Probably simple "Untouchables" point

[jk1245]

Just watched DePalma’s “The Untouchables” again. Pretty good movie and all that, but it reminded me of one point that I never quite got. At the end, when the judge switches the juries in the Capone case, the following (parphrased) dialogue takes place.

DA: What’d you say to the judge?
Ness: I told him him name was in the ledger too.
DA: His name wasn’t in the ledger.

Well, was it or wasn’t it? Did Ness just assume the judge was crooked even though he didn’t have any proof?

I am probably making this way more complicated than it need be, but any help for my feeble little mind would be appreciated.

[boo_boo_bear]

My take on it (and God knows I’ve watched the movie at least two dozen times) is that the judge was crooked - that most of the judges were under Capone’s jurisdiction at some point - and that Ness just made a lucky guess.

-bbb-