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Grat's trial didn't start until that June and it lasted three weeks. Though much of the evidence showed that Grat was in Fresno the night of the Alila robbery, including the testimony of several witnesses, the influence of the powerful Southern Pacific Railroad caused him to receive an unfair trial. Breckenridge showed up to the trial late and drunk, and neither the defense nor the prosecution mentioned that the fireman had been accidentally killed by the expressman. This was unknown to Grat since the Dalton brothers had all assumed that Emmett had killed the fireman. Almost all of Breckenridge's witnesses were barkeepers, gamblers, saloon hangers-on, or pimps. Sheriff Kay even pointed out during the trial that Breckenridge had overlooked Grat's rights. Southern Pacific detective Will Smith visited Grat's cell almost every day during the trial trying to get a confession out of him and Grat began to despise Smith.
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Grat's trial didn't start until that June and it lasted three weeks. Though much of the evidence showed that Grat was in Fresno the night of the Alila robbery, including the testimony of several witnesses, the influence of the powerful Southern Pacific Railroad caused him to receive an unfair trial. Breckenridge showed up to the trial late and drunk, and neither the defense nor the prosecution mentioned that the fireman had been accidentally killed by the expressman. This was unknown to Grat since the Dalton brothers had all assumed that Emmett had killed the fireman. Almost all of Breckenridge's witnesses were barkeepers, gamblers, saloon hangers-on, or pimps. Sheriff Kay even pointed out during the trial that Breckenridge had overlooked Grat's rights. Southern Pacific detective Will Smith visited Grat's cell almost every day during the trial trying to get a confession out of him and Grat began to despise Smith.