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out and in about 45 minutes they came back and they found him guilty. We heard a loud scream out in the audience and she hit the floor, but that was the verdict. And I was going to use that to find out when the last hanging -- that was the last hanging in Hancock County. I was going to use it for two purposes. That was the last hanging in Hancock County and Bill Stewart was pleading for mercy, and here I am pleading for mercy this morning but I don't want the same kind of treatment that Mac got. I got to be careful.
BY MS. METZLER:	I'm	watching	you,
Judge.
BY MR. RUSSELL:	Well	I was given the
instructions; don't be too long. But anyhow, when I got the appointment, it was 52-year-old Bay St. Louis attorney who had just been appointed United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. That was all right, except 52-year-old. They didn't have to put that in because that's been following me and haunting me every since 35 years ago. But anyhow,
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER