Tom Robinson Trial Essay

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Good afternoon. On November twenty-first, Tom Robinson was on trial for raping Mr. Bob Ewell’s eldest daughter, Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell claimed that Mayella was screaming and said he saw Mr. Robinson rape her but was too distracted to go after him. When Heck Tate testified, he claimed Mayella Ewell was on the floor with a black, right eye. I’m here before you today to explain why Mr. Bob Ewell made false accusations to ensure that Mr. Tom Robinson would get the electric chair regardless of what happened during the trial and to cover up what he did to his daughter. I have five pieces of evidence from the previous trial to bring up. “He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson, ‘I saw that black man as ruttin’ on my Mayella’” (Lee 231). …show more content…

Ewell said. ‘Didn’t you think she should’ve had a doctor immediately?’ The witness said he never thought of it” (Lee 234-235). “His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right and hung dead at his side” (Lee 248). “‘I hold with everything Tate said,’ said Mr. Ewell” (Lee 235). “‘...that’d make her right, it was her right eye.’ You’re left-handed Mr. Ewell,’ Judge Taylor said” (Lee 235-237). Mr. Bob Ewell is guilty of false accusations because of the same thing I stated before: he wanted to win the case and hide the truth of what happened to Mayella on the evening of November 21st. Bob Ewell did not want to be held responsible for his daughter’s injuries. Some may say, “But Tom Robinson fled the scene.” He was a black man in a racist town. He could’ve been shot at most if he hadn’t run. “But Mr. Robinson helped her in the past.” He helped her only when she asked for it. Robinson stated that he never stepped on her property without consent and never took the pay she

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