The following testimony was heard for the State:
Witness Mrs. Tommie Cornett, being first duly sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY R. Beecher Witt:
Q What is you name?
A Mrs Tommie Cornett.
Q. Where do you live?
A. With my father, Ross Joines.
Q What relation did you sustain to Rucker Cornett?
A. I was his wife.
Q Is he now living?
A. No; he is dead.
Q. When did he die?
A. August 5, 1948.
Q How old was Rucker?
A. Thirty-six.
Q. Do you have any children?
A. yes; three.
Q. Where did you first see his body after he was killed?
A. I didn't see it until after they brought him home.
Q. Was that after it was brought from the undertakers?
A. Yes; it was the next day.
Q. Did you live in Madisonville at the time?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What business was he in?
A. Operating a restaurant.
Q. When had you seen your husband before?
A. About 2 o'clock.
Q. I take it you do not know anything about the wounds?
A. No, sir.
Q. Are your children all small?
A. Yes, sir.
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