In fact, jury foreman Mike Polson said that some jurors couldn't fathom why Young had even been charged: no witnesses saw Matt hit anyone; the accuser recanted his story on the stand and said he was too drunk to remember what had happened; and there was no medical evidence to show that the accuser had been struck.
Because of this, tears spread unevenly across the eye, leaving areas of the eye unprotected from the open air. This may also be a cause of excessive watering. BananaStock/BananaStock/Getty Images. Problems with the lower eyelid may also cause the eyes to water. One of these, known as ectropion, occurs when the lower lid is too relaxed, causing it to droop and expose the inside of the lower lid.
Faulty drainage of tears. 1  Tears may become blocked at any point in the drainage channels: The most common cause of watering eye in adults is a blockage in the tear duct just below the tear sac. This is thought to be due to a gradual narrowing of the upper end of the tear duct, perhaps caused by persistent mild inflammation.