4.Bridget Prince — Direct
80 linesBRIDGET PRINCE, called as a witness by the defendant, having been duly sworn, testified as follows:
COURT CLERK: Please state and spell your full name for the record.
BRIDGET PRINCE: Bridget Prince, B-R-I-D-G-E-T P-r-i-n-c-e.
COURT CLERK: Thank you.
THE COURT: All right. Ms. Prince, please be seated. And it will be important for you to adjust that microphone so that you can speak into it clearly and directly, and there is water there on your left.
BRIDGET PRINCE: Great.
THE COURT: Mr. Dratel, you may proceed, sir.
MR. DRATEL: May I just have a moment, your Honor, because I think there was a miscommunication?
(Pause)
MR. DRATEL: Thank you, your Honor.
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. DRATEL:
MR. DRATEL: Good morning.
BRIDGET PRINCE: Good morning.
MR. DRATEL: Could you state your name again, please?
BRIDGET PRINCE: It's Bridget Prince.
MR. DRATEL: And how old are you?
BRIDGET PRINCE: I'm 39.
MR. DRATEL: And how are you employed?
BRIDGET PRINCE: I'm an investigator and researcher.
MR. DRATEL: And what kind of investigation and research do you do?
BRIDGET PRINCE: I run a company called One World Research, and we carry out a variety of investigations primarily for attorneys and NGOs.
MR. DRATEL: What are "NGOs"?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Nongovernmental organizations.
MR. DRATEL: Can you give us an example of an NGO that you have worked for?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Human Rights Watch or the ACLU.
MR. DRATEL: And how long have you been doing this job of One World Research?
BRIDGET PRINCE: I've worked for One World research since 2007.
MR. DRATEL: And before that?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Before that I worked the Habeas Corpus Research Center in San Francisco as an investigator, and before that I worked for a private investigator company called Murphy & Associates in San Francisco.
MR. DRATEL: And what is your education?
BRIDGET PRINCE: I have a master's in human rights from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's in Philosophy from Kings College, London.
MR. DRATEL: And you were retained by the defense in this case to be an investigator?
BRIDGET PRINCE: That's correct.
MR. DRATEL: I show you what's -- did you have access to the image of the defendant's laptop, Mr. Ulbricht's laptop?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Yes, I did.
MR. DRATEL: I'm going to approach and show you what's marked as Defendant's M, as in Mary, and ask you if you recognize that document.
BRIDGET PRINCE: Yes, I do.
MR. DRATEL: And can you just explain what it is generally?
BRIDGET PRINCE: This is a document that was found on the laptop.
MR. DRATEL: And is it a file?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Yes. It is a text file.
MR. DRATEL: And what is the name of the text file?
BRIDGET PRINCE: It's named "market rewrite."
MR. DRATEL: I move Defendant's M in evidence, your Honor.
MR. TURNER: No objection.
THE COURT: Received.
(Defendant's Exhibit M received in evidence)
MR. DRATEL: And could we publish Defendant's M, please.
(Pause)
THE COURT: Mr. Horowitz, will you be able to brighten that a little bit also?
MR. HOROWITZ: I believe that once the projector warms up, it will probably be brighter.
THE COURT: All right.
BY MR. DRATEL:
MR. DRATEL: So this document says: "For later.
"Use auto focus on pages with form inputs.
"reso center message format to make admin message clear.
"Minimize cache parameters in silkroad," and then a symbol "users.
"Group listings under category tree on vendor pages.
"Update placeholders.
"Style pagination links.
"Flag URLs in discussion posts and reviews.
"Cleanup order process.
"Cleanup old orders still processing.
"Add transaction hash to withdrawal and deposit records.
"Restrict item title characters.
"Change - one quantity to deleted flag.
"Move constants to global config."
And it is essentially a list, correct, the rest of it?
BRIDGET PRINCE: That is right.
MR. DRATEL: Now, did you have a chance to review production of Mr. Ulbricht's Google account?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Yes, I did.
MR. DRATEL: And did you review emails associated with that account?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Yes, I did.
MR. DRATEL: And did you review whether there were emails between June 24, 2013 and June 28, 2013?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Yes, I did.
MR. DRATEL: Did you find emails from Mr. Ulbricht -- from Mr. Ulbricht's account for that period of time?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Yes, there were.
MR. DRATEL: And approximately how many emails did you find during that period that you looked?
BRIDGET PRINCE: Approximately six.
MR. DRATEL: May we approach, your Honor?
THE COURT: Yes. Do you mean to the sidebar?
MR. DRATEL: Yes. I'm sorry.
THE COURT: Sorry. I thought you meant the witness.
MR. DRATEL: Yes. I have one question.
(At the sidebar)
MR. DRATEL: I just wanted to make sure. I am not going to ask her about the complaint. I am just going to read that in separately.
THE COURT: Yes.
MR. DRATEL: OK.
(Continued on next page)
(In open court)
MR. DRATEL: I have nothing further, your Honor.
THE COURT: Thank you.
Anything from you, Mr. Turner?
MR. TURNER: No. Thank you.
THE COURT: Thank you. You may step down.