Which Alice?

The White Knight Couldn't Quite Remember
"Who were the defendants?" repeated the White Knight. "Who
were they? I can't quite remember just who they were, but I
definitely remember there were three of them."
"Well, what happened at the trial?" asked Alice.
"What happened?" repeated the Knight. "Why, the defendants
made statements!"
"What statements did they make?" asked Alice, who was getting
just a little impatient with the rather slow way the account was going.
"What statements?" repeated the Knight. "What statements? I
can't quite remember just what the statements were, but I do
remember that they made statements."
"Really now!" said Alice, who was getting quite exasperated.
"Don't you remember anything about the statements?"
"Oh, yes," replied the White Knight, "I remember something about
them. The first defendant accused either the second defendant or
the third defendant, but I don't remember which one."
"What about the second defendant?" asked Alice.
"Well, the second defendant was asked who was guilty, and to
everyone's surprise he claimed to be the guilty one."
"And the third defendant?" asked Alice.
"Well, the third defendant was asked who was guilty, and either
he accused himself or he accused the second defendant, but
unfortunately I can't quite remember which."
Alice tried to puzzle all this out, but could not make head or tail
of what went on.
"Tell me," said Alice, "did the innocent defendants both know
who the guilty defendant was?"
"Oh, yes," replied the Knight, "the defendants all knew who was
guilty."
"Then I guess some of the defendants lied, and maybe some told
the truth. Is that it?"
"That's right," replied the Knight. "Some of them lied and some
of them told the truth."
"Can you remember which ones lied and which ones told the
truth?" asked Alice.
"Well," replied the White Knight, "I remember that the guilty
one lied. As for the innocent ones, I remember that either one of
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