State v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis Criminal Court. Anderson, a negro slave, was indicted for an attempted rape upon a white female. The indictment contained two counts.
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Appeal from, St. Louis Criminal Court. Anderson, a negro slave, was indicted for an attempted rape upon a white female. The indictment contained two counts. The second, upon which alone the defendant was convicted, was as follows : “ And the grand jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present, that John Anderson, a negro man slave, on, &e., at &c., in and upon one Rebecca Ann H., a white female, in the peace of the state, then and there being, violently and feloniously did make an assault, and her, the said Rebecea Ann did then and there attempt, forcibly and against her…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
Anderson, a slave, was indicted for an attempt to ravish a white female over ten years of age, in St. Louis county, of the name of Rebecca Ann Hewett. The indictment, after the usual beginning, charges that Anderson, in and upon the said Rebecca, violently and feloniously did make an assault, and her, the said Rebecca Ann Hewett, did then and there attempt forcibly and against her will to ravish and carnally know.
1. On a trial, the defendant was convicted. The following questions were asked•. “Do you know what the girl’s people did for a living ? Do you know what the girl’s mother did for a…
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