Q. Mr Brakebill on the afternoon of August 5th, election day here, were you in Madisonville? A. Yes sir. Q. Were you here at the time Rucker Cornett was shot and killed? A. Yes sir. I was right down on the street. Q. Where were you? A. I was on the south side of the courthouse on the side walk near the corner. Q. You mean near the southwest corner, wasn't it? A. Might be. Q. Tell the jury what you saw with reference to this shooting - what you saw and heard. A. I was standing on the corner and Rucker went down this way, and come on around - he come through this red light and just stopped with the red light and pulled up and drove in front of Lowry's store and parked. In just a little bit John Freeman and Anderson came out the street here. Q. They are two policemen? A. Yes sir. They went right across the street toward where Rucker parked. Q. Go ahead and tell the jury what happened. A. Garrett was a little bit in front of John. He went in on the right side and John went on the left. They went in there, had their pistols. Set there two or three minutes. I could not see what was going on. Rucker started to back out and backed until he got out to the place to start forward, and John shot. Q. How many times? A. Twice. Q. I take it you could not see John? A. No.
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