Defense Witnesses
Called Wednesday
In Jaynes' Trial
Defense attorneys called their
final witnesses in the last two
days of testimony in the 1st
degree murder trial of James
Edward Jaynes.
But before the trial switched
to the defense. District Attorney
Alan Leonard called an SBI
firearms examiner who identi
fied a bullet found in the woods
where Jaynes and Shane Smith
were arrested. He said the bullet
was identical to the one used to
kill Paul Acker in October
1990.
On Wednesday morning,
defense attorney Michael Edney
called Christopher Michael
Roach to the stand in an appar
ent effort to discredit the earlier
testimony of Shane Smith.
Roach testified that he had
known Smith all his life and
that, "He could tell a lie pretty
good and not even crack a
smile."
Although Smith was born
without any fingers, Roach said
he can handle a weapon well
and hit a target accurately.
Regina Waters of Spindale
testified that she had observed
Shane Smith target shooting
and the he had no problem
splitting a piece of wire grass
with a pistol.
SBI special agent Brian Hal-
man testified that Acker's
mobile home probably burned
at a temperature of around
2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The
fire was so hot that it buckled
the steel girders that under
pinned the trailer.
Under questioning by the
defense, Jerry Thomas, a foren
sic chemist for the SBI,
reported that from his examina
tion of sifted debris on the
scene, he could not determine if
an accelerant such as gasoline
was used to start the fire.
But when Leonard cross-
examined, Thomas said it is not
uncommon for all traces of
accelerant to be destroyed by
such a hot fire.
The five-woman, seven-man
jury listened intently to testi
mony as the defendant, James
Jaynes, sat impassively at the
defense table.
Just before noon, defense
attorney Edney announced that
the defense would call no more
witnesses. But he did introduce
over two dozen exhibits into
evidence.
Dr. Janet Cox
Returns to N.C.
Dr. Janet Leslie Cox, a whol-
istic health professional, has
returned to the Western N.C.
mountains to live after 25 years
of travel, study, and living in
some of America's most beauti
ful areas.
Janet spent her childhood in
Marblehead, Mass, and from
1955-1965 she lived in Hen
dersonville. Now she has
returned to Tryon, recognizing
it as one of the most beautiful
and desirable places to be.
Among the places she has
lived is the Hawaiian Islands,
where she was first introduced
to the natural healing arts.
She has lived in Oregon, in
Southern California, and the
San Francisco Bay area. She
attended Los Angeles College
of Chiropractic and graduated
from Northwestern College of
Chiropractic in Minneapolis.
She had a private practice in
Minneapolis and in the North
ern Rockies. For the past two
years she has traveled and pur
sued postgraduate training in
the Pacific Northwest, St.
Louis, Santa Fe, Boulder and
Chicago.
Although she is a licensed
chiropractor in two states, it
will be midsummer before she
can secure her chiropractic
license in N.C. While she will
not be offering chiropractic
services until then, she will be
offering services, products, and
classes in her wholistic
approach to health and well
ness including: Therapeutic
Massage; Specific Muscle
Testing to identify areas of
stress (Kinesiology); Ergo
nomic Equipment and Accesso
ries; Classes and Workshops;
House and Office Calls.
Janet said she looks forward
to her new beginning in Tryon,
and may be reached by calling
704-859-3176.
- Community Reporter
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