Opinion ID: 71459
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Testimony of Chastity Briggs-Middleton

Text: Reverend Clyde Briggs' journal was introduced to corroborate Edwards' account of the events surrounding the kidnaping of Dee and Moore. According to Edwards' testimony, after Dee and Moore had been tied to a tree and beaten, they told Seale and his co-conspirators that a gun cache had been hidden at the Roxie Baptist Church. Edwards and others went to search the church for weapons. Briggs was the minister at Roxie Baptist Church and was present that night when Edwards and others arrived looking for the guns. Following Edwards' search of the Church, Briggs documented these events in his journal. To further corroborate the authenticity and credibility of the journal, Chastity Briggs-Middleton gave testimony regarding her own recollection of the events described in the journal.