Hilliard v. Board of Supervisors

On the night of Tuesday, April 2, 1935, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Coleman were -brutally murdered on their farm in a rural section of Spotsylvania county, by some person or persons then unknown. Upon the discovery of their bodies the following day, the whole county was greatly aroused. The board of supervisors of the county on April 3rd, offered a reward in the following language:

““It appearing to this board that on the night of April 2,- 1935, J. T. Coleman and wife were murdered by some ■unknown person, or persons, and as yet no arrest has been made, it is, therefore, ordered by this board that a…