21
When the case started, the judge noticed that Sam wasn't there.
"Commander Rabb, where is your client?" He stood up.
"Your honour, Major Carter is still in the infirmary; there is no way she could come here today"
"Why is that?"
"Because, she suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung, and that is not including her other injuries"
"Ok, understood, if I had known about this, this case would have been put on hold till Major Carter was able to be here herself, but since we're all here, we might as well start; call you first witness"
"Yes sir, I call Dr Fraser to the stand" When Janet showed up and was sworn in, Harm started.
"Dr Fraser tell us in your own words what happened on the eighteenth of this month"
"I was called to a medical emergency in Major Carter's lab. When I arrived there, Major Carter was lying over a fallen stool on her left side. I noticed that there was some blood coming out of her mouth and her breathing was shallow, so after a quick examination my team and I were able to lift her off the stool and get her on the gurney. I had to make a three-centimetre hole in her left side between the eighth and ninth rib to put a draining tube in to drain the blood from her lung, and put her on concentrated oxygen. Then she was stable enough to be moved"
"Did you have to operate on the major?"
"Yes, when I got the x-rays back, I saw the broken rib had the punctured lung, and was three centimetres inside her lung. After the operation her lung collapsed, but I was able to re-inflate it, and I also left the draining tube in her, where it is still today"
"Were there any other injuries that Major Carter sustained?"
"Yes, there was bruising on her back as well at the back of her head"
"Was it there before this date?"
"No, it was definitely new"
"No further questions, Doctor"
"Commander Turner?" the judge signalled for him to begin his questioning Harm sat down as Turner stood up.
"Dr Fraser, is it true that Major Carter was injured in a mission two days before this accident happen?"
"Yes"
"What injuries did she receive?"
"A staff-blast to the back of her left shoulder as well a dislocated shoulder, bruised and broken ribs"
"So one of her broken ribs punctured her lung?"
"No, the rib that punched her lung was the thirteenth rib, the three that were broken on the mission two day's earlier were the eight, nine and tenth ribs"
"Does Major Carter bruise easily?"
"No"
"No further questions"
"Commander Rabb?"
"None your honour"
"You may step down Dr Fraser"
"Thank you" Janet stood up and walked out of the room.
"You may call your next witness"
"I called General Hammond" Harm said. Once Hammond was sworn in, he gave his testimony on what happened that day.
"General Hammond, can you tell us what happen on seventh?"
"I was reading one of the reports when I got a call about what had happened to Major Carter, so I went down to her lab to see Dr Fraser and her staff working on her"
"In your statement you asked airmen Jones for his account, what had happened?"
"Yes that is normal procedure after any accident or whenever someone finds another member of staff on the ground alone and unconscious like that"
"You said also in your statement that you saw a video tape of the attack?"
"Yes, the is correct"
"But how could you have seen it if the camera was disengaged?"
"There is a back up, hidden camera, just in case the primary one is damaged or unplugged. When that happens, the back up automatically starts recording"
"How many of the personal knew about the back up cameras?"
"Only Major Carter and myself, I was planning of telling Colonel O'Neill about it, but other problems arose and I hadn't had a chance until the day of the incident"
"Thank you, no more questions"
"Commander Turner?" Harm sat down and Turner stood up once more
"General Hammond, how many know about the back up cameras?"
"Now; Colonel O'Neill, Dr Fraser, Dr Jackson and Teal'c"
"No one else?"
"No one else knows about them"
"What was your reaction when you saw the tape?"
"Angry, upset, and worried"
"Care to explain?"
"I was angry that a fellow officer would attack and attempt to rape another wounded officer"
"Is that how you saw it General?"
"From the tape yes, I could see that he was undoing her robe that she was wearing at the time and that she was trying to fight him off the best she could with her good arm"
"No more questions"
The alarms went off, so the judge rose quickly, and allowed General Hammond to leave.