To Kill A Mockingbird Trial Book Report

Once the trial started, the sheriff of Maycomb, Heck Tate was the first witness to testify. When Tate begins his testimony, he first said he was visited by Mr. Ewell and said that his daughter was raped by a black man. Heck hurriedly goes to Mr. Ewell’s house and testifies Mayella knock out on the floor. Tate said that she was all bruised up, there were fingerprints around her neck and a black eye. He didn’t quite remember which eye was bruised but then recall it was the right eye. Heck then said who did this to her, she said it was Tom Robinson. As a sheriff, he goes to Tom’s and arrest him. Atticus asks Heck if he called a doctor, and he said no. In Heck’s testimony, he was not prepared, and he did not investigate very
well.