A further question by the District Attorney on the question on whether the prisoner was drunk was disallowed by his Honour who remarked: "After he shot his wife, he went home and got drunk. That has nothing to do with his condition at the time when he fired the shot."
The District Attorney questioned witness as to the condition of Mrs. Elrod at the interviews but his Honour again overruled the questions with the remark to counsel that "you cannot impeach your own witness."
This closed the case for the Government.
'A. J. Griffin, S. M. C. Revenue collector, said that he had known prisoner since the latter part of 1921. After the May 30 incident, witness had noticed a very marked change in prisoner. Before that time he was cheerful and a good companion but since he was miserable and. irritable. He did not want to talk and his whole manner different. Witness had lived with the Elrods for seven months 1025 as a boarder. He had never seen the prisoner intoxicated. He had thought for some time that Elrod's mental condition was not right, He had also aged considerably since 1925.
In reply to Mr. Schuhl, witness said that if he had ever' detected Mr. Elrod under the influence of rink, he would not have come %0 the Court to give evidence.
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