Mr. Inskip.- Why in the nude? – I wanted the opportunity to search his clothing and his person.
Mr. Byrd said he had not punished the boy until the next day because he had seemed to go into a strange trance.
Asked by Mr. Inskip what he was looking for, Mr. Byrd said: “I was looking for drugs and marks on his body.”
He added that he did not wish to suggest that the boy was taking drugs.
The trial was adjourned until today.