{"id":"01KFE0CV2AYPN5W18VVH8G2RVW","cid":"bafkreiezomtrm4aqwu7cwm22jp5jaspcm374xxv5x5yqmuok43uiqjnqsu","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreignk3jtddurkcfkbc6kly6ale2wehjdasrjzkm244p7yxzsqpckpy","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0143.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768922966654-8ftq1ggiite","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0143.jpg","page_number":143,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":210619,"text":"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 135\nsuppose, from the character of our legal system, that they will\naccept, or that they are in a position to accept, this fact — rest-\ning simply on a psychological impossibility — as irrefutable and\nconclusively breaking down the circumstantial evidence for the\nprosecution? No, they won't accept it, they certainly won't,\nbecause they found the jewel-case and the man tried to hang\nhimself, 'which he could not have done if he hadn't felt guilty.'\nThat's the point, that's what excites me, you must understand!\"\n\"Oh,. I see you are excited! Wait a bit. I forgot to ask you;\nwhat proof is there that the box came from the old woman?\"\n\"That's been proved,\" said Razumihin with apparent reluc-\ntance, frowning. \"Koch recognised the jewel-case and gave the\nname of the owner, who proved conclusively that it was his.\"\n\"That's bad. Now another point. Did any one see Nikolay at\nthe time that Koch and Pestryakov were going upstairs at first,\nand is there no evidence about that?\"\n\"Nobody did see him,\" Razumihin answered with vexation.\n\"That's the worst of it. Even Koch and Pestryakov did not\nnotice them on their way upstairs, though, indeed, their evi-\ndence could not have been worth much. They said they saw the\nflat was open, and that there must be work going on in it, but\nthey took no special notice and could not remember whether\nthere actually were men at work in it.\"\n\"Hm! ... So the only evidence for the defence is that they\nwere beating one another and laughing. That constitutes a\nstrong presumption, but . . . How do you explain the facts your-\nself?\"\n\"How do I explain them? What is there to explain? It's clear.\nAt any rate, the direction in which explanation is to be sought\nis clear, and the jewel-case points to it. The real murderer\ndropped those ear-rings. The murderer was upstairs, locked in,\nwhen Koch and Pestryakov knocked at the door. Koch, like an\nass, did not stay at the door; so the murderer popped out and\nran down, too, for he had no other way of escape. He hid from\nKoch, Pestryakov and the porter in the flat when Nikolay and\nDmitri had just run out of it. He stopped there while the porter\nand others were going upstairs, waited till they were out of\nhearing, and then went calmly downstairs at the very minute\nwhen Dmitri and Nikolay ran out into the street and there was\nno one in the entry; possibly he was seen, but not noticed. There","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:29:26.654Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KFCZZ05FKVDDMJJV3YE9Q4WH","peer_label":"crimepunishment00dostiala.pdf","peer_type":"file","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KESYJX0Z6XE0HWTS5N3SDG0B","peer_label":"The Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-20T15:29:27.317Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:29:28.280Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}