Ellis v. State

SAMFORD, X

The defendant was indicted jointly with one Alfred Seymore on a charge of assault to rape Mittie Fanny Robinson. -A severance being demanded, this defendant is alone on trial. On the trial the state examined as a witness the young woman alleged to have been assaulted, who testified fully, freely, and in detail as to every thing occurring during the alleged assault and as, to that part occurring after she had escaped and made her way to the home of a Mi-. Grace. Grace testified fully and in detail corroborating the testimony of the prosecutrix. Some days after the alleged offense…