You didn’t see her testify. You don’t know what “carried it this way” means. Joseph Ball did see what she was doing, and there’s nothing in what follows to indicate that she did anything with her left hand. Speaking of pure speculation.
Mr. BALL. Let me see. He carried it in his right hand, did he?
Mrs. RANDLE. That is right.
Mr. BALL. And where was his hand gripping the middle of the package?
Mrs. RANDLE. No, sir; the top with just a little bit sticking up. You know just like you grab something like that.
Mr. BALL. And he was grabbing it with his right hand at the top of the package and the package almost touched the ground?
Mrs. RANDLE. Yes, sir.
and there’s nothing in what follows to indicate that she did anything with her left hand. Speaking of pure speculation.
As opposed to guessing what Joseph Ball saw and subsequently interpreted from Linnie May can somehow be considered a fact. There are other questions Ball should have elaborated on but did not. He does not ask her how high off the ground was his right hand holding the package and the package subsequently almost touching the ground. Was his hand even with his chin, chest, belly, waist, or below his waist? He does not ask that question either. He does ask the length. That in itself would have put to rest any question as to bag length. So, what does that mean? He is not interested in the true length of the bag?
So, all the questions left unanswered means they were not important?
The quote from Ball looks an awful lot like cherry picking. Another pet peeve of yours. He is just asking her how he was holding the bag with his right hand. Nothing more or less.
You may not like what she said but she did say it. Just like Capasee, pretending she did not say what she said and then offer various excuses for her statement about how it was all a mistake.
It is obviously not convenient that she stated - “and the bottom, he carried it this way” but she did say it and “and the bottom, he carried it this way” does not have a lot of other meanings.
