Hampton v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, C. J.
Joe Henry Hampton, Frank Hairston, Jr., Howard Hairston, Francis DeSales Grayson, John Clabon Taylor, James Luther Hairston and Booker T. Millner, were charged in one indictment with raping Mrs. Ruby Stroud Floyd, a married woman 32 years of age, on January 8, 1949. It was also ■charged in separate counts that each defendant was present aiding and abetting the other six as one after the other raped her. Five defendants were tried separately, and two, John Clabon Taylor and James Luther Hairston, jointly. The six juries found the defendants guilty and fixed the punishment of each at death.
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