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Mayella Robson Trial

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On August 3rd 1935 at 2:20 pm in Maycomb county court , Tom Robison a negro was found guilty on the charge of rape to Mayella Ewell . When Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell and Tom Robinson all took the stand Mr. Ewell and Mayella seem to have similar testimony’s . Mr. Ewell claimed before sundown, he was coming in from the woods, when he got to the fence he heard Mayella screaming. He ran up to the window that is three feet off of the ground and saw Tom raping Mayella. The room looked like there had been a fight there. He saw that it was Tom, then he ran inside. After he Saw Mayella, he went straight to Mr. Tate. He also stated that he has asked the county for fifteen years to clean the nest of Negroes and he said that they are dangerous …show more content…
She asked him to come inside to fix the door hinges because fall is coming. He pulled the door back and forth and saw that nothing was wrong with it. Then, she shut the door in his face. Then he asked, 'where are the children?' She said that they went to town to buy ice cream. He said something like, 'It was nice of you to save up money to treat them.' She asked him to go inside, step up on a chair, and get a box off of the top of the chiffarobe. When he got up on top of the chair Mayella grabbed him around the legs. He was so scared that he came off of the chair and it tipped over. That was the only toppled over peice of furniture in the room. Then he turned around and she jumped on him and hugged him around the waist. Then she kissed him on the side of the face and she told him to kiss her back. She said that she has never been kissed before and her father doesn't count. He tried to run but she blocked the door and when he told her to move, Mr. Ewell shouted through the window 'You goddamn whore ill kill ya.' Then Tom ran because he was scared of what might happen because he is black. At this point, Mr. Link Dias rose and said that he has never had a speck of trouble out of him for the eight years Tom worked for him. Tom was asked about him being out away for thirty days for 'disorderley conduct'. After Tom said he lost the fight but he was still convicted, He

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