Evidence to convict George
Motive:
"God a 'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want." (p.11)
"An' whatta I got. I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time. An' that ain't the worst. You get in trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you out. You crazy son-of-a-bitch. You keep me in hot water all the time." (p.11)
Tell about tearing the girls' dress (p.11) and killing Curley's wife.
Premeditated and Opportunity
"Lennie—if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush… Hide in the brush till I come for you."
George asks Candy to do him a favor and he leaves the barn. Then goes to the bunkhouse and takes Carlson's luger.
George pulls the trigger and kills Lenny, not allowing the courts to decide the fate of Lenny's future.
"God a 'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want." (p.11)
"An' whatta I got. I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time. An' that ain't the worst. You get in trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you out. You crazy son-of-a-bitch. You keep me in hot water all the time." (p.11)
Tell about tearing the girls' dress (p.11) and killing Curley's wife.
Premeditated and Opportunity
"Lennie—if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush… Hide in the brush till I come for you."
George asks Candy to do him a favor and he leaves the barn. Then goes to the bunkhouse and takes Carlson's luger.
George pulls the trigger and kills Lenny, not allowing the courts to decide the fate of Lenny's future.
Slim sat in silence for a moment. "Didn't hurt the girl none, huh?" he asked finally.
"Hell no. He just scared her. I'd be scared too, if he grabbed me. But he never hurt her. He jus' wanted to touch that red dress, like he wants to pet them pups all the time."
"He ain't mean," said Slim. "I can tell a mean guy from a mile off."
Made Lennie jump into the river and almost drown.
Carlson: "Did he have my gun?"
George: "Yeah. He had your gun."
Carlson: An' you got it away from him and you took it an' you killed him?"
George: "Yeah. Tha's how."
(Why did George lie about this? How could George wrestle the gun away from Lenny and then shoot him in the back of the head in self-defense?)
"Hell no. He just scared her. I'd be scared too, if he grabbed me. But he never hurt her. He jus' wanted to touch that red dress, like he wants to pet them pups all the time."
"He ain't mean," said Slim. "I can tell a mean guy from a mile off."
Made Lennie jump into the river and almost drown.
Carlson: "Did he have my gun?"
George: "Yeah. He had your gun."
Carlson: An' you got it away from him and you took it an' you killed him?"
George: "Yeah. Tha's how."
(Why did George lie about this? How could George wrestle the gun away from Lenny and then shoot him in the back of the head in self-defense?)