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Negro(Continued from r*gr One)pause. the night latch Masturned, ’‘the door opened — andboom.*’He test fied that Gorrell neither adva^cea. han anything in hishand, or said a word.On crn*s-r\amination. Senator Hutchinson asked Harper; “You wouldn't consent to see me about this case, would you?” And Harper said I had nr-I der« to keep mum.”Asked who told him to keepmum about the case. Harpersaid. ’’The stale police.”Well. \ou went to the prosecuting attornev didn t you?” asked Hutchinson.“He wasnt included,” answered Harper.When John Gorrell was cross-examined. the father of the slam youth admitted paying AttorneyC. R Hariesc $200 to act as special prosecutor.‘ You want this man .sent to the penitentiary, don’t you?” a-ked Hutchinson—and when the q es-tion was repeated, the witnesssaid, “Yes.”Doctor testifiesDr. M C. Bankc testified that he treated Sandra Jean Smith, infant daughter of the defendant, on the day following the shooting for an abrasion and a bruise on the right cheek. He stated that the skin on the infant’s face hadbeen broken—and in answer to a dire t questioin by Ragland, the physician said, “It looked likeomeone had nit t more than any-4 mg else” He sa d he treatedthe child six 01 .seven times afterwards.Di. Ranks examined the child’s face in the presence of the jury late yesterria.v and announced that there was no scar on the outside but that there washard lump beneath the skinDeiense Attorney Hutch nson advanced a theory of sell-defense in hi* opening statement to thejury.Admitting that the child had been bitten somehow, Hutchinson said evidence would show that Gorrell returned and “beat up” Smith, who had been rolled in the mine and was unable to protect himself; that Gorrell had told thedefendant he wfas going to kill him; and that when he returned to Smith's house and knoc ked on the door that he (Gorrell) had his hand in his pocket and was advancing forward when Smith grabbed a gun nearby and fneci as soon as he could.Spectators jammed the courtroom to witness the trial — the third homicide case this term.
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Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Jan 23, 1942
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