JIM DOHERTY wrote:
Means, motive, opportunity, and a confession. That generally
works in any court in the land.
************** So generous of Brigid to add the confession to
the list. Similar to the cozies, where in the final drawing
room scene, a hodge-podge of circumstantial evidence that
might never lead to a conviction evokes a spontaneous
confession which tidily wraps it up.
If I recall correctly, Spade himself had the means, motive,
and opportunity.
miker
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