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1948, the day Rucker Cornett was shot?

A. Yes I was.

Q. Where were you at the time that shooting took place?

A. There at the corner of Lowry's Hardware store.

Q. That is on the southwest corner of the block, opposite (missing)

Q. This was election day?

A. Yes in August.

Q. It was pretty warm, most everybody was in his shirt sleeves?

A. Yes.

Witness Robert Lee, Jr., being first duly sworn, testified as follows:

DIRECT EXAMINATION by E. R. Sloan:

Q. You name is Robert Lee, Jr.?

A. That is right.

Q. You live here at Madisonville?

A. Yes sir.

Q. I will ask you if you if you were in Madisonville on August 5, 1948 the day Rucker Cornett was shot?

A. Yes I was.

Q. Where were you at the time that shooting took place?

A. There at the corner of Lowry's Hardware store.

Q. That is on the southwest corner of the block opposite the courthouse?

A. The one on my right, near the street light.

Q. Where was Cornett's car relative to the corner?

A. It was parked in the usual parking position. There were one or two cars at the usual parking places on the curb there.

Q. Go ahead and explain to the jury just what you saw there from the time you first noticed the officers approach that car until after the shooting took place.

A. I was coming from Kykers and was at the corner of Lowry's. I got even with Cornett's car and met Frank Hargis. I had a pup under one arm and was leading my little boy with the other one. Frank jumped off of the sidewalk and started talking to Rucker.