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(96-9-01 12)+03 44A-JN-30112, 62D-JN-30045-FD302 unuston afFO-302or TRANSCRIPT-EMMETT TILL TRIAL SePt 19SS.On 156 Q I will hand you this ring, Mr. Cothran, and I ask you if you can .identify it as the same ring that was taken from the body there at that point on Tallahatchie River on. the day that you went over there? (A ring is shown to the. witness.) A It is. Q And have you given anybody else possession of that ring since you have had it? A Nobody but you. Nobody else except me? That's right. Q Now, you were speaking from your recollection a few minutes ago when I asked you what marks of identification were on the ring. And for the purposes of the record now, and for the benefit of the jury, I would like for you to read what marks, or initials. or figures are on that ring.. A (Reading) "May 25, 1943." And then right under that it has got "L.r.". 0 The initials "L.T."? A Yes, Sir. MR. ChAThAM: If the Court please, we at this time will offer this ring in evidence as Exhibit 1 to the testimony of Mr. John Ed Cothran. THE court: It will be received in evidence. 153