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EXCERPTS FROM THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PEOPLE V. MOSELEY June 9, 1964 | |
[Cross examination of the defendant, Winston Moseley, by Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Cacciatore:] | |
Q. | Now, as the girl got out of the car in the parking lot and went --- And we are talking about March the 13th. Do you recall that? |
A. | Yes, I do. |
Q. | Now, when I say March 13th to you, does that bring to mind the experience you had? |
A. | Yes, it does. |
* * * | |
Q. | Now you got out of the car, right? |
A. | Right. |
* * * | |
Q. | Now, as she got out, she looked in your direction, you say? |
A. | That's right. |
Q. | And so you followed this woman? |
A. | Yes. |
Q. | Did she run or did she walk? |
A. | She ran. |
Q. | She what? |
A. | She ran. |
* * * | |
Q. | And as she ran, did you run? |
A. | Yes, I did. |
Q. | And you ran after her and caught her someplace on Austin Street? |
A. | That's right. |
Q. | Past the parking lot, right? |
A. | Past the parking lot. |
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Q. | Now, did you notice a light, a pole with a light directly at the spot where you caught up with her? |
A. | I didn't notice at the time, no. |
Q. | But there was a light? |
A. | There was a light. |
Q. | And as you caught up to her, you stabbed her? |
A. | That's right. |
Q. | Once? |
A. | Twice. |
Q. | Twice? |
The Witness: | (Nods head.) |
Q. | Now, as you were running after this woman, did you take the knife out of your pocket? |
A. | I had the knife out of my pocket when I came into the parking lot. |
* * * | |
Q. | And then as you approached her, you stabbed her twice in the back? |
The Witness: | Right. |
* * * | |
Q. | Well now, after the second stab, did she go down? |
A. | She did. Yes, she did. |
Q. | How did she go down, on her hands and knees? Flat on her face? Flat on her back? How? |
A. | I don't recall exactly how she fell. |
Q. | Was it simultaneous with her yelling and screaming that she fell down? |
A. | It was simultaneously with the second time that I hit her with the knife. |
Q. | And was there yelling from the window? |
A. | Somebody did yell from the window, yes. |
Q. | And you said that the voice sounded like that of a man. |
A. | That's right. |
Q. | "Leave that girl alone. Stop doing what you're doing," or words to that effect. Isn't that what you heard? |
A. | Something similar to that. |
Q. | Something like that. Now, when you heard that, you became frightened, huh? |
A. | Yes, startled. |
* * * | |
Q. | And so what do you do? |
A. | I went back to my car to move it. |
* * * | |
Q. | You backed it out of Austin Street into 82nd Avenue or 82nd --- |
The Court: | Road. |
Q. | Road, isn't it? |
A. | Yes. |
Q. | You went up the block quite a bit, didn't you? |
A. | Half-way. |
Q. | And that's quite a long block, isn't it, between Kew Gardens Road and Austin street? |
A. | It seems to be. |
* * * | |
The Court: | Tell me, was this a cold night? |
A. | It was fairly cold. |
* * * | |
Q. | So that you came back, you said, to finish what you had set out to do? |
A. | That's right. |
Q. | What? |
A. | That's right. |
Q. | Now, you went to the train station? |
A. | Yes, I did. |
* * * | |
Q. | And so you came back and you looked for her? |
A. | Right. |
* * * | |
Q. | Now you did arrive at this doorway where you saw the girl lying on the ground, on the floor of the hallway; isn't that so? |
The Witness: | That's right. |
Q. | Pretty narrow hallway, wasn't it? |
A. | Fairly narrow. |
Q. | And she started to scream, right? |
The Witness: | Right. |
Q. | And as she started to scream, you stabbed her, didn't you? |
A. | Yes, I did. |
Q. | You stabbed her in the throat? |
A. | Right. |