Tom Robinson Justice
The case of Tom Robinson - Was justice served?
Yet another incident against a Negro has taken place in Maycomb County of Alabeama. The young man, Tom Robinson, was accused of physically and sexually assaulting a young woman, Miss Mayella Ewell.
Atticus Finch was Mr Robinson’s lawyer, and during the trial he pointed out a few things that were evident and proved Mr Robinson’s innocence. Miss Mayella Ewell claims that Tom Robinson came into her house and suddenly jumped on her - attacked her, grabbed her by the throat, punched her right eye and raped her. Mr Finch of course did not believe a word by Miss Mayella or the two witnesses, who were her father Mr Bob Ewell and sheriff of the county Mr Heck Tate, of whom Atticus claimed that their …show more content…
Now the only good hand he possesses is his right hand, which makes it very impossible for him to be able to wrap both of his hands around the woman’s neck and punch her in the right eye also. The evidence from both witnesses was contradictory - Mr Ewell and Mr Tate claimed different things about the state of Mayella after the incident as well as the order of which the incident took …show more content…
He tells us what happened, saying that he went to get something for Mayella off the top of the chifforobe and all of a sudden she grabbed his legs, startling him and making him jump off the chair. She then went and kissed Tom and he tried to run away as fast as he could. He claims the last thing he heard was Mr Ewell shouting at Mayella “I’ll kill ya! I’ll kill ya!”. Mayella states her side of the story, nervously and feebly; she it didn’t look as if the honest truth was coming out of her mouth. It seems that towards the end of the trial she got desperate, knowing that the proof that Mr Robinson was unable to perform such acts meant that she and her father had to be lying. In desperation she yells out in court “I got somethin' to say. And then I ain't gonna say no more. He took advantage of me. An' if you fine, fancy gentlemen ain't gonna do nothin' about it, then you're just a bunch of lousy, yella, stinkin' cowards, the - the whole bunch of ya, and your fancy airs don't come to nothin'. Your Ma'am'in' and your Miss Mayellarin' - it don't come to
Yet another incident against a Negro has taken place in Maycomb County of Alabeama. The young man, Tom Robinson, was accused of physically and sexually assaulting a young woman, Miss Mayella Ewell.
Atticus Finch was Mr Robinson’s lawyer, and during the trial he pointed out a few things that were evident and proved Mr Robinson’s innocence. Miss Mayella Ewell claims that Tom Robinson came into her house and suddenly jumped on her - attacked her, grabbed her by the throat, punched her right eye and raped her. Mr Finch of course did not believe a word by Miss Mayella or the two witnesses, who were her father Mr Bob Ewell and sheriff of the county Mr Heck Tate, of whom Atticus claimed that their …show more content…
Now the only good hand he possesses is his right hand, which makes it very impossible for him to be able to wrap both of his hands around the woman’s neck and punch her in the right eye also. The evidence from both witnesses was contradictory - Mr Ewell and Mr Tate claimed different things about the state of Mayella after the incident as well as the order of which the incident took …show more content…
He tells us what happened, saying that he went to get something for Mayella off the top of the chifforobe and all of a sudden she grabbed his legs, startling him and making him jump off the chair. She then went and kissed Tom and he tried to run away as fast as he could. He claims the last thing he heard was Mr Ewell shouting at Mayella “I’ll kill ya! I’ll kill ya!”. Mayella states her side of the story, nervously and feebly; she it didn’t look as if the honest truth was coming out of her mouth. It seems that towards the end of the trial she got desperate, knowing that the proof that Mr Robinson was unable to perform such acts meant that she and her father had to be lying. In desperation she yells out in court “I got somethin' to say. And then I ain't gonna say no more. He took advantage of me. An' if you fine, fancy gentlemen ain't gonna do nothin' about it, then you're just a bunch of lousy, yella, stinkin' cowards, the - the whole bunch of ya, and your fancy airs don't come to nothin'. Your Ma'am'in' and your Miss Mayellarin' - it don't come to