At the stroke of midnight, Lord Blackwood was murdered in his study. The butler said he was polishing silver in the kitchen. The cook said she was baking bread. The gardener said he was trimming the hedges in the moonlight. Detective Thorne arrested the gardener on the spot. Why?
You cannot trim hedges in the dark/moonlight accurately.
Trimming hedges requires precise vision, which cannot be done effectively in the dark of midnight by moonlight alone.
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