| Summary: | Indictment for the rape of Narcissa Craig by a slave called Peter. There was also a second charge of assault with intent to commit rape. Guilty verdict affirmed. Chief Justice Pearson said that the fact that Narcissa had remained silent for 2 weeks before lodging her complaint did not necessarily mean that her evidence was false. The word person in Chapter 34 of the Revised Code included slaves, free negroes, free persons of color, as well as white men.
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