The Bellamy Trial · Character
Herbert Conroy
A real estate agent whose ordinary business puts him on the stand, where his testimony about a car and its occupants becomes a small hinge on which the whole case turns.
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Also known as Mr. Dudley Lambert, Lambert, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Herbert Conroy, Mr. Conroy
First appearance: the bellamy trial
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Called as a witness; a real-estate broker who has the agency of the Thorne property, Orchards.
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Conroy belongs to the parade of everyday witnesses — the physician, the governess, the chauffeur's wife — whose mundane recollections the prosecution and defense fight to shape. His professional eye for property and…
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