State v. . Cox

At the trial of this action, the prosecutrix, Mrs. G-. H. Ballard, as a witness for the State, testified that at about nine o’clock on the night of 26 December, 1930, while she was walking alone on a public street in the town of Greenville, returning to her home from church, she was suddenly and violently assaulted by two men, who robbed her of her purse and its contents. She had in her purse, at the time she was assaulted, more than forty-two hundred and fifty dollars. This money, which was the property of the witness, and which she had for many years carried in her purse, was taken from her…