Where was John Surratt on April 14, 1865 ?

[JMadonna]

(01-17-2018 04:11 AM)John Fazio Wrote:  

(10-16-2017 10:00 AM)JMadonna Wrote:  Remember, Smoot said she told him the boat would be used that night. Was it a lie or evidence that she didn't know the plot had changed? Impossible to know for certain.

Jerry:

Those who continue to talk about the plot changing are "missing the boat". .... How much evidence do you need?

John, you think like a prosecutor explaining to a jury that there is no reasonable doubt. This is both a blessing and a curse.

There is ample evidence to show that Mary Surratt knew of the kidnapping plot. There is none to show that she knew of a murder.

Why would she have been told? In a plot such as this the less one knows the better. Your position, that if you were in for the kidnapping you knew and were in for the murder - is the same used by prosecutors in the case.

There is no actual evidence that she knew, which is what Lewis Powell said and why he bet his life by returning to her house. As prosecutor you can dismiss this with a wave of the hand but I can't.