The Testimonials: The One Who Found The Body

The Testimonials Analysis The first testimony came from a woodcutter. He confirmed that he was the one who found the body. The man was lying on his back in a bamboo grove, a few hundred yards off the Yamashita post road. The man was wearing a pale blue robe and a Kyoto-style black hat. The woodcutter said that the body had only one stab wound right in the middle of his chest. There was no bleeding as the wound already looked dry. He didn’t see a sword which is the suspected murder weapon. But he had found a rope and a comb. He also said that there must have been a tremendous fight as the bamboo leaves were trampled down. The woodcutter was just doing his usual routine in the morning when he saw the body. The readers can also assume that he was the one who notified the authorities about the body. “That is true, Your Honor. I am the one…,” he said. Confirming his account, the woodcutter was confident on what he was saying. The woodcutter had no reason to lie as he just happened to be the one who found the body. He had nothing to gain from lying. According to Eric Hu on his blog, …show more content…
They both described the horse and the possession of the man. This only added to the belief that what the priest said was all true. The policeman, just like the priest, was someone with authority. The readers can also tell that the policeman had this confidence and certainty. “The man I captured, Your Honor? I am certain he is the famous bandit…,” he said. He mentioned another case which involved Tajomaru such as the murder of a woman and child. He even told that “everybody” believed that it was the bandit’s doing. Moreover, he even said that he captured the bandit before which can manifest that the bandit was really a notorious one. Knowing that one of the suspects was a bandit and was somewhat related to another murder case, the readers may find that the bandit might really be the one who killed the