The Death of Terrell Chote

The defense attempted to introduce a complaint mentioned by Mary Bickford that Terrell had at one point, struck her across the breast forcefully while he was asleep. But it was ruled out as quote, "'Coming within the rule of declarations.'" So they couldn't get a sworn testimony from the deceased to back up this claim. Several other doctors were called to corroborate the argument that a person could easily commit a murder while sleepwalking. And most witnesses also were used to establish the idea that Albert was in fact quite fond of Mary and treated her very kindly.