All 3 Uses
circumstantial evidence
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- We don't know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left.
p. 232.1 *circumstantial evidence = evidence that can suggest something, but does not prove it
- He said he didn't have any quarrel with the rape statute, none what ever, but he did have deep misgivings when the state asked for and the jury gave a death penalty on purely circumstantial evidence.
p. 251.1
- "But lots of folks have been hung— hanged— on circumstantial evidence," said Jem.
p. 251.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(circumstantial evidence) evidence that can suggest something, but does not prove itFor example, if someone’s fingerprints are on a window that was broken during a burglary, that can suggest they were there. But it doesn’t prove they broke in—maybe they touched the window earlier for an innocent reason.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)