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We have come in the hearings before this court today to what I hope will be the final actions revolving about an unhappy and unfortunate case, one whose horrible tragedy will forever remain with me.

17 seconds sound clip from the Reefer Madness (1936) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:03:01 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- In the interest of justice, I shall direct a verdict of Not Guilty.

(typewriter keys clicking)

- Sign here, please.

- You shall be brought into court on Thursday, the 17th, when sentence will be pronounced.

- Meanwhile, you will be held as a material witness in the case of the People versus Ralph Wiley.

- We have come in the hearings before this court today to what I hope will be the final actions revolving about an unhappy and unfortunate case, one whose horrible tragedy will forever remain with me.

- I am happy to have been enabled, before it was too late, to order the verdict of the jury in the case of the People versus William Harper to be set aside.

- But, young man, although this court is convinced that to declare you guilty would have been a gross miscarriage of justice, we cannot condone your acts.

- And we can express only the hope that your experiences may not alone keep you, but thousands of others, from the vicious pitfalls of marihuana.

- Thus, I am ordering you to remain in this court during the next case, so that you will be obliged to witness what you yourself so narrowly escaped.

- Call the case of the People versus Ralph Wiley.

[...]

Reefer Madness (1936) Sound Clip

Reefer Madness (1936) Poster

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Actors: Dorothy Short (Mary Lane), Kenneth Craig (Bill Harper)

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