Q. That would put it back of the arm pit on the left hand side? A. Yes sir. Q. Did that go in the vicinity of the heart? A. Yes sir. Q. It ranged down and came out 8 inches lower? A. Yes sir. Q. I want to file this shirt as Ex 1 to this testimony Court: Let it be so filed. Q. I believe this young Cornett was in business here? A. He was. Q. Was he in service? A. A little over two years in the Navy. CROSS-EXAMINATION by Mr Bratton: Q. When had you last seen him that day before you saw his body here at the undertaker's? A. I would say it was around 2:30 to 3 o'clock. Q. What was his condition then with reference to being drunk or sober? A. He was perfectly sober. I talked with him. Q. I believe John Freeman and Sheriff George R. Tallent, the sheriff of this county, and you had been at the polls when somebody came for the sheriff and reported about Rucker trying to shoot Garrett Anderson? A. No. I think the sheriff told me Rucker was a little high, said, "You ought to try to do something with him." I told him I was an officer holding the election and could not get away. Q. You didn't tell him you could not do anything with him?
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