Mr. BALL. What is your age? Mr. SMITH. Twenty. Mr. BALL. You live with whom? Whom do you live with? Mr. SMITH. My mother. Mr. BALL. At this address? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. Tell me something about yourself, where you were born and where you went to school. Mr. SMITH. I was born in Pine Bluff, Ark., and went to school Wason Chapel. Mr. BALL. How far through school did you go? Mr. SMITH. Three months into the 12th grade. Mr. BALL. Three months into the 12th grade? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. What did you do after that? Mr. SMITH. Been working ever since, most of the time. Mr. BALL. What kind of work do you do? Have you done? Mr. SMITH. Corrugated box. Mr. BALL. Beg your pardon? Mr. SMITH. Corrugated box. Mr. BALL. That is where you are working now? Mr. SMITH. No, sir; working at a metal shop. Mr. BALL. Any metal shop? Mr. SMITH. Yes. Mr. BALL. Have you ever been in trouble with the police? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. What kind of trouble did you get in? Mr. SMITH. Auto theft. Mr. BALL. You're on probation now, aren't you? Mr. SMITH. Two years. Mr. BALL. Two years? Ever have any other trouble? Mr. SMITH. Tickets. Mr. BALL. Just tickets? Traffic tickets? Mr. SMITH. Two right now. Mr. BALL. You ever have any trouble as a juvenile? Mr. SMITH. No, sir. Mr. BALL. Now, on November 22, 1963, were you working any place? Mr. SMITH. No, sir. Mr. BALL. Didn't have a job? Mr. SMITH. No, sir. Mr. BALL. Where did you spend the day that day? Mr. SMITH. 505 East 10th. Mr. BALL. Why were you there? Mr. SMITH. Visiting a friend. Mr. BALL. What is his name? Mr. SMITH. Jimmy Burt. Mr. BALL. When did you go over there that day? Mr. SMITH. In the morning. In the morning. Mr. BALL. In the morning? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. What time did you leave there that day? Mr. SMITH. In the evening. Mr. BALL. So, you spent the whole day there? Mr. SMITH. Yes. Mr. BALL. Did something happen a little after 1 o'clock there that day that you noticed? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir; policeman got shot. Mr. BALL. Now, at the time the policeman was shot, where were you? Mr. SMITH. In the front yard, at 505 East 10th. Mr. BALL. Who was with you? Mr. SMITH. Jimmy Burt. Mr. BALL. That was about how far from where the policeman got shot? Mr. SMITH. One block. Mr. BALL. That would be about a block east, wouldn't it? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. Policeman was shot in the 400 block? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. And you were in the 500 block? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. What called your attention to this incident? Mr. SMITH. I heard some shots. Mr. BALL. And what? You looked down that way? Mr. SMITH. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. What did you see? Mr. SMITH. Saw Oswald running and policeman falling. Mr. BALL. Did you see his face, or just his back? Mr. SMITH. Saw the side of him, the side and back of him when he was running. Mr. BALL. Did you see him before he ran? Mr. SMITH. Yes.