How was he convicted? Upon the testimony of a single negro witness. Nobody saw the alleged crime, or pretended to have seen it, except this negro boy.
And yet the white judge and the white jury believed the negro in preference to the father or mother of the accused.
In another of the Piedmont counties of Georgia a white man outraged a negro woman.
Within the last ninety days that criminal has been tried by a white judge and jury—the prosecution being pushed by the state of Georgia through her Attorney-General.
The lower court convicted the criminal, the Supreme Court has affirmed the finding, and the white man will have to meet the penalty of the law for his violation of a negro woman.
Several years ago a white man named Robinson, living in Waynesboro, Ga., killed a negro.
The white man had cursed a negro woman, who had “put in her mouth” while he was holding a conversation with a negro man.
When Robinson cursed the woman the deceased threw off his coat and rushed at Robinson, exclaiming, “I won’t stand that!”
Robinson backed, saying, “Don’t come on me! Stand back!”
The negro continued to advance; Robinson drew his pistol and shot his assailant.