All 33 Uses of
testify
in
Sycamore Row
- First, I'd hire me some experts, some medical guys who'll testify that Seth was drugged up with painkillers, that his body was ravaged by lung cancer and because of all the chemo and radiation and medications that he'd been hit with over the past year he couldn't've been thinkin' clearly.†
p. 165..1
- She has to testify.†
p. 165..9 *
- …doped up and out of his mind when he was planning to kill himself and at the same time writing that will; said that the three of us would be crucial witnesses because we saw Seth the Friday before the suicide and it would be up to us to testify as to how doped up he was; and, to boot, the real will, the one prepared by real lawyers and such, leaves some money to us as friends and employees; so, he said, it would be in our best interests to tell the truth, tell how Seth lacked—what…†
p. 183..4
- In all likelihood, the three of you, and perhaps others who work here, will be called to testify about Seth's behavior in the days before he died.†
p. 188..6
- One of them testified on behalf of the government; thus, the guilty pleas.†
p. 213..9
- If for some reason Lettie was not able to testify at trial, the video would be used as evidence.†
p. 288..9
- In her deposition, Lettie had given as many of these names as she could remember, or so she testified.†
p. 328..8
- His mother and sister were dead, so he was the only person who could possibly testify about the handwritten will, other than Hal Freeman.†
p. 332..2
- No contact between Lanier's office and Pickering because it would be important, at a later date, for Pickering to testify he had never spoken to the attorneys.†
p. 332..4
- But we've paid accountants, appraisers, Quince Lundy, you, investigators, court reporters, and now we're paying experts to testify at trial.†
p. 421..3
- Ancil can't possibly testify to how or what his brother was thinking.†
p. 437..7
- He said, "Your Honor, I'm going to object to a lot of these witnesses being allowed to testify at trial.†
p. 439..8
- Buried in the list of forty-five was the name Julina Kidd, the only black woman Randall Clapp had found so far who was willing to testify and admit she'd slept with Seth.†
p. 441..1
- For $5,000 plus expenses, she had agreed to travel to Clanton and testify.†
p. 441..2
- After considerable negotiating, Fritz Pickering had agreed to testify for $7,500.†
p. 493..3
- After all the witnesses had testified, after all the lawyers had been silenced, after all the wise words had been uttered by Judge Atlee, could those ten white people reach deep and find the courage to uphold Seth's last will?†
p. 506..7
- Jake called to the stand his ex-secretary, Roxy Brisco, who, since she'd left the office with bad blood, had initially refused to testify.†
p. 524..8
- Mr. Willis Stubbs testified that Seth dropped into the offering plate a check in the amount of $500, dated October 2.†
p. 530..4
- Mrs. Nettie Vinson testified that she said hello to Seth as they were leaving the church and that he seemed uncharacteristically friendly.†
p. 531..2
- Number Four, Fay Pollan, another fifty-year-old white woman, had actually nodded in agreement when Dr. 'Talbert testified that a person on Demerol should not make important decisions.†
p. 537..3
- Jake was shaking his head at Judge Atlee and said, "He can't testify if he's not listed as a witness, Judge."†
p. 553..2
- I'll allow Mr. Pickering to testify, but within limits."†
p. 555..7
- And if she testified earlier that she had never seen a will, then she was lying, correct?†
p. 557..6
- What did Fritz have to gain by testifying?†
p. 558..3
- Pickering, how much are you being paid to testify here today?†
p. 558..5
- You agreed to come here and testify, and Mr. Lanier sent you the money, right?†
p. 558..9
- And you told Mr. Lanier that you would not testify unless you got paid, right?†
p. 559..2
- Regardless, you were not going to testify for free, right?†
p. 559..3
- But you testified they saw him all the time, right?†
p. 572..9
- First, Judge, she should not be allowed to testify because she was not listed as a witness until two weeks ago, in clear violation of the rules.†
p. 576..9
- He quizzed Julina Kidd for a few minutes, just long enough to extract the admission that she was being paid to testify.†
p. 578..2
- Because the Rush firm had made such an ungraceful exit from the case, and was thus cut out of the fees, McGwyre at first refused to testify.†
p. 589..9
- All the work was finished; all the witnesses had testified; all the worrying about opening statements and closing arguments was over.†
p. 623..5
Definition:
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(testify) provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law