Q. I will ask you if you owed him $10.00 on this gun at the time he was killed? A. No sir. Q. You frequently stopped in to Rucker's place, went back in the kitchen and had conversation with him? A. I talked to him very often. Q. Had a few drinks with him? A. No. Q. You never drank any liquor in the back of Cornett's restaurant? A. Never did in the back of his restaurant. Q. Did Rucker ever give you a drink? A. Yes he has away back yonder. Q. You deny going back in Rucker's restaurant most every evening and drinking liquor with him? A. I do. Q. I will ask you if on the day of this shooting you didn't come up from the school house and secure this warrant, if Garrett Anderson didn't have possession of the warrant? A. Garrett had possession, had it in his pocket. Q. Did you have possession of it? A. I saw it written. Q. After it was written you never had it in your hands at the time? A. No never had it in my hands. Q. When you went across to make this arrest, did you say anything to Rucker about having the warrant for him? A. I did. Q. When did you mention that fact? A. After I talked to him and tried to get him to go home, I told him I had the warrant for him. I said, "I have a warrant for you. I will have to put you in jail if you don't go home." Q. You say Rucker pulled the gun, when was this - when he |
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