Engulphing Flames Takes out Miss Maudie’s Place
By: Mr Underwood

By: Mr. Underwood
The day of April 26, 1935 in Maycomb county, Tom Robinson was tried against Bob Ewell, when he was accused of raping his daughter; November 21, 1934. The trial progressed through the whole day, and concluded after a 3 hour jury decision the defendant, Tom Robinson was found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair. The defendants lawyer Atticus Finch was defending the black man, he was trying to prove that the eye of Mayella Ewell claims she was hit in was nearly impossible because Tom as a boy got his arm stuck in a cotton mill, which left him handicapped, and Mr. Ewell was proved to be left handed. This case had a big impact on the town, because they had never seen a jury take so long to decide a black mans sentence.