State v. Flemming

This is an indictment against three negroes for cape upon a white woman, a widow, who, with her little daughter, was living in a house without male protectors. The assailants broke open the door and committed the crime with svery conceivable circumstance of violence and -brutality. The revolting details are narrated with a simplicity and an evident truthfulness thaR make the blood run cold. The only question was as to the identity of the prisoners. The jury, after bearing tbe evidence and tbe defense of able counsel, said for tbeir verdict tbat tbey bad a reasonable doubt as- to the identity…