Mayella Ewell Case Report

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Good morning I am Luke Thomsen, I am representing the State of Maycomb on a case about Sheriff Heck Tate’s poor investigation. On two counts we will first hear about his poor investigation in the Tom Robinson V, Mayella Ewell case and in the death of Bob Ewell for we never found out who truly murdered Bob Ewell for Sheriff Heck was too lazy to document it. THE THEME AND THEORY My friends, Heck Tate is a lazy man who poorly investigated Mayella Ewell’s abusement and made two men die for his lazy ways. PARTIES Sheriff Heck Tate is a lazy man. Bob Ewell fetched Sheriff Heck Tate out of his office to go down to the Ewell homestead. To be greeted by a severely beaten Mayella Ewell who claimed that it was Tom Robinson who have done it all. First, …show more content…

Mayella was very severely beaten lying on the floor in front of Heck Tate. They lifted Mayella up and splashed her face with water from a bucket. From there on Mayella had claimed that Tom Robinson was to blame for all of what happened. Heck Tate have had arrested Tom Robinson without any substantial evidence only two people who identified Tom were Bob and Mayella and they took Tom to court and now that is why we are here cause we believe Heck may have misinterpreted some …show more content…

Tate grinned. “Sorry that’s what they said. Anyway, She was pretty bruised up when I got there, and she had a black eye comin’.” “which eye?” Mr. Tate blinked and ran his hands through his hair. “Let’s see,” he said softly, then he looked at Atticus as if he considered the question childish “Can’t you remember?” Atticus asked Mr. Tate pointed to an invisible person five inches in front of him and said ”Her left.”.(Lee191-192) Showing that Heck had not remembered or documented the domestic abuse that Mayella had received only knowing the basics of her beating. Heck could not tell the court about where the bruising was without confidence. Telling us he had not paid attention to that detail of the