To Kill a Mockingbird

What can the reader infer from Atticus' emphasis on the location of Mayella's injuries and Bob Ewell's dominant hand?

Chapter 17

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The reader can infer that Atticus knows that Ewell is the person that beat Mayella. It would have been impossible for Tom to inflict the injuries on Mayella described in the trial.