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“Are you sure about that?”

Yes, sir, he said He was sure Lewis asked him the question five different ways Jonah tried to object and was gaveled into silence

“Didn’t Mr Stephens hand this docuht, Mr Cross?”

Ah, here we go Jonah jumped up Objection overruled He seee Everett Corbett: he would be allowed to keepas he understood he would be instantly overruled on every one

“Mr Cross, isn’t it true that you saw this docuround?”

“No, sir”

“Didn’t you tell Mr Stephens that if he wanted to search your house, he’d have to shoot you first?”

“No, sir I did not”

“Are you certain?”

“He didn’t bring no paper They rode up and started shooting If Mr Stephens said he did that, he is a liar And if you say he did it, sir, you would be a liar too”

Chapter 108

AFTER ABRAHAM FINISHED testifying and Moody took hied the admissibility of Phineas Eversman’s search warrant

My father looked mildly amused “It’s a search warrant, Mr Curtis It looks like a thousand others that I’ve seen over the years,” he said

Since his profane outburst in the direction of the applauding juror, I thought, my father had been unusually patient with Jonah He must have realized how bad that eruption would look once all these “ two-bit newspaper reporters” put it into print

Jonah decided to tack in another direction “Your Honor, I know you are well aware that under the rules of civil procedure, all documents entered as evidence must be shared with all counsel before commencement of trial,” he said “The first tio”