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.