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In Jail for a Brutal Crime

Item

Title
In Jail for a Brutal Crime
Source
Savannah Morning News (GA)
Date
1884-11-29
page
4
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015137/1884-11-29/ed-1/.
Crime
Rape
Subject
Attempted Rape; Young Woman
Race of alleged offender
White alleged offender
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Race of alleged victim
White alleged victim
Gender of alleged victim
Female alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
Arraignment
Location
In State, Pine Barrens rd GA
Length of story
63
Description
In Jail for a Brutal Crime.
Among the prisoners confined in the
jail is a white man named James Waller,
who was committed yesterday by Justice
McLeod King, of the Seventh district of
this county, to answer the charge of an
attempt at rape upon a young white
woman, who lives on the Pine Barren
road, a few miles southwest from the city.