*49 Mr. Justice Sutherland delivered the opinion of the Court. These cases were argued together and submitted for decision as one case. The petitioners, hereinafter referred to as defendants, are negroes charged with the crime of rape, committed upon the persons of two white girls. The crime is said to have been committed on March 25, 1…
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