The Hound of the Baskervilles In this essay, I will be acting as a prosecuting attorney in a court case against Rodger Baskerville II. Others might know him more commonly as Mr. Stapleton, as an act to deceive those who might stand in the way of his devious intents. The crimes in which I will be prosecuting against him are, two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of battery, and one count of animal cruelty. In turn, I now turn this over to the courts preceding’s. Today I come to this court in hope to establish justice and to make sure this man Rodger Baskerville II, does not go unpunished for the multiple crimes he has committed. The first charges I present today against Rodger B., is two counts of murder regarding the late Sir Charles, and the late Selden, otherwise known as the escaped convict from Prince town. This morning I
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On May 4, Sir Charles announced that he would be departing to London the next day. With this information, Rodger formulated a plan to get Sir Charles out on the moor alone. He went about this by manipulating Mrs. Lyons into sending a letter to the late Sir Charles. This letter stated that she seeks a meeting of secrecy with him upon the moor for his help, and at the end stating and I quote,” please, please, as you are a gentleman, burn this letter, and be at the gate by ten o’clock (pg.83). ” Once this had been followed through, Mr. Rodgers used the fact that Sir Charles had heart disease and believed in the family curse to bring him to his own death (pg.11). He did this by releasing his beast of a hound to chase Sir Charles and to push his heart to the last beat. Now you might ask on what his intentions were to commit such a crime, well I can tell you that his intentions were purely selfish. It was to claim the heir ship of the Baskerville estate, now this concludes this case of murder, now we shall move
On May 4, Sir Charles announced that he would be departing to London the next day. With this information, Rodger formulated a plan to get Sir Charles out on the moor alone. He went about this by manipulating Mrs. Lyons into sending a letter to the late Sir Charles. This letter stated that she seeks a meeting of secrecy with him upon the moor for his help, and at the end stating and I quote,” please, please, as you are a gentleman, burn this letter, and be at the gate by ten o’clock (pg.83). ” Once this had been followed through, Mr. Rodgers used the fact that Sir Charles had heart disease and believed in the family curse to bring him to his own death (pg.11). He did this by releasing his beast of a hound to chase Sir Charles and to push his heart to the last beat. Now you might ask on what his intentions were to commit such a crime, well I can tell you that his intentions were purely selfish. It was to claim the heir ship of the Baskerville estate, now this concludes this case of murder, now we shall move