He couldn't pay the fine.
Tom Raped Mayella Ewell.
To lynch Tom Robinson
Walter Cunningham Sr. comes to the jail with the Mob to lynch Tom Robinson. He talks with Scout and he is convinced to call off the mob and not lynch Tom.
yes because tom Robinson was innocent and was just seen to the cops as someone who was trying to escape the jail.
Tom was fleeing from jail when he had gotten shot 17 times
Tom Robinson was moved 70 miles away to Enfield Prison Farm.
he did not spend time in jail
Tom Robinson was originally in jail because he had been accused of raping Myella Ewell obviously if a man has been accused of this (racism of not) he will be on a probation , in those days due to the accusation by putting him in jail the law felt this was the correct decision as this way he could not be harmed by any members of the public without protection. HopeThisHelpss!
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Mr. Heck Tate is the sheriff and the reason he wanted to move Tom to the Local jail is because he believed it to be safe from angry whites wanting to lynch him. In those days, it was blacks that mostly occupied the jails, and he realized that because the mobs could not get into the cells to kill Tom, and that there are fellow blacks, that it was safe. I believe that he truly wasn't racist, or as racist as the others.
No he serves time in jail then dies trying to escape
Tom Robinson was moved to a jail in Abbottsville and he tried to run away. As he tried to climb the fence, the guards shot him 17 times.
The Cunninghams go to jail in "To Kill a Mockingbird" because they are part of a mob trying to harm Tom Robinson, the African American man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Atticus Finch, the lawyer defending Tom, prevents the mob from carrying out their violent intentions.