All 13 Uses
testimony
in
Where the Crawdads Sing
(Edited)
- The point is: can you listen to the testimony given here and decide whether she's guilty or innocent based on the evidence, not on past experience or feelings?
p. 261.5 *testimony = oral evidence (in a trial)
- In former murder cases, Eric usually called the coroner first because his testimony introduced material evidence such as the murder weapon, time and place of death, and crime scene photographs, all of which made sharp impressions on the jurors.
p. 267.2
- There has been testimony that the defendant knew Chase Andrews for four years prior to his death.
p. 298.3
- And besides, testimony has already established that the red fibers could have been transferred from Miss Clark's clothing to those of Mr. Andrews prior to the night of October 29 to 30.
p. 305.2
- Eric had known the sheriff's testimony would be somewhat weak for the prosecution—what can you do with no murder weapon and no finger-, foot-, or truck prints— but there was still enough meat and gravy to convince the jury someone had murdered Chase, and considering the red fibers, that someone could've been Miss Clark.
p. 305.3
- Kya nodded slightly—her first reaction to testimony since the trial began.
p. 306.5
- The prosecution does not refute this testimony.
p. 326.1
- But Eric had successfully diluted the alibi simply by accepting it, even stating that he didn't need to hear testimony that Kya traveled to and from Greenville during the day.
p. 326.4
- Tom had foreseen the risk but thought it crucial that the jury hear testimony, to visualize Kya leaving town in daylight and not returning until after the incident.
p. 326.6
- Kya's mind faded in and out of reality, catching only snippets of the testimony.
p. 334.9
- The jurors have asked to see the court record of the bus drivers' testimonies.
p. 344.8
- Sometimes seeing testimony in black and white makes it more definitive to the jurors.
p. 344.9
- At 2:15, Tom returned to tell them the jurors had asked to see the coroner's testimony.
p. 345.3testimony = written transcript of oral evidence (in a trial)
Definitions:
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(1)
(testimony) something that serves as evidence -- especially a statement at a trial or hearing
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)