The Bellamy Trial Author:Frances Noyes Hart The Bellamy Trial takes place entirely in a courtroom. Stephen Bellamy and Susan Ives are on trial for the murder of Stephen's wife, Madeleine. The witnesses take their places on the stand and are examined and cross-examined by the lawyers. The reader, like the jurors, has every fact presented just as it would be given at a real trial in a r... more »eal courtroom. Here is the drama, humor, pathos and tense expectancy of an important murder trial. When Judge Carver finishes his charge to the jury, you should be able to give a true verdict.« less