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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Goochland County, Virginia, a 17-year-old white youth was acquitted of raping a 13-year-old Black girl, despite evidence of guilt, illustrating racial double standards in Southern justice. Arrest delayed until NAACP intervention; contrasts with Martinsville executions.
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RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 20 The double standard of justice Southern rape cases was applied again this week as a 17-year-old white youth was declared not guilty of the rape of a 13-year-old Negro girl, despite evidence as to his guilt.
The case, tried in the Circuit Court of Goochland County, involved a young girl who was taken from her home last July 30 by the youth, who told her his mother wanted her to do some work. He drove her to a wooded area off the highway, where he attacked her.
Notwithstanding the fact that law enforcement officers had enough facts in their possession two hours after the incident to order an arrest, it was not until two days later that the boy was finally arrested—
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and then only after the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had been requested to intervene in the case and the mother of the girl had sworn out a warrant.
Oliver W. Hill, chairman of the legal redress committee of the Virginia State NAACP Conference, handled the bulk of the state's prosecution. All of the prospective Negro jurors were stricken from the list—two because they did not believe in capital punishment; three because they had made financial contributions to the prosecution of the defendant; and one by the defense attorney.
In Martinsville, Va., last year, seven Negroes were electrocuted for the alleged rape of a white woman.
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July 30
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A 17-year-old white youth lured a 13-year-old Black girl from her home on July 30, drove her to a wooded area, and raped her. Despite evidence, he was acquitted in Goochland County Circuit Court after delayed arrest prompted by NAACP intervention and the girl's mother's warrant. Oliver W. Hill led prosecution; Black jurors excluded. Contrasts with Martinsville case where seven Black men were executed for raping a white woman.