I got to the courthouse early, but it wasn't early enough. many people were already crowded around the entrance but the case wasn't starting for a while. I opened the door and people quickly shuffled in. I knew this was going to be a complex case, but one with little fighting. I've known Atticus for many years and he was not the type to get angry. Everything he does was done amiably
The case started and the first person was called to the stand. It was Heck Tate, I knew him from before. He was the town sheriff. His point of view didn't really help. He did not see the accused rape happening, or have real solid proof of anything. He simply recieved a call from Mayella's father saying she was just raped. He came down to their house as fast as possible and brought Tom Robinson, who Mayella thought raped her. She confirmed that it was him and he took him to jail. When we asked him to describe the injuries that Mayella had, he said she had a bruise on her right eye and her arms were beat up. He stepped down from the stand.
Next up was Mayella's father, Bob Ewell. He said that he heard Mayella hollering and screaming at the top of her lungs. He ran up to the window and saw Tom raping his daughter. He ran inside and pulled him off of her, and then chased him away. He seemed really into his story and like it would have to be true, he also seemed extremely confident in his story as well. Atticus asked him if he could read and right, and he said he could. Mr. Gilmer said an objection and said it was irrelevent, but I overruled. We found out that she he was left handed. Atticus was obviously trying to prove that he might have been the one to beat up Mayella. But that was not enough proof.
Mayella came up to the stand and told us that she was 19 and a half. There was something very different about her, different from the rest of the Ewell family. She seemed rather clean and like she cared at least a little bit about how she presented herself. She immediately started crying. He was afraid of Atticus, and he didn't want to make her look left-handed like her father. She only had a few years of education, obviously. She was very oblivious. She didn't understand what the point of showing that was. Her story was that she asked him to cut up some chiffarobe for him, and when he was done she went inside to get him a nickle for his work, but he attacked and than raped her. Her father came in after he hand ran away and said "who'd done it?" Over and over. I saw confusion in Atticus' face, and I didn't realize why until I remembered that Bob Ewell said he saw the rape happening. If he saw it, he'd knew who had done it. Once Atticus pushed her for answers, she started crying again. She thought he was mocking her. I once again saw lack of education. She was not used to being called ma'm. I also noticed something strage, she kept giving stealthy.
Atticus's only person he called to the stand was Tom Robinson himself. His side of the story was completly different from everyone elses. He had often went past the gate because he felt sorry for her being alone. Mayella said she had a job for him inside so he came in. She pointed to some chiffarobe for him to bring down, and once he did she hugged him and began kissing him on his cheeks. He tried to leave but she would not let him. When Bob Ewell came home he was terrified so he ran away.
Harsh questions were asked to Tom, but there was no objection. He kept calling Tom 'boy.' Than, a lady came in and handed Atticus a note. He told me that his children were missing. Mr. Underwood announced that they were up on the balcony with the Reverend. Atticus had a talk with them, and the case went on. Even I was unsure what point of view was fraud.

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