a lot thinner for some of them. 276 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 A pro like me, I might know the difference. 277 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Kids just off of the weed, they wouldn't care. 278 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,000 He said he was only making me an offer as a favor, you know. 279 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Mm-hmm, did you ever buy from him before? 280 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Well, look, Joe, just let me tell it, huh? 281 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Go ahead. 282 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Well, the way he talked kind of rubbed me the wrong way. 283 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Even when I was pushing, I never sold the kids, you know that. 284 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 I ain't no saint, I never pushed no kids. 285 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 It just didn't seem right. 286 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Yeah. 287 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:57,000 You know, I remember when I bumped into Bronco tonight and he told me that you guys were looking for H. 288 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Well, I figured maybe I would hold you a hand. 289 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Go ahead. 290 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Make you feel kind of funny. 291 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 What? 292 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 I ain't never thinked on a guy in a trade before, you know that. 293 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Well, you're out of it now, aren't you? 294 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Yeah, for now. 295 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 You never know, Joe. 296 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Three times, you know, I've been down. 297 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 You never know when it's gonna happen again. 298 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 I ain't making no promises, even to myself. 299 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:25,000 I've never cut down on anything like this before, sort of like turning myself in. 300 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 It's good H, too. It's Eastern. 301 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 It's been cut, but it's not too thin. 302 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,000 The way he talked must have been, you know, six, eight ounces left. 303 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 The rest of it's been sold. 304 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 He can cut a lot thinner if he wants to. 305 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 It's dealing with kids. 306 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 It don't matter, you know. 307 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Where do we find him, can't he? 308 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 You ever hear of Walker Drive, Hollywood Hills? 309 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Where you can find it? 310 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Well, it's not much of a street, it's just four or five blocks dead end. 311 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Cuts off a lot before you get to Mulholland. 312 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Well, go ahead. 313 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 That's it. 314 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Well, which house? 315 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 I ain't seen nothing about no house. 316 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Maybe he lives there, or maybe he's just going up to make a sale. I don't know. 317 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 You think he's there now? 318 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,000 I didn't ask him for no time schedule. 319 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Now go on, beat it, will you? I want to get drunk. 320 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Oh, hey, look, there is something about you guys that keeps me sober. 321 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 If you don't shove off, I'm going to run out of booze. 322 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 You want to tell us what he looks like, can't he? 323 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 You've had it, Joe. 324 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Now I'm going to tell you something. You haven't given us very much. 325 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Is that so? Well, you know something? 326 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:38,000 It's lucky for you I got principles about pushing the kids. 327 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Yeah. 328 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 You'd have got nothing. 329 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,000 We continued to question Delman, but he refused to give us any further information. 330 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:57,000 11.46 p.m. Frank and I left the Hattrick Hotel and we drove up into the Hollywood Hills. 331 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,000 We turned off Laurel Canyon onto Walker Drive. 332 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,000 The street was only five blocks long and there were approximately 20 houses on it. 333 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:10,000 12.22 a.m. We pulled up at the corner of Walker and Laurel where we'd be able to notice anybody who turned into or out of the drive. 334 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,000 1.06 a.m. A man approached a Chevy convertible parked across the street from us. 335 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,000 We knew he'd walked down from one of the houses on Walker, but we hadn't been able to determine which one. 336 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:26,000 He passed under a street lamp and we recognized him as Sam Free, a known narcotics user and suspected peddler. 337 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Hold it, Sam. Huh? 338 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Right where you are. Hold it up. 339 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Sure. Sure. 340 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Turn around, Sam. Put your hands against the side of the car. Yeah. 341 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,000 You guys know me. I don't carry nothing. 342 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Hey, what you doing in my pockets? I ain't got no gun. You said so yourself. 343 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Now, where the heck did that come from? Why don't you tell us? 344 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 That's the stuff jar. 345 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Is this all you got, Sam? 346 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Well, is it? Yeah. 347 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 You're coming up in the world, aren't you? What do you mean? 348 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 A couple of months ago, all we had you paid for was a user and a small-time pusher. 349 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,000 That's a lot of H. Where'd you get it? 350 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Well, now, you know better than that. You're in trouble, Sam. 351 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Okay, you found the stuff for me. That means I'm gonna do some time. 352 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,000 A lot of time. Well, whatever it is, I'd just as soon be in one piece when I come out. 353 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 It was a car I belonged to, Sam. 354 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 What car? This one right here. 355 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Huh? You were getting into it, Sam. 356 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Was I? I'll give it a check. 357 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,000 All right. All right. It's my car, so what? 358 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 I'll still check it. 359 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Who fed you? What? 360 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 To where I was. You're not hard to find, Sam. 361 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Yeah? You've been looking for me over three weeks now. 362 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 And so? Only you didn't know I was the guy you were after. 363 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Thank you. For what? For telling us when the H got into town. 364 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 A lot of good it'll do. Mm-hmm. 365 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Another day I'd have been clean, you wouldn't have found none of it. 366 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,000 My own fault trying to get a good price. 367 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 I should have taken what was offered. 368 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 It's the real stuff, though. A man don't like to give it away. 369 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Got something? Yeah. 370 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Take a look in the backseat. Bunch of sweaters. Look like cash mirrors. 371 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I bought them for my girl. It's her birthday. 372 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Must be some girl. Yeah. 373 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:24,000 At least 40 sweaters there, Joe. Yeah, they're all different sizes. 374 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Listen. Listen to an electronic miracle. 375 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:48,000 This electronic miracle, Accuray, means that everything from auto tires to apple pie, 376 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:54,000 battleship steel to baby food, butter to cigarettes, can be made better and safer for you. 377 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Now meet Mr. Bert Chope, brilliant young president of industrial nucleonics. 378 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Oh, Bert, exactly what is Accuray? 379 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Well, George, it is a device by which a stream of electrons passes through 380 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,000 and analyzes a product while it is actually being made. 381 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,000 They transmit what they see to this electronic brain, 382 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,000 which adjusts the production machinery for errors down to millionths of an inch. 383 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Well, can you give us an example of what it does? 384 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Sure. Take this piece of steel. How thick would you say it is? 385 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Oh, not as thick as the cellophane from a pack of Chesterfields? 386 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Accuray has made it possible to roll that steel accurately one ten thousandth of an inch thick. 387 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,000 It takes ten of these to equal the thickness of a sheet of cellophane. 388 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,000 That's amazing. Now let's get back to the pie and the baby food. 389 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Will Accuray bake a pie and tend the baby? 390 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Well, not quite yet, George. But because this electronic control can improve 391 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,000 charting texture, for instance, your wife can bake a more delicious pie. 392 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 And because Accuray can make baby food more uniform, 393 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000 that food will be more digestible for your baby. 394 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,000 One more question, one that so many people ask me. 395 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,000 How does Accuray make Chesterfield a better cigarette than was ever possible before? 396 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Every cigarette made with Accuray control contains a more precise measure 397 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,000 of perfectly packed tobacco. So Chesterfield smokes smoother 398 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 without hot spots or a hard draw. 399 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 And that's why Chesterfield tastes so much better. 400 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,000 I guess that's why you smoke them yourself, Bert. 401 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 You see, I know what Accuray can do. 402 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Well, there's your answer. If you want tomorrow's better cigarette today, 403 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,000 next time stop. Remember. 404 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Only Chesterfield is made the modern way with Accuray. 405 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Best for you. 406 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 We took the suspect Sam Free down to the main jail, 407 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,000 and we had him booked on possession of narcotics and suspicion of burglary. 408 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 An examination of the labels and the sweaters indicated that they were all 409 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,000 from the same white side lady's sports shop in North Hollywood. 410 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:08,000 1.58 a.m. We contacted the owner of the store, Mr. T.P. Whiteside. 411 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Yes, sir, that's right. If you would, we'd appreciate it. 412 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,000 About 30 minutes. All right, sir, fine. Thank you. 413 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Goodbye. 414 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 He says they're stolen, all right. 415 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Why didn't he report it? 416 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 He didn't know anything about it until now. 417 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:33,000 It just must have happened tonight. 418 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:38,000 2.22 a.m. Frank and I met Mr. Whiteside at his sportswear shop on Lankersham Boulevard. 419 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 At the rear of the building, we found a cut screen and a window that had been forced open. 420 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,000 We called the crime lab and asked them to check the premises for any physical evidence. 421 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Mr. Whiteside made a quick survey of his stock, and as far as he could tell, 422 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 the only missing item was a supply of cashmere sweaters. 423 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,000 I just can't get over it. 424 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 How's that, Mr. Whiteside? 425 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,000 You fellas finding out about all this even before I did. 426 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Well, I've done my share of complaining about policemen in the past, that is. 427 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Yes, sir. 428 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Whenever I got a ticket, I used to say to myself, 429 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:15,000 ain't he got enough more important to do than pull me over for going a couple of miles too fast? 430 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 That's what I said. 431 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Yes, sir. 432 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:23,000 I figured that's all you policefellas cared about, you know, giving folks tickets. 433 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Never seemed like you was paying no attention to the real crooks around town. 434 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Guess I owe you the apology. 435 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Sorry, I'd forget it. 436 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000 No, no, no. Oh, no, I ain't gonna forget it. 437 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:39,000 I've been wrong about cops all these years, and you sure showed me the night. 438 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Apology, that's what I owe you. You gonna accept it? 439 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Yes, sir. 440 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Shake? 441 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 You bet. 442 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000 You too, mister? 443 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Huh? 444 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 You willing to shake with me? 445 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Oh, sure, you bet. 446 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Say, about them sweaters you found. 447 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Yes, sir. 448 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,000 I'd like you to keep a couple of them for your wives or girlfriends. 449 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 No, sir, that's all right. Thanks anyway, Mr. Whiteside. 450 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,000 You're entitled. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be getting them back. 451 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000 It's our job. 452 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Oh, go on. Keep a couple anyway, won't you? 453 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000 No, sir, I'm sorry. We can't do that. 454 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Well, I would offer the reward if I'd known about the burglary. 455 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Yes, sir, we understand. 456 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Well, it's your own fault. Nobody else is. You ought to blame for it. 457 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 How's that? 458 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 No reward. 459 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Huh? 460 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Didn't give me time enough. 461 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:36,000 4.05 a.m. The crew from the crime lab reported that there was no physical evidence at the store. 462 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Frank and I went off duty. 463 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:46,000 The next afternoon, May 24th, at 4.16 p.m., we checked our weapons at the booking counter of the city jail and we asked to interview the prisoner, Sam Free. 464 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:53,000 The booking sergeant told us he was in cell 104. 465 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Yeah? 466 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Free in 104. 467 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Okay. 468 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Free in 104 for interview. 469 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Free for interview. 470 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Sit down, Sam. 471 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Sure. 472 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000 You ready to do some talking? 473 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 About what? 474 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,000 The stuff. Where'd you get it? 475 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Look, we had it checked by the lab, Sam. 476 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Yeah? 477 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 It isn't Mexican. It's from back East someplace. 478 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,000 No kidding. 479 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Okay, I got it from back East. 480 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,000 I sure don't want to louse up your scientific cats by saying different. 481 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Is that the way you want it on your report? 482 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Huh? 483 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Uncooperative? 484 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Ain't gonna make no difference what you guys put down. 485 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 It might, Sam. 486 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Oh, look, you want a deal, I'll talk. Otherwise, forget it. 487 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 We don't make deals, you know that. 488 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000 It's up to you. 489 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Now, look, this isn't your first fall, Sam. It's gonna go hard with you. 490 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Maybe. 491 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 No maybes. 492 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Oh, you never know. I'm chilling with some of the boys back there. 493 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 They tell me things have changed around here. 494 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Yeah. 495 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Case against me might not stand up. 496 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000 You wouldn't want to bet on that, would you, Sam? 497 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Just telling you what I heard. 498 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Don't you count on it. 499 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Yeah? 500 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Things haven't changed that much. 501 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:35,000 MUSIC 502 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 4.31 p.m. 503 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Frank and I went over to the Hall of Justice to file a complaint against Free. 504 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,000 We talked to Deputy District Attorney Don Avery in the Complaint Department 505 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,000 and gave him a complete statement of facts concerning Free's arrest. 506 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Is that it? 507 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Yeah, that's it. 508 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Everything can happen? 509 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Yeah. 510 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Why, what's the matter, Don? 511 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Hmm? 512 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Something wrong with this case? 513 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 I don't know yet. 514 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Well, Free himself said it might not stand up. We figured he was just talking. 515 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Yeah. 516 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 We got the H, the stolen sweaters. What more do you need? 517 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Let me ask you a couple of questions. 518 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Sure. 519 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Now, give me the same answers you'd give in court if you were under oath. 520 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,000 All right. 521 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Free was beside this car when you stopped him, is that right? 522 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,000 That's right. 523 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Did you place him under arrest before you searched him? 524 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Well, did you? 525 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Well, not in so many words. 526 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 What do you mean? 527 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Well, we knew he was a hype. He knew we were cops. 528 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 He could have figured that out. 529 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 But you didn't say you're under arrest, in those words. 530 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 No, I don't think I did. 531 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Smith? 532 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Well, Don, we didn't have anything to arrest him for, 533 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 not until after we found the H. 534 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Did you have any reason to suspect he was carrying dope? 535 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Well, like I said, he's a user. 536 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Yeah. 537 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 And he was in the neighborhood. We knew somebody around there was carrying it. 538 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Well, then you weren't looking for free in particular. 539 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Well, no. 540 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,000 The way I get it, the burglary hadn't been reported yet, is that right? 541 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000 That's right. 542 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 So finding the sweaters was a surprise. 543 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Yeah, it sure was. 544 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,000 Well, we'll file on him, but it may not stick. 545 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 What are you talking about, Don? 546 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 The evidence. 547 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,000 Well, what's wrong with it? 548 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000 The way you got it. 549 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 What? 550 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 You heard about the exclusionary ruling, didn't you? 551 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Yeah. 552 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Skipper had an assembly on it. 553 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Well? 554 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Look, Don, we're not lawyers, we're cops. 555 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,000 Sure. Well, here's the way it operates. 556 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Evidence obtained by illegal search or seizure can be thrown out of court. 557 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Simple as that. 558 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Yeah? 559 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Federal government has the same ruling. 560 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Most of the states don't. We never have until now. 561 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Before, if a policeman committed an illegal search or seizure, 562 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 he could be prosecuted. Lots of times he was. 563 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Uh-huh. 564 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 But the evidence could still be used at the suspect's trial. 565 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Yeah. 566 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 It doesn't work that way anymore. 567 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 No? 568 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Well, look, maybe I'm just thick, Don, 569 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 but it seems to me the only guy who's better off's the criminal. 570 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 That's how I see it, too. 571 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Mm-hmm. 572 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Well, all right, now, look, suppose we do pick up a guy. 573 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Maybe we aren't right, but we think we're on to something. 574 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,000 If he's clean, he's not out of anything except a little time and trouble. 575 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Yeah. 576 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 And if he isn't, we got some evidence. 577 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Not anymore you have. 578 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Yeah, well, this just don't make sense to me. 579 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Well, what are we supposed to do from here on in? 580 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 You want to make a search, you got to get the guy's permission 581 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,000 or put him under arrest first or have a valid search warrant. 582 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Otherwise, it's illegal. 583 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Your evidence may not hold. 584 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Let me have that again. 585 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,000 If you want to make a search, you got to get the guy's permission 586 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,000 or put him under arrest first or have a valid search warrant. 587 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Otherwise, it's illegal. 588 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Well, now, let's take free, for instance. 589 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Yeah. 590 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000 We didn't have anything to arrest him on. 591 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,000 As for getting his permission to search, well, I got a big picture of that. 592 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Mm-hmm. 593 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 There was no way of getting a search warrant drawn, Don. 594 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 We didn't even know what we were looking for. 595 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Well, that's the way it's got to be from here on in. 596 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Every time? 597 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 There might be some exceptions, I don't know. 598 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 It's up to the courts to decide. 599 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Well, what if we're after somebody, a guy who's heavy? 600 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Yeah. 601 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Let's take a killer, maybe, so we want to break in. 602 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 We supposed to ask him if it's all right if we break in? 603 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 You can get a warrant. 604 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Yeah, well, maybe we don't know who he is. 605 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Maybe it's 4 o'clock in the morning. 606 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 What do you think? 607 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 When it comes up, you'll get an answer. 608 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Well, let's come up right now. 609 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Why? 610 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000 We got a dope pusher here. 611 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,000 He's been selling H to kids. 612 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:12,000 We got him made, dead to rights, burglary too. 613 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Now, you say he's going to get off. 614 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000 I didn't say for sure. 615 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Well, I don't even like to hear a maybe, not in a case like this. 616 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,000 It's the best I can do, Joe. 617 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,000 I didn't hand down the ruling. 618 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,000 If you'd arrested him first, that'd be different. 619 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Yeah, and if he hadn't been carrying, he could have slapped a suit on us for false arrest. 620 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Only thing I can tell you, get a warrant, get permission, or arrest him first. 621 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Yeah, well, there's only one thing I'm going to tell you. 622 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 It's not going to work. 623 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Maybe not. 624 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Well, just what do we do? 625 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Go back to Pound Beats? 626 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Is that it? 627 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Look, I said we might not be able to make it hold up in Free's case. 628 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 If we can't, you'll get him sooner or later. 629 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,000 You've got him pegged. 630 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Next time, get to him so it'll stick. 631 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Well, don't worry about it. 632 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 We will. 633 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 Well? 634 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Tell me one thing, Don, before we do. 635 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Yeah? 636 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:56,000 How much more stuff is this guy going to peddle? 637 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 The story you've just heard is true. 638 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 639 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:06,000 On May 30th, the preliminary hearing was held in Division IV, Municipal Court, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 640 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,000 In a moment, the results of that hearing. 641 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 642 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 643 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 Chesterfield made the modern way with accu-ray. 644 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 I wonder if you realize what that means to you. 645 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,000 For the first time, you get a perfect smoke column in your cigarette. 646 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,000 A smoother smoke. 647 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,000 A cooler smoke than you've ever had before. 648 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,000 To put a smile on your smoking, try them. 649 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Chesterfield. 650 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:41,000 In the case of Sam Arthur Free, the court ruled that the evidence against him had been obtained by illegal search and seizure. 651 00:26:41,000 --> 00:27:01,000 The charges against the suspect were dismissed. 652 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:06,000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 653 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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