Witness Testimony: Trial of Mae Tuck

Mr. Foster’s Testimony

My name is Mr. Foster. I live with my wife, Winnie, and G’ma. We own the Treegap Wood. We live in Treegap. We all are very neat. One day Winnie was talking to a toad across the road. Then the next morning Winnie was gone. We were all very worried. We stood up all night trying to find her.

            In a day the man in the yellow suit came to our house and said that he knew where Winnie was. Then he lectured us about the Tucks and what the house looked like and also how dirty it was and where Winnie was. Winnie said she was never kidnapped and at that I thought she was lying about it. So it all has brought me here to prove Mae guilty for killing the man in the yellow suit.  

Testimony of Winnie Foster

DEFENSE

My name is Winnie Foster and I’ve lived in Treegap as long as anyone’s been there.   I met the Tucks one day while exploring in my woods. I went to their house with them and they gave me dinner. I stayed for the night and in the morning, they gave me flapjacks. After breakfast, they were going to take me home. I got to ride a horse and go on a rowboat. They were never mean at all, and they wouldn’t ever hurt anybody without a real good reason.

 The yellow suited man showed up during breakfast and said that he’d been followin’ the Tucks and I around for days and that he stole their horse. He then tried to take me away forcibly so I could do somethin’ bad, and then Mae hit him with the gun so I wouldn’t get hurt. The man in the yellow suit was cruel and a little insane. She was only tryin’ to do what’s right: protect the ones you love.

Constable

My name is Skylee Jones and I live at 129 Awesome Street in Treegap, Georgia.  I enforce the law in Treegap.  I have been in the law enforcement business for around 30 years.

Late one night, I was awakened by a man.  His name was Jackson Cat, but everyone called him the Man in the Yellow Suit.  He was upset and told me that Winnie Foster was kidnapped by the Tucks.  I was surprised because nothing like that really ever happens in these parts, but the Man in the Yellow Suit was sure of it.

On the way to the Tucks to get Winnie, the Main in the Yellow Suit told me that the Fosters sold him the wood to retrieve their daughter.  The Tucks lived a good 20 miles away.  The Man in the Yellow Suit rode ahead of me.  I didn’t care.  I would get there when I get there. 

Everything was fine until I got to the house.  As soon as I came around the corner to the house, I saw Mae hit the Man in the Yellow suit right in the head with a shotgun.  He was not dead yet, but did not look good.  I asked Mae why she hit him and she said, “He was taking the child.”  Winnie claimed that she went with them on her own and that they were friends.

That’s when I took charge.  I told the male Tucks to take the Man in the Yellow Suit inside and look after him.  I took the girl and Mae Tuck with me. Winnie was going home and Mae was going to jail then the gallows.  

Mae Tuck Testimony

            My name is Mae Tuck. I live outside of treegap with my husband Angus Tuck and my two kids Miles and Jesse Tuck. I met Winnie when I found her talking to Jesse. I invited her to come to dinner later that day. We had a race to get to where we would rest first. We had gotten so tired that we started our track back home the next morning. We eventually made it home and had breakfast. That morning Miles went fishing with Winnie but sadly did not catch any fish. We heard a visitor at the door it was the man in the yellow suit. The man said im taking Winnie to get the wood, and sell a product. He was taking Winnie against her will. My first instinct was to wack him in the head with Jesses shotgun. I didnt mean to kill the man I was just trying to help Winnie. The constable saw everything then took Winnie home and me to the jail house.

     Grandma Foster’s Testimony

            I am Rhianna Foster and I live in the suburbs of Treegap. I have lived there for my whole life. I like things neat I even told Winniefred to get up off the grass because I didn’t want her stockings or skirt to get dirty. When the man in the yellow suit came to my gate and Winniefred was talking to him I ran out there to make sure she was ok. When I started to talk to the man in the yellow suit we heard elves that I haven’t heard for many years. It was Winniefred’s first time hearing the elves and she thought that it was a music box. Before we went inside I made sure that the gate was locked. The next I woke up and Winniefred wasn’t in her room. I decided to go up and check if she was up there because she didn’t come down for breakfast and she always comes down for breakfast. When we saw that she wasn’t up there we went into a panic. Early the next day the man in the yello;w suit came to our house saying that he knew where our kid was. But before he would tell us where she was he said to us if I tell you where your kid is will you trade me the wood for your kid. We said we would make the trade but it took us a while to answer. When we got Winniefred back we were very relieved. The next day after we got Winniefred back she went outside. She came in and said can I have a bowl of water to moisten a toad. I said where is it? She said it is across the street and I said that I would go with her. The kidnapper A.K.A killer was sent to jail and the gallows.  

Mock Trial Direct Examination Questions: Trial of Mae Tuck

Winnie(defense);

1 what is your name and where do you live?
2 how long have you lived there?
3 how did you meet the tucks?
4 Did you want to go with the tucks?
5 what did you do at the tucks' house?
6 how did the tucks treat you?
7 when did the yellow suited man show up?
8 what happened then?
9 then what happened?
10 why did mae hit him? (i have a good answer i think)


My name is Skylee Jones and I am the Constable of Treegap, Georgia.

1. State your name and address for the court?
2. What is your job and how long have you been doing it?
3. How and what were you told about the kidnapping?
4. Did kidnapping happen a lot in Treegap?
5. Did you know Jackson Cat before this happened?
6. What did you do after you were told about the kidnapping?
7. Did you ride with Jackson Cat?
8. What, if anything, did you see when you arrived at the Tuck's house?
9. What did you do next?
10. How long did you plan to keep Mae Tuck in jail?
11. Was Mae allowed to have visitors?
12. How did she escape?
13. What did you do when you saw Winnie in Mae's cell?
14. Did you ever see Mae Tuck again?



Mr. Foster

1. what is your name?
2. who do you live with?
3. do you own any land other than your house?
4. when was the last time you saw Winnie?
5. when did you learn that Winnie was gone?
6. how did you learn where Winnie was?
7. what did the man in the yellow suit tell you?

Angus Tuck

1. What is your name?

2. Where do you live ?

3. What is your relationship with Mae tuck?

4. Has Mae ever hurt anyone like this before?

5. Why do you think Mae did that to the man in the yellow suit?

6. When did Winnie get to your house?

7. Were you gonig to take Winnie home?

8. Where did the horse go?

9. Why did Mae hit the man in the yellow suit?

10. Why did the old man threatened the Tucks?

Grand Ma


1) Please state your name for the court.
My name is Rhianna Foster
2) Where do you live?
I live in the suburbs of Treegap.
3) How long have you lived in Treegap?
I have lived in Treegap for my whole life.
4) Do you have any family that lives with you?
Yes, my granddaughter Winnie and her parents.
5)What are thier names?
My granddaughters name is Winniefred and her parents names are john and Fran Foster.
6) How do you like things? Do you like things neat or do you not care?
I like things neat I even told Winniefred to get up off the grass because i didn't want her stockings and skirt to get dirty.
7) Before Winniefred came in was there anyone she was talking to?
Yes there was a man in a yellow suit.
8) Did you get scared when you saw that?
Yes i did get scared I ran out there to make sure she was o.k.
9) When you went out there what happened?
We started to talk and midway into my sentence the elves started to sing.
10) Was it your first time hearing it?
No i heard it many years ago but it was Winniefred's first time hearing it and she thought it was a music box.
11) Did you and Winniefred go inside after that?
Yes I locked the gate and went inside.
12) When you woke up the next morning where was Winniefred?
We didn't know. She got us so worried.
13) Did anyone know where she was? 
Yes the man in the yellow suit knew where she was.
14) Did he want to tell you where?
Yes but he wanted to make a trade.
15) What was the trade?
I will tell you where your kid is if you trade me the wood.
16) Did you make the trade?
It took us a while but we did make the trade.
17) Was there anything that happened to Winniefred?
No but the people who "kidnapped" her killed the man in the yellow suit.
18) Did anything happen to the kidnapper A.K.A killer?
Yes she ( it is a she) was sent to the gallows.
No further questions.