Mark Alexander — The Grand Jury Indictment for the Crime of Writing the Shakespeare Plays and Poems

Closing Argument: The Grand Jury Indictment for the Crime of Writing the Shakespeare Poems & Plays

The scene is a courtroom. The audience is the grand jury. The question being considered: Is the evidence for committing the crime stronger for Will of Stratford or Edward De Vere? Will’s legal advocate makes the case that no significant evidence exists against Will, while the evidence against De Vere is stronger.

This talk was presented on October 14, 2018, at the SOF Annual Conference in Oakland, California.

Mark Alexander is the author of “Shakespeare’s Knowledge of Law: A Journey Through the History of the Argument,” published in the 2001 issue of "The Oxfordian." He has taught legal writing to paralegals and has worked in Silicon Valley training engineering managers in Cognitive Science and High Performance Thinking. He currently writes books and mentors students.

[alainaaugust]

“Satan put ‘em there.” Laughed out loud. Thanks!

[polmatthiasson]

Very good… now do Edward de Vere vs Thomas North

[polmatthiasson]

Excellent defense… now do DeVere vs Thomas North

[RobinMarks]

Leisure time. I want to argue the element of time. Shakespere of Stratford was a busy man. If he were a merchant, he would be heavily invested in his businesses and would hardly have the time to write "The Greatest Literary Works of All Time". Okay, let's say he had time to write all the plays and poems between business dealings. Gosh, he was a busy man. But wait, in order to write volumes, wouldn't he have to have read lots of books. Also, how could he have been able to read Latin and had access to books. The printing press was a brand new invention and books were extremely expensive. (so why didn't the Stratford poet leave books in his will, and his children illiterate, wouldn't they have been taught to read the numerous books in the home? sorry)
Which means of our suspects, the only person with access to the amount of books need to read in order to acquire the knowledge needed to create characters and locations would be Edward.
I've been watching lots of these talks on the authorship question. But what I'm finding hard is hearing a good argument that the Stratford fellow actually wrote the books. Genius doesn't not provide an answer. A genius who was raised by wolves wouldn't even know what you meant when you said hello. Genius does not mean having E.S.P. . The Stratford man could not have imagined facts. Sure, he could create lots of imaginary plots and characters, but you can't invent intimate knowledge of a place you've never been or know the tiny details of the mechanics of political power. Did the Stratford man know the mayor and therefore could figure out how the royal courts work. I doubt it.
I have reasonable doubt the man from Stratford wrote the works. The more I learned about Eddie, the more absolute my belief is backed by evidence.

[Short-Cipher]

Shakspere: NOT GUILTY! ✒📜🎭⚖
Edward de Vere: GUILTY! ✒📜🎭⚖

[ericvanjames]

The 17th Earl of Oxford was a superior "literary" criminal!!! ~